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. 2015 Jan 8;24(8):917–926. doi: 10.1089/scd.2014.0544

Table 1.

Chromodomain Proteins, Associated Mouse and Human Phenotypes, Stem Cells, Interacting Proteins, and Target Binding Sites

Protein Mouse phenotypes Human phenotypes Stem cell type Interacting proteins Binding sites Reference(s)
CHD1   Prostate cancer ES cells Mediator complex H3K4me3 [11,22,30,31,84]
          AT-rich  
      iPS cells NCoR, HDAC1/2 sequences  
CHD2 −/−lethal Epilepsy Mesenchymal stem cells H3.3   [39,69,70,77,96,97]
CHD3       NuRD, HDAC1/2, ATR, TRIM27   [69,70,77,98]
CHD4/Mi-2b   Epilepsy Hematopoietic stem cells NuRD H3K4 [26–28,44,46,86,98]
    Uterine cancer Neural stem cells Polycomb H3K9me3  
    Dermatomyositis        
CHD5 −/−viable; males infertile 1p36 deletion Neural stem cells NuRD H3K4 [12,87,89,99,100]
    Tumor suppressor     H3K27me3  
CHD6   ID   RNA Pol II   [73]
CHD7 −/−lethal CHARGE ES cells P300, others Sox2, Oct4, Nanog Neurod, Rxrg, Rarb, Twist, Sox9 [12,32,51,52,64,101]
      Neural stem cells SOX2, PBAF    
  +/−CHARGE-like Autism, ID Neural crest cells      
CHD8 (Duplin) −/−lethal Autism   β-catenin   [82]
    ID   CTCF, CHD7    
CHD9 (CReMM)     Mesenchymal stem cells GR, PPAR-α Osteocalcin [40,41]

CHD, chromodomain helicase DNA-binding; ES, embryonic stem; iPS, induced pluripotent stem; CHARGE, Coloboma, Heart defects, Atresia of the choanae, Retardation of growth and development, Genital hypoplasia, and Ear abnormalities, including deafness and vestibular disorders; CReMM, chromatin-related mesenchymal modulator; ID, intellectual disability; NuRD, Nucleosome-Remodeling Deacetylase complex.