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THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A TWO ZINC-FINGER PEPTIDE REVEALS AN EXTENSION TO THE RULES FOR ZINC-FINGER/DNA RECOGNITIONTHE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A TWO ZINC-FINGER PEPTIDE REVEALS AN EXTENSION TO THE RULES FOR ZINC-FINGER/DNA RECOGNITION
Structural highlights
Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe Cys2-His2 zinc-finger is the most widely occurring DNA-binding motif. The first structure of a zinc-finger/DNA complex revealed a fairly simple mechanism for DNA recognition suggesting that the zinc-finger might represent a candidate template for designing proteins to recognize DNA. Residues at three key positions in an alpha-helical 'reading head' play a dominant role in base-recognition and have been targets for mutagenesis experiments aimed at deriving a recognition code. Here we report the structure of a two zinc-finger DNA-binding domain from the protein Tramtrack complexed with DNA. The amino-terminal zinc-finger and its interaction with DNA illustrate several novel features. These include the use of a serine residue, which is semi-conserved and located outside the three key positions, to make a base contact. Its role in base-recognition correlates with a large, local, protein-induced deformation of the DNA helix at a flexible A-T-A sequence and may give insight into previous mutagenesis experiments. It is apparent from this structure that zinc-finger/DNA recognition is more complex than was originally perceived. The crystal structure of a two zinc-finger peptide reveals an extension to the rules for zinc-finger/DNA recognition.,Fairall L, Schwabe JW, Chapman L, Finch JT, Rhodes D Nature. 1993 Dec 2;366(6454):483-7. PMID:8247159[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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