PHD finger found in pygopus homolog 2 (PYGO2); PYGO2 is a homolog of Drosophila melanogaster protein pygopus (dPYGO), which is a fundamental Wnt signaling transcriptional component in Drosophila. It functions as a context-dependent beta-catenin coactivator, as well as a histone methylation reader that binds di-and trimethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me2/3). Moreover, PYGO2 acts as a chromatin remodeler in a testis-specific and Wnt-unrelated manner. It also mediates chromatin regulation and links Wnt signaling and Notch signaling to suppress the luminal/alveolar differentiation competence of mammary stem and basal cells. Furthermore, PYGO2 plays a new role in rRNA transcription during cancer cell growth. It regulates mammary tumor initiation and heterogeneity in MMTV-Wnt1 mice. PYGO2 contains a plant homeodomain (PHD) finger, which is important for Lgs/Bcl9 recognition as well as for the regulation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.

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gi 657940874 291 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDLC 344
Cdd:cd15636    1 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDFC 54

PHD finger found in pygopus homolog 2 (PYGO2); PYGO2 is a homolog of Drosophila melanogaster protein pygopus (dPYGO), which is a fundamental Wnt signaling transcriptional component in Drosophila. It functions as a context-dependent beta-catenin coactivator, as well as a histone methylation reader that binds di-and trimethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me2/3). Moreover, PYGO2 acts as a chromatin remodeler in a testis-specific and Wnt-unrelated manner. It also mediates chromatin regulation and links Wnt signaling and Notch signaling to suppress the luminal/alveolar differentiation competence of mammary stem and basal cells. Furthermore, PYGO2 plays a new role in rRNA transcription during cancer cell growth. It regulates mammary tumor initiation and heterogeneity in MMTV-Wnt1 mice. PYGO2 contains a plant homeodomain (PHD) finger, which is important for Lgs/Bcl9 recognition as well as for the regulation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.

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gi 657940874 291 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDLC 344
Cdd:cd15636    1 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDFC 54

PHD finger found in pygopus homolog 2 (PYGO2); PYGO2 is a homolog of Drosophila melanogaster protein pygopus (dPYGO), which is a fundamental Wnt signaling transcriptional component in Drosophila. It functions as a context-dependent beta-catenin coactivator, as well as a histone methylation reader that binds di-and trimethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me2/3). Moreover, PYGO2 acts as a chromatin remodeler in a testis-specific and Wnt-unrelated manner. It also mediates chromatin regulation and links Wnt signaling and Notch signaling to suppress the luminal/alveolar differentiation competence of mammary stem and basal cells. Furthermore, PYGO2 plays a new role in rRNA transcription during cancer cell growth. It regulates mammary tumor initiation and heterogeneity in MMTV-Wnt1 mice. PYGO2 contains a plant homeodomain (PHD) finger, which is important for Lgs/Bcl9 recognition as well as for the regulation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.

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gi 657940874 291 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDLC 344
Cdd:cd15636    1 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDFC 54

PHD finger found in PYGO proteins; The family includes Drosophila melanogaster protein pygopus (dPYGO) and its two homologs, PYGO1 and PYGO2. dPYGO is a fundamental Wnt signaling transcriptional component in Drosophila. PYGO1 is essential for the association with Legless (Lgs)/Bcl9 that acts an adaptor between Pygopus (Pygo) and Arm/beta-catenin. dPYGO and PYGO2 function as context-dependent beta-catenin coactivators, and they bind di- and trimethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me2/3). Moreover, PYGO2 acts as a histone methylation reader, and a chromatin remodeler in a testis-specific and Wnt-unrelated manner. It also mediates chromatin regulation and links Wnt signaling and Notch signaling to suppress the luminal/alveolar differentiation competence of mammary stem and basal cells. PYGO2 also plays a new role in rRNA transcription during cancer cell growth. It regulates mammary tumor initiation and heterogeneity in MMTV-Wnt1 mice. All family members contain a plant homeodomain (PHD) finger.

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gi 657940874 291 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMTESAYGLLTTEASAVWACDLC 344
Cdd:cd15551    1 PCGICNNEVNDDDDAILCESSCNKWFHRTCTGLTESAYDLLTSEESAEWVCDSC 54

PHD finger superfamily; The PHD finger superfamily includes a canonical plant homeodomain (PHD) finger typically characterized as Cys4HisCys3, and a non-canonical extended PHD finger, characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. Variations include the RAG2 PHD finger characterized by Cys3His2Cys2His and the PHD finger 5 found in nuclear receptor-binding SET domain-containing proteins characterized by Cys4HisCys2His. The PHD finger is also termed LAP (leukemia-associated protein) motif or TTC (trithorax consensus) domain. Single or multiple copies of PHD fingers have been found in a variety of eukaryotic proteins involved in the control of gene transcription and chromatin dynamics. PHD fingers can recognize the unmodified and modified histone H3 tail, and some have been found to interact with non-histone proteins. They also function as epigenome readers controlling gene expression through molecular recruitment of multi-protein complexes of chromatin regulators and transcription factors. The PHD finger domain SF is structurally similar to the RING and FYVE_like superfamilies.

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gi 657940874 292 CGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEaSCQKWFHRECTGMTESaygllTTEASAVWACDLC 344
Cdd:cd15489    2 CIVCGKGGDLGGELLQCD-GCGKWFHADCLGPPLS-----SFVPNGKWICPVC 48

PHD finger 2 and 3 found in bromodomain and PHD finger-containing transcription factor (BPTF); BPTF, also termed nucleosome-remodeling factor subunit BPTF, or fetal Alz-50 clone 1 protein (FAC1), or fetal Alzheimer antigen, functions as a transcriptional regulator that exhibits altered expression and subcellular localization during neuronal development and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. It interacts with the human orthologue of the Kelch-like Ech-associated protein (Keap1). Its function and subcellular localization can be regulated by Keap1. Moreover, BPTF is a novel DNA-binding protein that recognizes the DNA sequence CACAACAC and represses transcription through this site in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Furthermore, BPTF interacts with the Myc-associated zinc finger protein (ZF87/MAZ) and alters its transcriptional activity, which has been implicated in gene regulation in neurodegeneration. Some family members contain two or three plant homeodomain (PHD) fingers, which may be involved in complex formation with histone H3 trimethylated at K4 (H3K4me3). This family corresponds to the second and third PHD fingers.

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gi 657940874 295 CRSEVNDDQDAILCEaSCQKWFHRECTGMTES 326
Cdd:cd15560    4 CRTPYDESQFYIGCD-RCQDWFHGRCVGILQS 34

PHD finger found in Arabidopsis thaliana histone-lysine N-methyltransferase arabidopsis trithorax-like protein ATX3, ATX4, ATX5, and similar proteins; The family includes A. thaliana ATX3 (also termed protein SET domain group 14, or trithorax-homolog protein 3), ATX4 (also termed protein SET domain group 16, or trithorax-homolog protein 4) and ATX5 (also termed protein SET domain group 29, or trithorax-homolog protein 5), which belong to the histone-lysine methyltransferase family. They show distinct phylogenetic origins from the ATX1 and ATX2 family. They are multi-domain containing proteins that consist of an N-terminal PWWP domain, a canonical Cys4HisCys3 plant homeodomain (PHD) finger, a non-canonical extended PHD (ePHD) finger, Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His, and a C-terminal SET domain; this model corresponds to the Cys4HisCys3 canonical PHD finger.

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gi 657940874 292 CGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECtgmtesaYGLLTTEASAVWACDLC 344
Cdd:cd15495    2 CAVCNEGEDDDNNPLITCNRCQISVHQKC-------YGIREVDPDGSWVCRAC 47

PHD finger 3 found in lysine-specific demethylase 5B (KDM5B); KDM5B, also termed Cancer/testis antigen 31 (CT31), or Histone demethylase JARID1B, or Jumonji/ARID domain-containing protein 1B (JARID1B), or PLU-1, or retinoblastoma-binding protein 2 homolog 1 (RBP2-H1 or RBBP2H1A), is a member of the JARID subfamily within the JmjC proteins. It has a restricted expression pattern in the testis, ovary, and transiently in the mammary gland of the pregnant female and has been shown to be upregulated in breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lung cancer, suggesting a potential role in tumorigenesis. KDM5B acts as a histone demethylase that catalyzes the removal of trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3), induced by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). It also mediates demethylation of H3K4me2 and H3K4me1. Moreover, KDM5B functions as a negative regulator of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal and progenitor cell activity. KDM5B has also been shown to interact with the DNA binding transcription factors BF-1 and PAX9, as well as TIEG1/KLF10 (transforming growth factor-beta inducible early gene-1/Kruppel-like transcription factor 10), and possibly function as a transcriptional corepressor. KDM5B contains the catalytic JmjC domain, JmjN, the BRIGHT domain, which is an AT-rich interacting domain (ARID), and a Cys5HisCys2 zinc finger, as well as three plant homeodomain (PHD) fingers. This model corresponds to the third PHD finger.

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gi 657940874 291 PCGACRSEVNDDQDAILCEASCQKWFHRECTGMT 324
Cdd:cd15687    3 PAVSCLQPEGEEVDWVQCDGSCNRWFHQVCVGVS 36