Extended PHD finger (ePHD) found in transcription factor 20 (TCF-20); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the C-terminal ePHD/ADD (ATRX-DNMT3-DNMT3L) domain of TCF-20. TCF-20, also termed nuclear factor SPBP, or protein AR1, or stromelysin-1 PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor)-responsive element-binding protein (SPRE-binding protein), is involved in transcriptional activation of the MMP3 (matrix metalloprotease 3) promoter. It is strongly enriched on chromatin in interphase HeLa cells, and displays low nuclear mobility, and has been implicated in Smith-Magenis syndrome and Potocki-Lupski syndrome. As a chromatin-binding protein, TCF-20 plays a role in the regulation of gene expression. It also functions as a transcriptional co-regulator that enhances or represses the transcriptional activity of certain transcription factors/cofactors, such as specificity protein 1 (Sp1), E twenty-six 1 (Ets1), paired box protein 6 (Pax6), small nuclear RING-finger (SNURF)/RNF4, c-Jun, androgen receptor (AR) and estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha). TCF-20 contains an N-terminal transactivation domain, a novel DNA-binding domain with an AT-hook motif, three nuclear localization signals (NLSs) and a C-terminal ePHD/ADD domain.

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gi 768025665 1705 CCLCGKWASYRNMGDLFGPFYpqdyaatlpknpppkratemqskvkvrhksasngsktdteeeeeqqqqqkeqrslaahp 1784
Cdd:cd15699     1 CCLCGKWANYRNLGDLFGPFY----------------------------------------------------------- 21

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gi 768025665 1785 rfkrrhrsedcgggprslsrglpckkaategssektvldskpsvpttseggpelelqipelpldsnEFWVHEGCILWANG 1864
Cdd:cd15699    22 ------------------------------------------------------------------EFWVHEGCILWANG 35

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gi 768025665 1865 IYLVCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENFSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:cd15699    36 IYLVCGRLYGLQEALDIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLNEENFSVRCPKH 103

Extended PHD finger (ePHD) found in transcription factor 20 (TCF-20); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the C-terminal ePHD/ADD (ATRX-DNMT3-DNMT3L) domain of TCF-20. TCF-20, also termed nuclear factor SPBP, or protein AR1, or stromelysin-1 PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor)-responsive element-binding protein (SPRE-binding protein), is involved in transcriptional activation of the MMP3 (matrix metalloprotease 3) promoter. It is strongly enriched on chromatin in interphase HeLa cells, and displays low nuclear mobility, and has been implicated in Smith-Magenis syndrome and Potocki-Lupski syndrome. As a chromatin-binding protein, TCF-20 plays a role in the regulation of gene expression. It also functions as a transcriptional co-regulator that enhances or represses the transcriptional activity of certain transcription factors/cofactors, such as specificity protein 1 (Sp1), E twenty-six 1 (Ets1), paired box protein 6 (Pax6), small nuclear RING-finger (SNURF)/RNF4, c-Jun, androgen receptor (AR) and estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha). TCF-20 contains an N-terminal transactivation domain, a novel DNA-binding domain with an AT-hook motif, three nuclear localization signals (NLSs) and a C-terminal ePHD/ADD domain.

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gi 768025665 1705 CCLCGKWASYRNMGDLFGPFYpqdyaatlpknpppkratemqskvkvrhksasngsktdteeeeeqqqqqkeqrslaahp 1784
Cdd:cd15699     1 CCLCGKWANYRNLGDLFGPFY----------------------------------------------------------- 21

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gi 768025665 1785 rfkrrhrsedcgggprslsrglpckkaategssektvldskpsvpttseggpelelqipelpldsnEFWVHEGCILWANG 1864
Cdd:cd15699    22 ------------------------------------------------------------------EFWVHEGCILWANG 35

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gi 768025665 1865 IYLVCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENFSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:cd15699    36 IYLVCGRLYGLQEALDIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLNEENFSVRCPKH 103

PHD zinc finger; The plant homeodomain (PHD) finger is a C4HC3 zinc-finger-like motif found in nuclear proteins thought to be involved in epigenetics and chromatin-mediated transcriptional regulation. The PHD finger binds two zinc ions using the so-called 'cross-brace' motif and is thus structurally related to the RING finger and the FYVE finger. It is not yet known if PHD fingers have a common molecular function. Several reports suggest that it can function as a protein-protein interacton domain and it was recently demonstrated that the PHD finger of p300 can cooperate with the adjacent BROMO domain in nucleosome binding in vitro. Other reports suggesting that the PHD finger is a ubiquitin ligase have been refuted as these domains were RING fingers misidentified as PHD fingers.

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gi 768025665   1887 CSHCQE---AGATLGCynKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADcLLHEENFSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:smart00249    2 CSVCGKpddGGELLQC--DGCDRWYHQTCLGPPL-LEEEPDGKWYCPKC 47

Extended PHD finger (ePHD) found in transcription factor 20 (TCF-20); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the C-terminal ePHD/ADD (ATRX-DNMT3-DNMT3L) domain of TCF-20. TCF-20, also termed nuclear factor SPBP, or protein AR1, or stromelysin-1 PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor)-responsive element-binding protein (SPRE-binding protein), is involved in transcriptional activation of the MMP3 (matrix metalloprotease 3) promoter. It is strongly enriched on chromatin in interphase HeLa cells, and displays low nuclear mobility, and has been implicated in Smith-Magenis syndrome and Potocki-Lupski syndrome. As a chromatin-binding protein, TCF-20 plays a role in the regulation of gene expression. It also functions as a transcriptional co-regulator that enhances or represses the transcriptional activity of certain transcription factors/cofactors, such as specificity protein 1 (Sp1), E twenty-six 1 (Ets1), paired box protein 6 (Pax6), small nuclear RING-finger (SNURF)/RNF4, c-Jun, androgen receptor (AR) and estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha). TCF-20 contains an N-terminal transactivation domain, a novel DNA-binding domain with an AT-hook motif, three nuclear localization signals (NLSs) and a C-terminal ePHD/ADD domain.

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gi 768025665 1705 CCLCGKWASYRNMGDLFGPFYpqdyaatlpknpppkratemqskvkvrhksasngsktdteeeeeqqqqqkeqrslaahp 1784
Cdd:cd15699     1 CCLCGKWANYRNLGDLFGPFY----------------------------------------------------------- 21

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gi 768025665 1785 rfkrrhrsedcgggprslsrglpckkaategssektvldskpsvpttseggpelelqipelpldsnEFWVHEGCILWANG 1864
Cdd:cd15699    22 ------------------------------------------------------------------EFWVHEGCILWANG 35

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gi 768025665 1865 IYLVCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENFSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:cd15699    36 IYLVCGRLYGLQEALDIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLNEENFSVRCPKH 103

Extended PHD finger (ePHD) found in retinoic acid-induced protein 1 (RAI1); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the C-terminal ePHD/ADD (ATRX-DNMT3-DNMT3L) domain of RAI1. RAI1, a homolog of stromelysin-1 PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor)-responsive element-binding protein (SPBP, also termed TCF-20), is a chromatin-binding protein implicated in the regulation of gene expression. It is strongly enriched on chromatin in interphase HeLa cells, and displays low nuclear mobility, and has been implicated in Smith-Magenis syndrome, Potocki-Lupski syndrome, and non-syndromic autism. RAI1 contains a region with homology to the novel nucleosome-binding region SPBP and an ePHD/ADD domain with ability to bind nucleosomes.

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gi 768025665 1851 EFWVHEGCILWANGIYLVCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENFSVRCP 1930
Cdd:cd15700    23 EHWVHEACAVWTTGVYLVAGKLFGLQEAVQKAADAKCSSCQGAGATVGCCHKGCTQSYHYICAVEAGCLFEEENFSLRCP 102

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gi 768025665 1931 KH 1932
Cdd:cd15700   103 KH 104

Extended PHD finger 2 found in histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2C (KMT2C) and 2D (KMT2D); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the second ePHD finger of KMT2C, and KMT2D. KMT2C, also termed myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 3 (MLL3), or homologous to ALR protein, is a histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) lysine methyltransferase that functions as a circadian factor contributing to genome-scale circadian transcription. It is a component of a large complex that acts as a coactivator of multiple transcription factors, including the bile acid (BA)-activated nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a critical player in BA homeostasis. The MLL3 complex is essential for p53 transactivation of small heterodimer partner (SHP). KMT2C is also a part of activating signal cointegrator-2 (ASC-2)-containing complex (ASCOM) that contains the transcriptional coactivator nuclear receptor coactivator 6 (NCOA6), KMT2C and its paralog MLL4. The ASCOM complex is critical for nuclear receptor (NR) activation of bile acid transporter genes and is down regulated in cholestasis. KMT2D, also termed ALL1-related protein (ALR), is encoded by the gene that was named MLL4, a fourth human homolog of Drosophila trithorax, located on chromosome 12. It enzymatically generates trimethylated histone H3 Lysine 4 (H3K4me3). It plays an essential role in differentiating the human pluripotent embryonal carcinoma cell line NTERA-2 clone D1 (NT2/D1) stem cells by activating differentiation-specific genes, such as HOXA1-3 and NESTIN. KMT2D is also a part of ASCOM. Both KMT2C and KMT2D contain the catalytic domain SET, five PHD fingers, two ePHD fingers, a RING finger, an HMG (high-mobilitygroup)-binding motif, and two FY-rich regions.

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gi 768025665 1853 WVHEGCILWANGIY-LVCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHeENFSVRCPK 1931
Cdd:cd15666    26 WVHLNCALWSYEVYeTQNGALMNVEEALRRALTTTCSHCGRTGATVPCFKPRCANVYHLPCAIKDGCMFF-KDKTMLCPS 104

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gi 768025665 1932 H 1932
Cdd:cd15666   105 H 105

Extended PHD finger 1 found in histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2C (KMT2C) and 2D (KMT2D); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the first ePHD finger of KMTC2C and KMTC2D. KMT2C, also termed myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 3 (MLL3), or homologous to ALR protein, is a histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) lysine methyltransferase that functions as a circadian factor contributing to genome-scale circadian transcription. It is a component of a large complex that acts as a coactivator of multiple transcription factors, including the bile acid (BA)-activated nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a critical player in BA homeostasis. The MLL3 complex is essential for p53 transactivation of small heterodimer partner (SHP). KMT2C is also a part of activating signal cointegrator-2 (ASC-2)-containing complex (ASCOM) that contains the transcriptional coactivator nuclear receptor coactivator 6 (NCOA6), KMT2C and its paralog MLL4. The ASCOM complex is critical for nuclear receptor (NR) activation of bile acid transporter genes and is down regulated in cholestasis. KMT2D, also termed ALL1-related protein (ALR), is encoded by the gene that was named MLL4, a fourth human homolog of Drosophila trithorax, located on chromosome 12. It enzymatically generates trimethylated histone H3 Lysine 4 (H3K4me3). It plays an essential role in differentiating the human pluripotent embryonal carcinoma cell line NTERA-2 clone D1 (NT2/D1) stem cells by activating differentiation-specific genes, such as HOXA1-3 and NESTIN. KMT2D is also a part of ASCOM. Both KMT2C and KMT2D contain the catalytic domain SET, five plant PHD fingers, two ePHD fingers, a RING finger, an HMG (high-mobilitygroup)-binding motif, and two FY-rich regions.

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gi 768025665 1851 EFWVHEGCILWANGIY-LVCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENFSVRC 1929
Cdd:cd15665     8 EVYAHHCCAAWSEGVCqTEDGALENVDKAVAKALSQKCSFCLRYGASISCRMPSCSKSFHFPCAAAAGCFQDIKTLTLFC 87

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gi 768025665 1930 PKH 1932
Cdd:cd15665    88 PEH 90

PHD-like zinc-binding domain; The members of this family are annotated as containing PHD domain, but the zinc-binding region here is not typical of PHD domains. The conformation here is a well-conserved cysteine-histidine rich region spanning 90 residues, where the Cys and His are arranged as HxxC(31)CxxC(6)CxxCxxxxCxxxxHxxC (21)CxxH.

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gi 768025665  1855 HEGCILWANGIYlVCG------RLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHC-QEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEEN--- 1924
Cdd:pfam13771    1 HVVCALWSPELV-QRGndsmgfPIEDIEKIPKRRWKLKCYLCkKKGGACIQCSKKNCRRAFHVTCALEAGLLMQFDEdng 79

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gi 768025665  1925 -FSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:pfam13771   80 tFKSYCKKH 88

Extended PHD finger 2 found in histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the second ePHD finger of KMT2D. KMT2D, also termed ALL1-related protein (ALR), is encoded by the gene that was named myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 4 (MLL4), a fourth human homolog of Drosophila trithorax, located on chromosome 12. KMT2D enzymatically generates trimethylated histone H3 Lys 4 (H3K4me3). It plays an essential role in differentiating the human pluripotent embryonal carcinoma cell line NTERA-2 clone D1 (NT2/D1) stem cells by activating differentiation-specific genes, such as HOXA1-3 and NESTIN. It is also a part of activating signal cointegrator-2 (ASC-2)-containing complex (ASCOM) that contains the transcriptional coactivator nuclear receptor coactivator 6 (NCOA6), KMT2C and KMT2D. The ASCOM complex is critical for nuclear receptor (NR) activation of bile acid transporter genes and is down regulated in cholestasis. KMT2D contains the catalytic domain SET, five PHD fingers, two ePHD fingers, a RING finger, an HMG (high-mobility group)-binding motif, and two FY-rich regions.

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gi 768025665 1851 EFWVHEGCILWANGIYLV-CGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENfSVRC 1929
Cdd:cd15698    24 DLWVHLNCALWSTEVYETqGGALMNVEVALHRGLLTKCSLCQKTGATNSCNRLRCPNVYHFACAIRAKCMFFKDK-TMLC 102

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gi 768025665 1930 PKHK 1933
Cdd:cd15698   103 PMHK 106

Extended PHD finger found in histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This subfamily includes the ePHD finger of KMT2A. KMT2A also termed ALL-1, or CXXC-type zinc finger protein 7, or myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 1 (MLL1), or trithorax-like protein (Htrx), or zinc finger protein HRX, is a histone methyltransferase that belongs to the MLL subfamily of H3K4-specific histone lysine methyltransferases (KMT2). It regulates chromatin-mediated transcription through the catalysis of methylation of histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4), and is frequently rearranged in acute leukemia. KMT2A functions as the catalytic subunit in the MLL1 complex, which also contains WDR5, RbBP5, ASH2L and DPY30 as integral core subunits required for the efficient methylation activity of the complex. The MLL1 complex is highly active and specific for H3K4methylation. KMT2A contains a CxxC (x for any residue) zinc finger domain, three PHD fingers, a Bromodomain domain, this extended PHD finger, two FY (phenylalanine tyrosine)-rich domains, and a SET (Suppressor of variegation, Enhancer of zeste, Trithorax) domain.

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gi 768025665 1853 WVHEGCILWANGIYL-VCGRLYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENfSVRCPK 1931
Cdd:cd15693    28 WTHVNCALWSAEVFEdDDGSLKNVHMAVIRGKQLRCEFCQKPGATVGCCLTSCTSNYHFMCSRAKNCVFLEDK-KVYCQR 106

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gi 768025665 1932 HKN 1934
Cdd:cd15693   107 HKD 109

Extended PHD finger 1 found in histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2C (KMT2C); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model corresponds to the first ePHD finger of KMT2C. KMT2C, also termed myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 3 (MLL3), or homologous to ALR protein, is a histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) lysine methyltransferase that functions as a circadian factor contributing to genome-scale circadian transcription. It is a component of a large complex that acts as a coactivator of multiple transcription factors, including the bile acid (BA)-activated nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a critical player in BA homeostasis. The MLL3 complex is essential for p53 transactivation of small heterodimer partner (SHP). KMT2C is also a part of activating signal cointegrator-2 (ASC-2)-containing complex (ASCOM) that contains the transcriptional coactivator nuclear receptor coactivator 6 (NCOA6), KMT2C and its paralog MLL4. The ASCOM complex is critical for nuclear receptor (NR) activation of bile acid transporter genes and is down regulated in cholestasis. KMT2C contains several PHD fingers, two ePHD fingers, an ATPase alpha beta signature, a high mobility group (HMG)-1 box, a SET (Suppressor of variegation, Enhancer of zeste, Trithorax) domain and two FY (phenylalanine tyrosine)-rich domains.

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gi 768025665 1851 EFWVHEGCILWANGIYLVCGR-LYGLQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEENFSVRC 1929
Cdd:cd15696     8 ECWAHLRCAEWSLGVCQGEEQlLVNVDKAVVSGSTERCAFCKHLGATIKCCEEKCTQMYHYPCAAGAGTFQDFSRRLLLC 87

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gi 768025665 1930 PKH 1932
Cdd:cd15696    88 PTH 90

Extended PHD finger found in PHD finger protein 11 (PHF11); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This model includes the ePHD finger of PHF11. PHF11, also termed BRCA1 C-terminus-associated protein, or renal carcinoma antigen NY-REN-34, is a transcriptional co-activator of the Th1 effector cytokine genes, interleukin-2 (IL2) and interferon-gamma (IFNG), co-operating with nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB). It is involved in T-cell activation and viability. Polymorphisms within PHF11 are associated with total IgE, allergic asthma and eczema.

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gi 768025665 1854 VHEGCILWANGIY-------LVCGRLYGLQEAL-EIAR--EMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEE 1923
Cdd:cd15712    23 AHQNCLLYSSGFVeseeynpLNLDRRFDVESVLnEIKRgkRLKCNFCRKKGATVGCEERACRRSYHYFCALCDDAAIETD 102

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gi 768025665 1924 N----FSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:cd15712   103 EvrgiYRVFCQKH 115

Extended PHD finger 1 found in PHD finger protein 6 (PHF6); The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. PHF6 contains two non-canonical ePHD fingers, this model corresponds to the first ePHD finger. PHF6, also termed the X-linked mental retardation disorder Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome-associated protein, is a nucleolus, ribosomal RNA promoter-associated protein that regulates cell cycle progression by suppressing ribosomal RNA synthesis. It has been implicated in cell cycle control, genomic maintenance, and tumor suppression. PHF6 shows transcriptional repression activity through directly interacting with the nucleosome remodeling and deacetylation complex component RBBP4. .

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gi 768025665 1875 LQEALEIAREMKCSHCQEAGATLGCYNKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADCLLHEEN----FSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:cd15710    54 VQKEIKRGTKLMCSLCHCPGATIGCDVKTCHRTYHYYCALHDKAQIRENPsqgiYMIYCRKH 115

PHD zinc finger; The plant homeodomain (PHD) finger is a C4HC3 zinc-finger-like motif found in nuclear proteins thought to be involved in epigenetics and chromatin-mediated transcriptional regulation. The PHD finger binds two zinc ions using the so-called 'cross-brace' motif and is thus structurally related to the RING finger and the FYVE finger. It is not yet known if PHD fingers have a common molecular function. Several reports suggest that it can function as a protein-protein interacton domain and it was recently demonstrated that the PHD finger of p300 can cooperate with the adjacent BROMO domain in nucleosome binding in vitro. Other reports suggesting that the PHD finger is a ubiquitin ligase have been refuted as these domains were RING fingers misidentified as PHD fingers.

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gi 768025665   1887 CSHCQE---AGATLGCynKGCSFRYHYPCAIDADcLLHEENFSVRCPKH 1932
Cdd:smart00249    2 CSVCGKpddGGELLQC--DGCDRWYHQTCLGPPL-LEEEPDGKWYCPKC 47