Phosphorylation of the C-terminal sites of human p53 reduces non-sequence-specific DNA binding as modeled with synthetic peptides.
Phosphorylation of the C-terminal sites of human p53 reduces non-sequence-specific DNA binding as modeled with synthetic peptides.
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人 p53 C 末端位点的磷酸化减少了非序列特异性 DNA 结合,如合成肽建模。
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10.1021/bi980760a
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1998
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OtvosJr,L
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Hoffmann,R;Craik,DJ;Pierens,G;Bolger,RE;OtvosJr,L
Phosphorylation of the tumor suppressor p53 is generally thought to modify the properties of the protein in four of its five independent domains. We used synthetic peptides to directly study the effects of phosphorylation on the non-sequence-specific DNA binding and conformation of the C-terminal, basic domain. The peptides corresponded to amino acids 361−393 and were either nonphosphorylated or phosphorylated at the protein kinase C (PKC) site, Ser378, or the casein kinase II (CKII) site, Ser392, or bis-phosphorylated on both the PKC and the CKII sites. A fluorescence polarization analysis revealed that either the recombinant p53 protein or the synthetic peptides bound to two unrelated target DNA fragments. Phosphorylation of the peptide at the PKC or the CKII sites clearly decreased DNA binding, and addition of a second phosphate group almost completely abolished binding. Circular dichroism spectroscopy showed that the peptides assumed identical unordered structures in aqueous solutions. The unmodified peptide, unlike the Ser378 phosphorylated peptide, changed conformation in the presence of DNA. The inherent ability of the peptides to form an α-helix could be detected when circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were taken in trifluoroethanol−water mixtures. A single or double phosphorylation destabilized the helix around the phosphorylated Ser378 residue but stabilized the helix downstream in the sequence.