HP1 oligomerization compensates for low-affinity H3K9me recognition and provides a tunable mechanism for heterochromatin-specific localization
S. Biswas, J. Karslake, Z. Chen, A. Farhat, P. Freddolino, J. S. Biteen, K. Ragunathan
This study investigates how HP1 proteins recognize H3K9me with high specificity despite low-affinity binding, showing that oligomerization compensates for this and enables heterochromatin localization.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2021Biophysics