Identification of ZMYND11 binding sites in VCaP cells with stable overexpression of either mutant (Y87C) or wild-type SPOP.

SPOP is known to bind to serine/theronine-rich degrons on substrate proteins. We identified two degron sequences within the PWWP and MYND domain of ZMYND11, a novel SPOP substrate, and investigated whether ZMYND11 may contribute to the transcriptional output of mutant SPOP in VCaP cancer cells. We mapped the genomic occupancy of ZMYND11 in VCaP cells over-expressing either wild type SPOP or the recurrent SPOP-Y87C mutant by ChIPseq. Genomic binding sites in the SPOP-Y87C mutant were increased over wild type SPOP, consistent with the increased ZMYND11 expression levels in the former.