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C R Kissinger1, B S Liu, E Martin-Blanco
1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Cell
|November 2, 1990
Resumen
El hogar engrailed es el homeodomain.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología estructural Biología estructural.
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- El homeodomain engrailed es un factor de transcripción crucial para el desarrollo embrionario.
- Las proteínas del homeodominio regulan la expresión génica al unirse a secuencias específicas de ADN.
- Comprender la interacción precisa entre los homeodomains y el ADN es clave para descifrar las vías de desarrollo.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar la estructura cristalina de alta resolución del homeodomain grabado unido a su secuencia de ADN objetivo.
- Para dilucidar las interacciones moleculares que rigen el reconocimiento específico del sitio de consenso del núcleo TAAT.
- Para comparar el mecanismo de unión al ADN del homeodomain engrailed con otras proteínas helix-turn-helix conocidas.
Principales métodos:
- Se empleó cristalografía de rayos X para determinar la estructura del complejo.
- El complejo fue cristalizado y los datos recopilados a una resolución de 2.8 A.
- El refinamiento de la estructura cristalina se realizó con un factor R cristalográfico del 24,4%.
Principales resultados:
- La estructura cristalina revela dos regiones distintas del homeodomain grabado que interactúan con el subsitio de ADN TAAT.
- Un brazo N-terminal se inserta en la ranura menor, con Arg-3 y Arg-5 haciendo contactos cerca del extremo 5'.
- Una "hélice de reconocimiento" alfa-helical ocupa la ranura principal, con Ile-47 y Asn-51 interactuando con pares de bases cerca del extremo 3'.
- La unidad de hélice-giro-hélice en el homeodomain engrailed se conserva estructuralmente, pero exhibe hélices más largas y una orientación de unión de ADN diferente en comparación con el represor lambda.
Conclusiones:
- El homeodomain engrailed emplea una estrategia de unión de ADN de doble región que involucra interacciones de surcos menores y mayores.
- Las cadenas laterales específicas de aminoácidos dentro del brazo N-terminal y la hélice de reconocimiento son críticas para el reconocimiento del sitio TAAT.
- Los hallazgos estructurales proporcionan información sobre la evolución y la diversidad de los mecanismos de unión al ADN entre las proteínas hélice-volta-hélice.
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