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===Major Groove Base Readout=== | ===Major Groove Base Readout=== | ||
[[Image:p53-motif.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Figure 6: p53 binding site motif with G/C base pairs most conserved. PLoS has provided permission for usage of this figure | [[Image:p53-motif.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Figure 6: p53 binding site motif with G/C base pairs most conserved. PLoS has provided permission for usage of this figure<ref>Horvath MM, Wang X, Resnick MA, Bell DA. Divergent evolution of human p53 binding sites: cell cycle versus apoptosis. PLoS Genet. 2007 Jul;3(7):e127. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17677004 PMID:17677004].</ref>]]. | ||
Protein side chains and base pairs form direct contacts in the major groove. Among which, the <scene name='Sandbox_Reserved_170/Arg280_contact/5'>contact between Arg280 and the guanine of the core element</scene> contributes most to binding specificity. This highly specific readout is due to the <scene name='Sandbox_Reserved_170/Arg280_contact/4'>bidentate hydrogen bond formed between Arg280 and guanine</scene>. As a result of this '''base readout''' the G/C base pairs in the CWWG core elements are the most conserved positions in p53 response elements (Figure 6). | Protein side chains and base pairs form direct contacts in the major groove. Among which, the <scene name='Sandbox_Reserved_170/Arg280_contact/5'>contact between Arg280 and the guanine of the core element</scene> contributes most to binding specificity. This highly specific readout is due to the <scene name='Sandbox_Reserved_170/Arg280_contact/4'>bidentate hydrogen bond formed between Arg280 and guanine</scene>. As a result of this '''base readout''' the G/C base pairs in the CWWG core elements are the most conserved positions in p53 response elements (Figure 6). | ||