Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) carries out the methylation of lysine 27 of histone H3, a hallmark of repressive chromatin. Three core subunits make up the catalytic core of PRC2; the SET domain containing EZH2, the zinc-finger containing SUZ12 and the WD40 repeat protein EED. The complex forms a compact arrangement of three lobes. The middle lobe largely comprises two domains that mark the beginning of the carboxy (C)-terminal region of EZH2 (MCSS and SANT2) and the helical, C-terminal, component of the Suz12 Vefs domain. This entry describes the MCSS (also known as SANT2L) domain. There is one zinc binding (Zn1Cys3His1) which is formed solely by MCSS [1, 2].

1: Structural basis of oncogenic histone H3K27M inhibition of human polycomb repressive complex 2. Justin N, Zhang Y, Tarricone C, Martin SR, Chen S, Underwood E, De Marco V, Haire LF, Walker PA, Reinberg D, Wilson JR, Gamblin SJ; Nat Commun. 2016;7:11316. PMID:27121947

2: Polycomb repressive complex 2 structure with inhibitor reveals a mechanism of activation and drug resistance. Brooun A, Gajiwala KS, Deng YL, Liu W, Bolanos B, Bingham P, He YA, Diehl W, Grable N, Kung PP, Sutton S, Maegley KA, Yu X, Stewart AE; Nat Commun. 2016;7:11384. PMID:27122193