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== Function ==
== Function ==


'''Gcn4''' is a yeast transcriptional activator.  It belongs to a large family of eukaryotic transcription factors including Fos, Jun and CREB. <ref>PMID:7934812</ref>  Gcn4-pLI is a 33-residue peptide of the dimerization domain of Gcn4.  See also [[Intrinsically Disordered Protein]].
'''Gcn4''' or '''General control protein Gcn4''' is a yeast transcriptional activator.  It belongs to a large family of eukaryotic transcription factors including Fos, Jun and CREB. <ref>PMID:7934812</ref>  Gcn4-pLI is a 33-residue peptide of the dimerization domain of Gcn4.  See also [[Intrinsically Disordered Protein]].


== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==
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== 3D Structures of Gcn4 ==
== 3D Structures of Gcn4 ==
[[Gnc4 3D Structures]]
[[Gcn4 3D Structures]]


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Function

Gcn4 or General control protein Gcn4 is a yeast transcriptional activator. It belongs to a large family of eukaryotic transcription factors including Fos, Jun and CREB. [1] Gcn4-pLI is a 33-residue peptide of the dimerization domain of Gcn4. See also Intrinsically Disordered Protein.

Structural highlights

Gcn4 and other family members have a DNA recognition motif consisting of a coiled-coil dimerization element, the leucine-zipper, and an adjoining basic region, which mediates DNA binding. This basic region is largely unstructured in the absence of DNA, addition of DNA containing a Gcn4 binding site induces the transition of this region from unstructured to α-helical.

See Coiled coil.

3D Structures of Gcn4

Gcn4 3D Structures


Structure of Gcn4 leucine zipper domain complex with DNA (PDB entry 2dgc)

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ReferencesReferences

  1. Hinnebusch AG. Gene-specific translational control of the yeast GCN4 gene by phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2. Mol Microbiol. 1993 Oct;10(2):215-23. PMID:7934812

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