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Nucleic Acids Research, 2020, Vol. 48, No. 1

Nucleic Acids Research, 2020, Vol. 48, No. 1 -431
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkzl037

Published online 14 November 2019

A non-canonical monovalent zinc finger stabilizes the integration of Cfp1 into the Η3Κ4 methyltransferase complex COMPASS
Yidai Yang^12, Monika Joshi^12, Yoh-hei Takahashi^3, Zhibin Ning1,2, Qianhui Qu^4, Joseph S. Brunzelle5, Georgios Skiniotis^4, Daniel Figeys1,2, Ali Shilatifard^3 and
Jean-Francois Couture^1’^2’*
1Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ΟΝ Κ1Η 8M5, Canada., ^2Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ΟΝ Κ1Η 8M5 , Canada., ^3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA, ^4Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA and ^5Northwestern Synchrotron Research Centers, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Received July 16, 2019; Revised October 16, 2019; Editorial Decision October 18, 2019; Accepted October 24, 2019

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ABSTRACT
COMPlex ASsociating with SET1 (COMPASS) is a histone H3 Lys-4 methyltransferase that typically marks the promoter region of actively transcribed genes. COMPASS is a multi-subunit complex in which the catalytic unit, SET1, is required for Η3Κ4 methylation. An important subunit known to regulate SET1 methyltransferase activity is the CxxC zinc finger protein 1 (Cfp1). Cfp1 binds to COMPASS and is critical to maintain high level of H3K4me3 in cells but the mechanisms underlying its stimulatory activity is poorly understood. In this study, we show that Cfp1 only modestly activates COMPASS methyltransferase activity in vitro. Binding of Cfp1 to COMPASS is in part mediated by a new type of monovalent zinc finger (ZnF). This ZnF interacts with the COMPASS’s subunits RbBP5 and disruption of this interaction blunts its methyltransferase activity in cells and in vivo. Collectively, our studies reveal that a novel form of ZnF on Cfp1 enables its integration into COMPASS and contributes to epigenetic signaling.
INTRODUCTION
Histone Η3 Κ4 methylation (Η3Κ4) is a post-translational modification (PTM) deposited by an evolutionary conserved family of lysine methyltransferases referred to as the lysine Methyl-Transferase 2 (ΚΜΤ2) (1). Also referred to as COMPlex Associated to SETI (COMPASS), six human KMT2 enzymes contribute, to different extent, to the deposition of this PTM. While each member is linked to different biological functions (1), the methyltransferase activity of each member is exquisitely dependent on an obligate association to a four-subunit complex composed of Ash2L (also referred to as Bre2 or Cps60), RbBP5 (also referred to as Swdl or Cps50), WDR5 (also referred to as Swd3 or Cps30) and DPY-30 (also referred to as Sdcl or Cps25) (2-5). In addition, each ΚΜΤ2 enzyme specifically associates to unique subunits. For example, Menin binds the Nterminus of MLL1 to regulate hox gene expression in MEF cells (6). Binding of NCOA6 to MLL3 and MLL4 regulates adipogenesis (7,8) and interaction of WDR82 (also referred to as Swd2 or Cps35) with SET1A/B mediates its association to RNA polymerase (9). Finally, the ability of Cfpl to associate with SET1A/B (10) and unmethylated CpG islands increases the retention of COMPASS to chromatin (11).
Cfpl controls the development of mouse oocyte (12) and meiotic cell cycle progression (13). Hematopoietic stem cells depleted in Cfpl fail to undergo hematopoietic differentiation leading to a severe loss of commitment to a specific lineage and formation of mature cells (14). Cfpl also interacts with IHOl, an essential component of the meiotic double-strand break (DSB) machinery (15) and its yeast homolog (also referred to as Sppl or Cps40), associates with Mer2 (16) to participate in DNA damage repair (16,17). Cfpl helps the recruitment of SET1 enzymes to unmodified CpG dinucleotide (18.19). Moreover, yeast cells lacking Cps40 loose 80% of global Η3Κ4 trimethylation without significant changes on Η3Κ4 mono- and di-methylation

(20). Detailed genome wide studies fine-tuned this model in showing that the CpG islands (CGIs) expressed genes are affected by the loss of Cfpl and that its DNA binding activity prevents random deposition of H3K4me3 at regulatory regions (21).
Mechanistically, an evolutionary conserved motif, referred to as SET interacting domain (SID), of Cfpl directly associates with the N-terminus of SET1 (residues 762-937 in yeast) (22,23) and helps maintaining Cfpl bound to SET1 complexes in the nucleus (11). In vertebrates, Cfpl CXXC1 domain binds unmethylated DNA (24) and a PHD domain located on its N-terminus binds H3K4me3 (11,25). A recent cryo-EM structure of COMPASS (26) places Cfpl in close proximity to RbBP5, WDR5 and the N-terminus of SET1 but the determinants underlying its integration in the complex are unclear. Here we set out to identify the minimal structural determinants underlying the integration of Cfpl into COMPASS. Structural, biochemical and in vivo studies show that a novel zinc finger (ZnF) on Cfpl interacts with an evolutionary conserved pocket located on the edge of RbBP5 β-propeller domain. Mutation of key residues forming the interface disrupts the integration of Cfpl into COMPASS complexes and disrupts H3K4me3 in mammalian and yeast cells. Moreover, structural analysis reveals that this ZnF, which is found in the region that interacts with RbBP5 (also referred to as RbBP5 Interacting Domain (RID), adopts a novel topology that does not resemble the PHD domain observed in other histone binding proteins nor any hitherto characterized ZnF.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Protein expression, purification and CtCOMPASS reconstitution
Full-length (FL) Chaetomium thermophilum (Ct) Cfpl, WDR5, Ash2L and Myceliophteria thermophila (Mt) RbBP5 and its β-propeller (residues 1-347) were cloned into pET28. A CtSETl fragment containing its nSET and SET domains (residues 966-1295) was cloned into pSMT3 while full-length or a fragment corresponding to the RID domain of CtCfpl (residues 322-508) were cloned into pGEX. All these proteins were overexpressed in Escherichia coli Rosetta cells (Novagen) using 0.2 mM isopropylthiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) during 16 h at 18°C. Following overexpression, cells were lysed by sonication in a lysis buffer containing 50 mM sodium phosphate pH 7.0, 500 mM sodium chloride and 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol. Cells expressing CtWDR5 were lysed in 20 mM HEPES pH 7.0, 500 mM sodium chloride, 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol, and 1% Triton. Proteins were purified by affinity chromatography in lysis buffer and eluted with 50 mM sodium phosphate pH 7.0, 500 mM sodium chloride, 5 mM β- mercaptoethanol and 500mM imidazole. Due to poor stability and solubility of untagged CtWDR5, the protein was mixed with MtRbBP5 in a 1.5:1 molar ratio prior TEV cleavage. Following the removal of the hexahistidine tag, the complex was further purified by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) using a Superdex 200 (GE Healthcare) pre-equilibrated in a buffer containing 50 mM Tris pH 8.0, 200 mM sodium chloride and 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol. Similarly, purified CtSETl and CtAsh2L were mixed in a 1:1 molar ratio prior cleavage and co-purified using a Superdex 200. CtCfpl and its RID domain were purified as previously described (26). The CtWDR5/MtRbBP5/CtSETl/CtAsh2L complex was reconstituted by mixing the two heterodimers in a 1:1 molar ratio, incubated at 4°C during 4 h and purified by SEC using a Superdex 200 pre-equilibrated in 50 mM Tris pH 8.0, 150 mM sodium chloride and 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol. The CtWDR5/CtAsh2L/MtRbBP5/CtSETl complex was then mixed with CtCfpl in a 1:5 molar ratio, incubated at 4°C during 2 h and further purified by SEC using a Superose 6.
Nucleosome core particle (NCP) reconstitution
NCP was reconstituted as previously described (27). Briefly, core histones (His-tagged Η2Α, Η2Β, Η3 and His-tagged H4) were co-expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3) pLysS cells (Novagen). Self-assembled octamer was purified using Talon affinity chromatography under non-denaturing condition in a purification buffer composed of 2M NaCl, 10 mM Tris ρΗ7.0 and 1 mM DTT. After cleaving the Histag, the octamer was further purified by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) using a Superdex 200 (GE Healthcare). The purified octamer was mixed with a 147-bp doublestranded DNA containing a strong nucleosome-positioning ‘601" sequence in a 1:1 mole ratio in the purification buffer and the nucleosome was assembled by dialyzing the salt in a step-wise manner.
In vitro methyltransferase assays

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Methyltransferase assays were performed as previously described (28,29), and methylated products were either detected by scintillation counting or mass spectrometry. Briefly, reactions were initiated by adding 0.15-3 μΜ of purified COMPASS with or without CtCfpl into a reaction mixture containing 3 μΜ of NCP, 50 mM Tris pH 8.0, 200 mM NaCl, 3 mM dithiothreitol (DTT), 5 mM MgC12, 5% glycerol (assay buffer) and 100 μΜ S-adenosyl- L-methionine (specific activity 800 cpm/pmol). After one- hour incubation, reactions were stopped by spotting the reaction onto Whatman P-81 filter papers. Free AdoMet was removed by washing the filter papers as previously described (28,29) and methyltransferase activity was quantified by liquid scintillation counting. Η3 peptide substrates corresponding to the first 40 residues of histone Η3 either unmodified, mono- or di-methylated on Κ4 were also used as substrate to examine the kinetics for each methylation steps carry out by COMPASS. Methyltransferase assays were performed in presence of 0.3 μΜ of purified COMPASS witli or without CtCfpl, 0-300 μΜ peptide substrate, 1 mM S-adenosyl-L-methionine in the assay buffer. At each time point, 20 μ1 of reaction was added into 20 μ1 of 1% formic acid, flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and then analyzed by ESI-MS to detect the mono-, di-, tri-methylated products. The reaction velocities, determined by using the linear range of product formed versus time, were calculated and plotted vs substrate concentrations.

GST-pull-down assay
GST and GST-fusion proteins were applied onto glutathione-sepharose beads during 1 h at 4°C and washed extensively with GST binding buffer (20 mM Tris, 150 mM sodium chloride, 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol, 0.1% Triton X-100). Beads were then incubated with 10 pg of the purified CtWDR5/MtRbBP5 complex during 2 h at 4°C. Unbound proteins were washed extensively with the binding buffer. Bound proteins were eluted by boiling the beads in SDS loading buffer and analyzed by SDS-PAGE gel.
Protein crystallization and structure determination
CtCfpl RID domain (10 mg/ml) was crystallized using the sitting drop vapor diffusion method at room temperature. Diffraction quality crystals were obtained in 0.2 M NH4CI, and 22% (w/v) PEG 3350. Crystals were transferred into the mother liquor supplemented with 20% glycerol, harvested and flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen. A single-wavelength anomalous dispersion (SAD) data set was collected at the 21-ID-D beamline of the Life Science-Collaborative Access Team at the Advanced Photon Source Synchrotron. The structure of CtCfpl RID was determined by a single wavelength anomalous diffraction at the zinc peak wavelength (Supplementary Table SI). The reflections were processed and scaled using HKL2000 (30) and one zinc atom was identified and refined using the SHELX C/D programs (31). Phases were calculated using SHELX-E and the Arp/Warp program was used to generate the initial model. One chain was traced (95 amino acids out of 186) and used as a search model for molecular replacement using Phaser. The missing residues were modeled in the calculated phases using COOT (32) and the structure was further refined using phenix.refine (33). The final model includes 1 zinc ion, 22 water molecules and CtCfpl residues 322-404 and 443508. Owing to the lack of electron density, residues 405-442 were not modeled.
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) metal analysis and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)
ICP-MS was performed at the Quantitative Bioelemental Imaging Center, Northwestern University, using a Thermo Fisher Χ Series II ICP-MS system as previously described (34). Briefly, the MS spectrum of two biological replicates were recorded in triplicate using 100 μΜ of purified CtCfpl RID domain or its corresponding buffer (50 mM Tris, pH 8, 200 mM NaCl, 5 mM BME, 2% glycerol). ITC experiments were performed using a VP-ITC calorimeter (MicroCal). A solution of CtCfpl RID domain (350 μΜ) was injected into a solution of wild-type MtRbBP5 β-propeller domain (35 μΜ). Titrations were performed at 20°C in 50 mM Tris pH 8.0, 200 mM NaCl and 2.5 mM β-mercaptoethanol. Titration data were analyzed using the Origin software.
Cfpl knockdown
An HEK293 cell line stably expressing a doxycycline (Dox)- inducible shRNA targeting the sequence of 5' GAGC GATACAAGCGGATC 3' of Cfpl was established as follow. HEK293 cells were transfected with a shRNA (V3SH11252-228939455; Dharmacon) cloned in the vector piSMAT-TurboRFP. Following selection using puromycin (2 pg/ml), the sh-resistant WT and mutants of human Cfpl were generated by site-directed mutagenesis of the shRNA targeting sequence and expressed as Flag-tagged constructs. In the rescue experiments, shRNAs were induced with Dox (0.20 μg/ml) After 48 h, cells were transfected with either Flag-tagged wild-type or mutants of Cfpl. After 24 h, the cells were harvested, washed with PBS and directly lysed with Laemmli buffer. Protein levels were detected by western blot using the indicated antibodies (Cfpl (ab 19877, Ab- cam), histone Η3 (ab46765, Abcam), H3K4me3 (ab8580, Abeam) and actin (Α300-491A, Bethyl lab)).
Knock out of Cps40 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SET762 (N-terminally (1-761) truncated Seti) yeast strain was constructed as described before (35). CPS40 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue of Cfpl, SeCfpl) of SET762 strain was knock out by replacing its ORF with LEU2 auxotrophic marker through PCR-based gene deletion strategy (SET762 cps40 A). Wild-type, truncated, or pointmutant Cps40 with C-terminal IxFLAG tag was cloned, constructed, and verified in pRS306 plasmid, respectively. Through yeast transformation and homologous recombination of a SET762 cps40A strain with PCR-amplified Cps40-IxFLAG-URA3 DNA fragments from each plasmid, SET762 strains harboring wild-type or mutant Cps40- IxFLAG in its original genomic loci were generated. Anti- H3K4mel, H3K4me2 and H3K4me3 antibodies and anti- Setl antibodies are from Shilatifard laboratory (35). AntiFLAG antibody is from Millipore Sigma.
Flag-Cfpl pull down experiments
Flag-tagged WT and mutants of human Cfpl were expressed in Cfpl knockdown cells and harvested for pulldown experiments as previously described (36). Briefly, cells were washed with PBS, and then lysed in the RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris HCl pH 7.4, 400 mM NaCl, 5 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 0.1% NP-40, 0.5% sodium deoxycholate, 25% glycerol and protease inhibitor cocktail). Cell lysis was kept on ice for 30 min before Dounce homogenization. The debris was pelleted by centrifugation at 15 000 rpm, 4°C for 15 min. The supernatant was incubated with pre-equilibrated Anti-FLAG Μ2 Magnetic Beads (Sigma) during 16 h. Beads were washed four times with buffer containing 300 mM NaCl, 0.1% NP- 40 and then boiled in Laemmli sample buffer. Protein levels were probed by western blotting using specific antibodies.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Cfpl modestly activates COMPASS methyltransferase activity in vitro

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Deletion of Cfpl leads to a sharp loss in H3K4me3 (20) and disrupts programmed double-strand break (DSB) during meiotic recombination in S. cerevisiae (16,17). Yet, a recent cryo-EM structure (26) places Cfpl ~60 A (Supplementary Figure Sl) away from SETI catalytic site begging

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Substrate | CtCfpl^+ | CtCfpl-
| cat /hr | K_m μΜ | Kcat /hr | K_m μΜ
H3K4me0 | 50± | 126± | 33± | 141±
| 4.5 | 22.8 | 4.8 | 39.5

H3K4me1

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H3K4me2 | 23+ | 174+ | 18+ | 198+
| 2.0 | 27.2 | 0.8 | 15.8
H3K4me2 μΜ

Figure 1. CtCfpl marginally activates COMPASS methyltransferase activity in vitro. (A) Reconstitution of COMPASS with CtCfpl. COMPASS was incubated with a 5-molar ratio of CtCfpl and separated on a superpose 6. The panel shows the chromatogram of COMPASS separated in presence (dotted line) or absence of CtCfpl (full line). (B) CtCfpl modestly activates the methyltransferase activity of COMPASS on the nucleosome core particle. The error bars indicate the standard deviation of two biological replicates performed in triplicates. (C) CtCfpl modestly activates the methyltransferase activity of COMPASS on peptides. Table showing the kinetic parameters obtained with the michealis-menten plots for H3K4me0 (D), H3K4mel (Ε) and H3K4me2 (F) peptides.

the question; does Cfpl participates in the positive allosteric regulation of SET1 methyltransferase activity? To address this question, we first sought to homogeneously reconstitute COMPASS in presence or absence of Cfpl. Inclusion of Cfpl results in a detectable shift in the size of the complex by SEC (Figure 1A) suggesting that Cfpl stably associates to COMPASS but is dispensable for the assembly of the entire complex. These results are in stark contrast to previous studies showing that omission of RbBP5 leads to a complete disassembly of the complex (26) but can be rationalized by the location of Cfpl in the cryo-EM structure. RbBP5 contacts each subunit of the complex while Cfpl is in close proximity of RbBP5 β-propeller domain and a region preceding the catalytic domain of SET1 only (26). Consistent with the long distance separating Cfpl and SET1, methylation of the nucleosome with COMPASS in presence of Cfpl only shows a 2-fold increase compared to the complex devoid of the DNA binding protein (Figure 1B). Considering that loss of Cfpl in yeast leads to a loss of H3K4me3 predominantly, we posited that it may only impact the conversion of H3K4me2 to H3K4me3; a reaction that may form a minute fraction of the product formed in our assays with the nucleosome. To test this hypothesis, we incubated COMPASS, either in presence or absence of Cfpl, with increasing concentration of H3K4me0, H3K4mel or H3K4me2 peptides and monitored methylation over time by quantitative mass spectrometry. As shown in Figure 1C-E, in absence of Cfpl, COMPASS methylates H3K4me0 and H3K4mel with similar kcat and Km values while the turnover number for the H3K4me2 peptide is ~2-fold slower when compared to the unmethylated substrate (Figure 1C and F). The complex assembled with Cfpl shows a modest increase in the rates of methylation for H3K4me0 and H3K4mel peptides with however negligible differences in the Km for these substrates. Similarly, Cfpl displays negligible effects on the Km of COMPASS for the H3K4me2 substrate. Collectively, our results suggest that COMPASS reconstituted with Cfpl displays modestly increased kcat values for Η3Κ4 peptides with however no preference for a specific methylation state.
Cfpl C-terminus associates with the β-propeller of RbBP5
In vertebrates, Cfpl is composed of a PHD and a CXXC domains, both located on its N-terminus and known to bind H3K4me3 (37) and unmethylated DNA (24), respectively. A central region, referred to as SET Interacting Domain (SID), binds the N-terminus of SET1 (36) while a region located on the C-terminus of the protein is predicted to be composed of a non-canonical PHD domain (Figure 2). To define the biological functions of this domain, we first performed GST-pull down studies with domains spanning different regions of Cfpl. Consistent with the Cryo-EM structure of COMPASS (26) which shows that Cfpl is found in close proximity of RbBP5 and WDR5 (Supplementary Figure S1), GST-pull down experiments show that Cfpl directly interacts with the RbBP5/WDR5 heterodimer. With

Figure 2. Cfpl RID domain interacts with RbBP5. (A) GST pull down assays showing the interaction between CtCfpl and RbBP5 (bottom) and schematic representation of Chaetomium thermophilum Cfpl constructs used in the binding studies (top). Proteins were resolved on SDS-PAGE and detected by Coomassie staining. Asterisk (*) indicates the full-lengtli fragments of the constructs tested.

the exception of a construct including its first 508 residues, truncation of Cfpl C-terminus completely obliterates its binding to the RbBP5/WDR5 heterodimer (Figure 2). Conversely, Cfpl constructs truncated on its N-terminus maintain its binding activity. Since Cfpl does not directly interact with WDR5 (Supplementary Figure S2), our results suggest that residues 322-508 are sufficient for RbBP5 binding and will therefore be referred to as RbBP5 interacting domain (RID).
Cfpl RID harbors a mono-valent zinc binding site
Cfpl RID is predicted to contain a single PHD-like domain on its C-terminus. To test this hypothesis, we first measured its metal content using ICP-MS. As shown in Supplementary Table S1, the RID domain contains one zinc atom per RID. Considering that PHD domains are known to bind at least two zinc atoms (38), these observations indicate that the C-terminus of Cfpl does not fold as a PHD domain. To confirm this, we solved the crystal structure of Cfpl RID at 2.3 A (Supplementary Table S2). As defined by the electron density map, Cfpl RID domain comprises residues 322508, with one molecule in the asymmetric unit. This region of Cfpl forms a three α-helix bundle with one Zn^2+ atom binding site (Figure 3). The metal binding site is formed by two loops (referred to as L1 and L2). L1 is located at the C-terminus of al while L2 is located between α2 and α3 (Figure 3A). In L1, one metal coordinating residue, C378, is found in the conserved motif XCGΦ (also referred to as motif I) while in L2, C451, H459, C456 are located in the motif CXXXK/RXXCXXHXXW (also referred to as motif II).
Cfpl RID domain zinc finger is evolutionary conserved
Despite its critical role in epigenetic signaling, Cfpl domain composition has diverged during evolution. Cheatomium thermophilum Cfpl shares 73.8% and 72.0% sequence homology with its Homo sapiens and Sporothrix insectorum homologs, respectively. The homolog of Cfpl in S. cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe lacks the CXXC domain and several regions between its SID, PHD and RID domains are poorly conserved (Supplementary Figure S3). However, the surface of Cfpl RID ZnF domain features a prominent evolutionary conserved and positively charged region (Figure 3B and C). This feature arises from several arginine and lysine side chains including R383, R453, K457 and Κ455 located in L1 and L2 (Figure 3C). These residues are distributed across the primary sequence of RID but they do not form distinct motifs. In general, the residues forming L1 and L2 are better conserved than the residues found in a-helices indicating that they could mediate an interaction with RbBP5.
Cfpl RID znf highlights a novel family of zinc finger

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Zn fingers (ZnFs) are finger-like protrusions that frequently maintain zinc ions in a tetrahedral geometry typically using a combination of cysteine and histidine residues. While the first ZnF was identified as a DNA-binding domain in transcription factor Illa (TFIIIA), they are now recognized to play diverse functions and to interact with multiple molecules, including, but not limited to RNA, lipids, and proteins (39,40). Based on the ligand geometry and secondary structure, the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (40-42) classified ZnFs into 30 different families (4042). Comparative analysis reveals that similar to ZC3H, ZC2HC, ZCCHC, THAP, ZM1Z and PARP-Type zinc fingers, CtCfpl RID domain employs a trio of cysteine residues and the side chain of a histidine to coordinate the zinc ion (Figure 4A). However, the cysteine residues in the Cfpl RID domain are contiguous in the primary sequence which is unique to the ZC3H and THAP zinc fingers. Despite these similarities, ZC3H, THAP and Cfpl RID zinc

Figure 3. The structure of CtCfpl RID domain unravels a mono-valent zinc finger. (A) CtCfpl RID domain is formed by a three-helix bundle in which the secondary structure, the zinc binding motifs (I and II) and the zinc atom are rendered in green, light pink, beige and grey, respectively. The inlet shows the residues found in motifs I and II. Zn is coordinated with four ligands. C378 is located in motif I and rendered in light pink. C456, C451 and H459 are found in motif II and are colored in beige. (B) Electrostatic potential surface of CtCfpl RID. Electrostatic surface of Cfpl RID (blue and red denote positively and negatively charged regions, respectively). (C) Conservation of surface residues of Cfpl RID. Sequence conservation mapped onto Cfpl are as follows: gradient: dark pink (conserved) to blue (variable).

Figure 4. Cfpl RID ZnF harbors a unique topology. (A) Cartoon representation of CtCfpl RID as shown in Figure 3A. (B) Cartoon representation of four types of CxCxCxH zinc finger including Torus (3ΤΡ2), CCCHl/2 (4CSA), CCCH5 (5ELH), rendered in gray and THAP (2L1G), highlighted in cyan. Members of the ZC3H and THAP families are colored in grey and cyan, respectively. (C) Logo representation highlighting the organization of the metal coordinating residues in Torus, CCCHl/2, CCCH5 and THAP proteins as well as CtCfpl RID domain. The inlet highlights the cluster and the spacer, which represents a pair of metal coordinating residues and the number of residues separating each cluster, respectively.

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fingers (Figure 4B) differ in the organization of their ZnF. Logo analysis (Figure 4C) shows that in ZC3H, the first pair (also referred to as cluster) of cysteines is separated (also referred to as spacer) from the other metal-coordinating residues by ~5 amino acids with a similar separation in each cluster. Analogous to ZC3H, residues forming each pair of metal-coordinating residues of the THAP ZnF is separated by the same number of residues with however a spacer exceeding 50 amino acids. However, in stark contrast to ZC3H and THAP, the residues forming the first cluster in CtCfpl RID ZnF are separated by ~80 residues; a distance that exceeds all the other zinc binding domain reported to date. Therefore, these observations suggest that the ZnF of Cfpl RID is a novel type of ZnF.

Cfpl RID ZnF is required for its association to COMPASS
Owing to the low resolution of the Cryo-EM structure of COMPASS in the region corresponding to the ZnF of Cfpl, the zinc finger had not been modeled in the initial maps. Cfpl RID domain and its ZnF was aligned with Cps40 fitted in the cryo-EM maps with a good correlation, especially for the two long intertwined helices with a rmsd at ~1.09A (Supplementary Figure S4A). Consistent with the analysis of the evolutionary conserved regions on Cfpl RID domain, Ll and L2 are found in close proximity of Cps50 (yeast RbBP5) in the cryo-EM structure of COMPASS (Supplementary Figure S4). Surprisingly, mutation of several residues (Arg383, Leu384, Phe393, Gln392, Gln401, Met450, Lys455, Asp473, Val470 and Trp462) (Figure 5A) fail to impair Cfpl binding to RbBP5. However, mutation of the residues forming both motifs and Tyr380 severely impede the binding of RbBP5 to Cfpl (Figure 5A). This is illustrated by a ~20-fold loss in binding for the Tyr380 substituted by an alanine when compared to wild-type Cfpl (Figure 5Β). Correspondingly, these mutants fail to associate with RbBP5 in HEK293 cells (Figure 5C) suggesting that Cfpl RID ZnF is important for binding to RbBP5.
The ZnF of the RID domain is required for Η3Κ4 trimethylation in mammalian cells and yeast
Knockdown of Cfpl in mouse oocytes (13), T-cells (43) GM-CSF derived macrophages (44) and its knock-out in budding yeast (22,35) results in a decrease of H3K4me3. To test the impact of mutations impairing Cfpl/RbBP5 complex formation on histone Η3Κ4 methylation, we transfected FLAG-tagged constructs corresponding to Cfpl WT (Cfpl^WT), Η495Α (Cfpl^H495A), C493S (Cfpl^C493S) or C591S (Cfpl^c59is) in ΗΕΚ293 cells stably expressing a doxycycline (Dox)-inducible small hairpin shRNA directed against Cfpl. Treatment of the cells with Dox resulted in a loss of Cfpl and reduction of H3K4me3 (Figure 6A) while their transfection with sh-resistant FLAG-Cfpl^WT restored the PTM to that of the wild type level (Figure 6B). Consistent with our binding assays, transfection with FLAG-Cfpl^H495A, FLAG-Cfpf^4^ or FLAG-Cfpl^C591s constructs failed to rescue the loss of H3K4me3 (Figure 6B). To gain a deeper understanding of Cfpl/RbBP5 interaction, we generated yeast strains either lacking Cps40 (Cps40 A) or Cps40 deleted strain rescued with Cps40 wildtype or mutants of its RID ZnF (Figure 6C). Consistent with previous studies (20,45), deletion of Cps40 resulted in an apparent complete loss of Η3Κ4 methylation (Figure 6C). Truncation of motif I (a.a 257-272) or mutation of the Zn-binding residues C263, C296, C301, or Η304, resulted in the same phenotype as the deletion of Cps40. Similarly, substitution of Y265 for an alanine reduced H3K4me3 significantly. Consistent with GST pull down assays, rescue experiments with other mutants targeting the evolutionary conserved residues such as I272, F279 and 1292 did not impair Η3Κ4 methylation. Interestingly, deletion of the N-terminus (a.a 2-114), which include the first PHD and the SID, completely blunted Η3Κ4 methylation, suggesting the Cfpl multivalent interactions within COMPASS and H3K4me3 binding activity contribute to epigenetic signaling. This model is further supported by methyltransferase assays showing that Cfpl RID is insufficient to stimulate COMPASS methyltransferase activity (Supplementary Figure S5).
The contribution of Cfpl to the activity of SET1 methyltransferases

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Our biochemical studies show an apparent disconnect between the contribution of Cfpl to SET1 methyltransferase activity in vim and in vitro. In yeast, loss of Cfpl results in a sharp decrease in Η3Κ4 methylation yet its incorporation in the purified complex leads to only a modest increase in the stimulation of its methyltransferase activity in vitro. Consistent with previous single time point experiments (46), these observations are in stark contrast to other subunits of the complex. For example, akin to their impact on Η3Κ4 methylation in vivo (5), Ash2L and RbBP5 stimulate the methyltransferase activity of KMT2 enzymes between 200-600 folds approximately (4). However, the modest stimulation by Cfpl is similar to Dpy-30. In vitro, Dpy- 30 increases ΚΜΤ2 enzymes activity by only 2-fold (47) but its loss leads to a sharp decrease in global H3K4me3 in S. cerevisiae. Several models have been proposed for the regulatory mechanism of Cfpl. First, Cfpl activates SET1 for H2Bub-dependent Η3Κ4 trimethylation through an interaction with a region preceding the catalytic domain of SET1 (22). However, this model is not supported by recent chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments in S. cerevisiae which show that H2Bub levels are relatively consistent throughout transcribed regions (48,49) yet the distribution pattern of H3K4me3 shows an enrichment near the promoter region of transcribed genes witli a steady decline toward their 3‘ends (50-52). In the second model, binding of Cfpl to SET1 stabilizes the enzyme in vivo. Unfortunately, this model does not explain the persistence of H3K4me2 and H3K4mel in yeast following the loss of Cps40 (20). In an alternative model, Η3Κ4 methylation patterns reflect the transcriptional activity at a specific promoter (50). Consistent with the ability of COMPASS to bind the phosphorylated C-terminal heptapeptide repeat (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (9,53), the third model suggests that H3K4me2 and H3K4me3 levels reflects the polymerase turnover at a given promoter (50). This model was recently supported by structural and ChIP-seq studies highlighting the heterogeneity in the distribution of H3K4me3 following the loss of Dpy-30 (47). Our observations that the absence of Cfpl has a moderate effect on each methylation step in vitro but still blunt H3K4me3 in ΗΕΚ293 cells and in budding yeast shows that the cumulative drop of 3.6-fold for the kcat in absence of Cfpl in vitro is sufficient to disrupt epigenetic signaling in vivo. This correlates well with the ~80% loss of H3K4me3 yeast following the deletion of Cfpl in yeast (20). Our observations are also consistent with ChIP-seq profiling of H3K4me2 following the deletion of yeast Cfpl (50). These studies show a displacement of H3K4me2 peaks toward the TSS which reflect the reduced rates of Η3Κ4 methylation by a COMPASS lacking Cfpl at RNA polymerase bound promoters (35). However, our data does not rule out that ubiquitinated nucleosome is a better substrate for COMPASS in vitro. In that scenario, the absence of Cfpl would negatively impact all the methylation steps presum-

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CICFP1 323 LTPEEYAELTA	S -·AETRSKLSEQIAL	C - RQMLQL I ΕL - - - A	IARREAAIAAGI	PGITKDI--	377
Cps40 167 KTDDEKEI FDQI VVRDMTL - -KTLEDDLQEVQEISLPLFKKKL -ELLEVYLGW- - -LDNVYTEMRKLDDDAASHVECGKEDSKGTKRKKKKNSSRSRAR- --KNI - - 262
DmCFP1 319 RAAEETRKHLDN	IRHKQSLVRFA	LAELEKRSEELNMVVE	RAKRSSI - -DT LGSQDT ADM - - -EDEOSM 381
DrCFPI 328 IAEEOGKKQLER	IRREQQAARMR	LAEMERRFHE LEGIIA	KAKQQLVLQDEDVNETDSE ----DTDLQI 391
HsCFP1 425 IAΕΕHGΚΚLLΕR - - - - - - IRREOQSARΤR -------------LQEME RRFHE LΕAIIL	RAKQO AV REDE ES NEGDSD - - - - DΤDLQ1 488

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CICFP1 378 - - - -EGYDT - --RLDTV 	G AAHOFSL -F LOSPOGOS I F - - STRSL DNPΡ YVΤΤΤ I KNP ΕD 	DT Ρ A AT - - - SSΝ - - SΑΕ Τ A AGODP RT AGM - - - - 450
ps4 263 - - CGYCSTYERIPC	SVEEF	VRDFGSNEEA	Τ	Κ	I HEV-- -- 295
- 382 YCITCGHE I -HSRTAIKHMEKCFNKYE-SQASFGS IFKT	RMEG -NNMF CDFΥ ΝΡ AS ΚΤ Y CΚRLRVLCΡΕHS ΚDP ΚVND Τ DV CGSΡLVNNVF ΝΡ Τ	472
DrCFPI 392 FCVSCSHPV -ΝΡΚVALRHMERCΥΑΚYΕ·SQTSFGSIFΡΤ	RIEGATRLFCDVYNPQSKTYCKRLQVLCPEHSRDPKVTSDEVCGCPLVRNVFDPT	483
HSCFP1 489 FCVSCGHPI -ΝΡRVALRHMERCΥΑΚΥΕ -SOTSFGSMYΡΤ	RIEGATRLFCDVYNPOSKTYCKRLOVLCPΕHS RDPΚVPADE VCGCPLVRDVFΕLΤ	580
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CICFP1 451  CLRK-K-CKPHNGWGALLTKT	VR	HDIR	ΕLALQIR - - -ΕLLΕ	A - ---EQRV- --RDGAAGRFMRRMKERNE	508
4 296 - - - CTKW-K -CNRHLDWVSTNOEO 	Y	LQQ - - I DS LE - - - - SMQERLQHL I OARKKQLN I Q - Y - - - - ΥΕΕ I - - - LRRGL 	353
DmCFPl 473 GEFCRAPKKNCFKHYAWEKIRRAEIDLERVRQWLKMDDLMEQERV	MROOLTSRA	NLLGLMLHSTYNHEVMDEL VRKQOEHLVEFEKORRRLAHQ	566
DrCFPI 484 GDYCRVSKRKCNKHYCWEKLRRAEVDLERVRVWYKLDELFEQERN 	VRTAMTNRA	GLLALMLHQT IQHDPL ΤΤDLRSSKDR	563
H$CFP1 581 GDFCRLPKRQCNRHYCWEKLRRAEVDLERVRVWYKLDELFEQERN	VRTAMTNRA	GL L ALML HOT IOHDP L ΤΤDLRS S ADR	660

Figure 5. Key residues forming Motif I and II of CtCfpl RID are important for RbBP5 binding. (A) RbBP5/WDR5 complex interacts with Cfpl RID ΖηΕ GST-tagged Cfpl proteins (wild-type or mutants) were incubated with the RbBP5/WDR5 complex. Bound proteins were resolved on a 15% SDS- PAGE and Coomassie-stained. Star (*) indicates a degradation product of GST-tagged Cfpl. The residues located on motif I and Motif IT are colored in pink and beige, respectively. (B) Isothermal titration calorimetry curve of Cfpl RID titrated into RbBP5 β-propeller. (C) ITC values for Cfpl RID wild-type and mutants. Titrations were performed in duplicate. S.D. represents the standard deviation between the two experiments. Ν.Α.: Experiments could not be performed as the mutant aggregated during ITC. Ν.Β.: No binding could be detected. (C) Replacement of metal coordinating residues lowers the interaction between Cfpl and RbBP5. Immunoprecipitation of ectopically expressed FLAG-tagged constructs of Cfpl wild-type and motifs I and II mutants. Their corresponding residues in Chaetomium thermophilum (Ct) are labeled. RbBP5 and FLAG-tagged Cfpl were detected with indicated antibodies. (D) Cfpl RID ZnF is evolutionary conserved. A protein sequence alignment of Cfpl RID domain from Chaetomium thermophilum (Ct) with the corresponding RID domains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Cps40), Drosophila melanogaster (Dm), Danio rerio (Dr), Homo sapiens (Hs). RID a-helices are depicted as cylinders and the motifs I/II are highlighted as lines with colors corresponding to the Figure 3. Evolutionary conserved residues are rendered with Blosum62 color scheme. Residues matching the consensus sequence residue at that position are colored in dark blue. Based on the conservation score calculated by Bloosum62 matrix, other residues are coloured in different shades of blue. The black and blue * indicates the residues mutated on CtCfpl (A) and HsCfpl (C) respectively.

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ably affecting Η3Κ4 methylation levels even more in chromatin regions marked by H2Bub. Collectively, our results suggest that even a modest loss of stimulation of KMT2 enzymatic activity in vitro could lead to a significant loss of H3K4 tri-methylation in vivo.
CONCLUSIONS
Cfpl is a multifunctional protein harboring several functional domains that contribute to H3K4 methylation. First, the PHD domain of Cfpl binds H3K4me3 and contribute to the appropriate enrichment of Cfpl at non-methylated

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Figure 6. Retention of RbBP5-binding activity of Cfpl is required for appropriate Η3Κ4 methylation. (A) Western blot analysis was performed on cellular extracts isolated following incubation of HEK393 cells with dox-inducible sh-RNA targeting Cfpl. Cfpl, actin, histone H3 and H3K4me3 levels were detected with indicated antibodies. (B) Immunoblotting of cellular extracts following the transfection of dox treated HEK293 cells with sh-resistant constructs of Cfpl wild-type or mutant. Protein levels were detected as in panel 1A. The corresponding residues in Chaetomium thermophilum ( Ct) are also indicated. (C) Immunoblotting of cellular extracts from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain in which Cps40 was either deleted or rescued with flag tagged constructs corresponding to full length Cfpl wild type or mutants. The corresponding residues in Chaetomium thermophilum ( Ct) are also indicted. Flag-Cfpl, SETI, histone Η3 and H3K4 methylation levels were detected with indicated antibodies. Arrows indicate full-length Cfpl (red), and Cps40 constructs containing an internal deletion (blue) or a truncation of its N-terminus (green), respectively. The experiments were performed using in a SET762 background.

Set1(SET762) with Flag Cps40 constructs

CpG islands with elevated H3K4me3 (11). In metazoans, its CXXC domain directly binds unmethylated CpG islands (18,24) while its SID region stabilizes Cfpl integration into COMPASS formed of SET1A/B enzymes (22). In this study, we highlighted a fourth domain and a ironcanonical form of ZnF that is responsible for the integration of Cfpl iirto COMPASS in binding to RbBP5. Considering that gene duplications of the SET1A geire is found in alirrost half of breast cancer (54,55) and the essential role of Cfpl in controlling the activity of SET1A/B, our studies may have unraveled a novel pocket for structure-activity relationship studies and the development of small molecules able to disrupt this region of COMPASS.
SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Supplementary Data are available at NAR Online.
FUNDING
Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-136816 and PJT-148533 to Dr. Couture]; National Cancer Institute [R35CA197569 to Dr Shilatifard]; this research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory [DE-AC02-06CH11357]; use of the LS-CAT Sector 21 was supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor
[085Ρ1000817]; Dr Figeys is supported by Genome Canada and Natural Science Engineering Research Council grants. Funding for open access charge: Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Conflict of interest statement. None declared.
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