Protein
Chromatin-associated protein swi6
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
Recognizes and binds histone H3 tails methylated at 'Lys-9', leading to epigenetic repression. Involved in the repression of the silent mating-type loci MAT2 and MAT3. May compact MAT2/3 into a heterochromatin-like conformation which represses the transcription of these silent cassettes.
Sequence
MKKGGVRSYRRSSTSKRSVIDDDSEPELPSMTKEAIASHKADSGSSDNEVESDHESKSSSKKLKENAKEEEGGEEEEEDEYVVEKVLKHRMARKGGGYEYLLKWEGYDDPSDNTWSSEADCSGCKQLIEAYWNEHGGRPEPSKRKRTARPKKPEAKEPSPKSRKTDEDKHDKDSNEKIEDVNEKTIKFADKSQEEFNENGPPSGQPNGHIESDNESKSPSQKESNESEDIQIAETPSNVTPKKKPSPEVPKLPDNRELTVKQVENYDSWEDLVSSIDTIERKDDGTLEIYLTWKNGAISHHPSTITNKKCPQKMLQFYESHLTFRENE