Crystal structure of the minimalist Max-E47 protein chimera.
Crystal structure of the minimalist Max-E47 protein chimera.
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极简主义最大E47蛋白嵌合体的晶体结构。
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0032136
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Guarné A
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作者:
Ahmadpour F;Ghirlando R;De Jong AT;Gloyd M;Shin JA;Guarné A
Max-E47 is a protein chimera generated from the fusion of the DNA-binding basic region of Max and the dimerization region of E47, both members of the basic region/helix-loop-helix (bHLH) superfamily of transcription factors. Like native Max, Max-E47 binds with high affinity and specificity to the E-box site, 5′-CACGTG, both in vivo and in vitro. We have determined the crystal structure of Max-E47 at 1.7 Å resolution, and found that it associates to form a well-structured dimer even in the absence of its cognate DNA. Analytical ultracentrifugation confirms that Max-E47 is dimeric even at low micromolar concentrations, indicating that the Max-E47 dimer is stable in the absence of DNA. Circular dichroism analysis demonstrates that both non-specific DNA and the E-box site induce similar levels of helical secondary structure in Max-E47. These results suggest that Max-E47 may bind to the E-box following the two-step mechanism proposed for other bHLH proteins. In this mechanism, a rapid step where protein binds to DNA without sequence specificity is followed by a slow step where specific protein:DNA interactions are fine-tuned, leading to sequence-specific recognition. Collectively, these results show that the designed Max-E47 protein chimera behaves both structurally and functionally like its native counterparts.
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DOI:
10.1107/s0907444904019158
发表时间:
2004-12-01
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
Emsley, P;Cowtan, K
通讯作者:
Cowtan, K
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
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DOI:
10.1002/prot.10286
发表时间:
2003-02-15
期刊:
PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND GENETICS
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Richardson, DC
影响因子:
11.4
作者:
FERREDAMARE, AR;POGNONEC, P;BURLEY, SK
通讯作者:
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