Engineering a high-affinity methyl-CpG-binding protein |
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Authors: | Jørgensen Helle F Adie Karen Chaubert Pascal Bird Adrian P |
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Affiliation: | Helle F. Jørgensen, Karen Adie, Pascal Chaubert, and Adrian P. Bird |
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Abstract: | Core members of the MBD protein family (MeCP2, MBD1, MBD2 and MBD4) share a methyl-CpG-binding domain that has a specific affinity for methylated CpG sites in double-stranded DNA. By multimerizing the MDB domain of Mbd1, we engineered a poly-MBD protein that displays methyl-CpG-specific binding in vitro with a dissociation constant that is >50-fold higher than that of a monomeric MBD. Poly-MBD proteins also localize to methylated foci in cells and can deliver a functional domain to reporter constructs in vivo. We propose that poly-MBD proteins are sensitive reagents for the detection of DNA methylation levels in isolated native DNA and for cytological detection of chromosomal CpG methylation. |
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