1owf
Crystal structure of a mutant IHF (BetaE44A) complexed with the native H' Site
OverviewOverview
Integration host factor (IHF) is a DNA-bending protein that recognizes its cognate sites through indirect readout. Previous studies have shown that binding of wild-type (WT)-IHF is disrupted by a T to A mutation at the center position of a conserved TTR motif in its binding site, and that substitution of betaGlu44 with Ala prevented IHF from discriminating between A and T at this position. We have determined the crystal structures and relative binding affinities for all combinations of WT-IHF and IHF-betaGlu44Ala bound to the WT and mutant DNAs. Comparison of these structures reveals that DNA twist plays a major role in DNA recognition by IHF, and that this geometric parameter is dependent on the dinucleotide step and not on the bound IHF variant.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1OWF is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Integration host factor: putting a twist on protein-DNA recognition., Lynch TW, Read EK, Mattis AN, Gardner JF, Rice PA, J Mol Biol. 2003 Jul 11;330(3):493-502. PMID:12842466 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 04:21:44 2008