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Published in final edited form as: Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2009 Sep 22;21(2):221–230. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.09.010

Table 1.

Binding specificities of MBT proteins

Protein Peptides Method Reference
dSCM-2MBT
(aa 174–435, R277C)
H3K4me1 (aa 2–15) ITCa Grimm et al., 2007
H3K9me1 (aa 2–15)
H3K27me1 (aa 18–35)
H3K36me1 (aa 28–44)
H4K20me1 (aa 12–27)

hSCML2-2MBTb H1bmeb NMRc Santiveri et al., 2008
H3K4meb
H3K9meb
H3K27meb
H3K36meb
H4K20meb

hL3MBTL1-3MBT H1bK26me1/2 (aa 20–37) In vitro pull down Trojer et al., 2007
H4K20me1/2 (aa 16–25)

hL3MBTL1-3MBT
(aa 200–522)
H4K20me1/2 (aa 17–25) ITC Min et al., 2007
H1bK26me1/2 (aa 21–32)
H3K4me1/2
H3K9me1/2
H3K27me1/2

hL3MBTL1-3MBT
(aa 206–519)
H1.4K26me1/2 (aa 18–32) Fluorescence
polarization
Li et al., 2007
H3K4me1/2 (aa 1–15)
H3K9me1/2 (aa 1–15)
H3Kme1 scrambled
H3K27me1/2 (aa 19–35)
H3K36me1/2 (aa 28–43)
H4K20me1/2 (aa 12–27)
H4Kme1 scrambled

hL3MBTL2-4MBT
(aa 170–625)
H3K4me1 ITC Guo et al., 2009
H3K9me1/2
H3K27me1/2
H4K20me1/2 (aa 15–25)

dSFMBT-4MBT
(aa 531–980)
H3K9me1/2 (aa 1–15) Fluorescence
polarization
Klymenko et al., 2006
3K9me3 (aa 1–15)
H4K20me1/2 (aa 12–27)

dSFMBT-4MBT
(aa 535–977)
H3K4me1/2 (aa 1–15) ITC
Fluorescence
polarization
Grimm et al., 2009
H3K9me1/2 (aa 1–15)
H3K27me1/2 (aa 19–35)
H3K36me1/2 (aa 28–43)
H4K20me1/2 (aa 12–27, 17-
23)
H4Kme1 scrambled
a

ITC, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

b

The authors do not indicate the degree of methylation of the peptides or the fragment of hSCML2 used

c

NMR, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance