Extended PHD finger found in Arabidopsis thaliana ATX3, -4, -5, and similar proteins
The extended plant homeodomain (ePHD) zinc finger is characterized as Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His. This subfamily includes the ePHD finger of A. thaliana histone-lysine N-methyltransferase arabidopsis trithorax-like proteins 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. These proteins show distinct phylogenetic origins from the family of ATX1 and ATX2. They are multi-domain proteins that consist of an N-terminal PWWP domain, a canonical PHD finger, this non-canonical extended PHD finger, and a C-terminal SET domain.
Conserved feature residue pattern:C C H C C C C C H C C H
Evidence:
Comment:based on the structure evidence that human Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome-associated protein PHF6 (PDB 4NN2) binds three Zn2+ ions through its ePHD finger
Comment:The extended PHD finger is characterized by Cys2HisCys5HisCys2His.