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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
DNA binding activity of p53 is crucial for its tumor suppressor function. Our recent studies have shown that four molecules of the DNA binding domain of human p53 (p53DBD) bind the response elements with high cooperativity and bend the DNA. By using A-tract phasing experiments, we find significant differences between the bending and twisting of DNA by p53DBD and by full-length human wild-type (wt) p53. Our data show that four subunits of p53DBD bend the DNA by 32-36 degrees, whereas wt p53 bends it by 51-57 degrees. The directionality of bending is consistent with major groove bends at the two pentamer junctions in the consensus DNA response element. More sophisticated phasing analyses also demonstrate that p53DBD and wt p53 overtwist the DNA response element by approximately 35 degrees and approximately 70 degrees, respectively. These results are in accord with molecular modeling studies of the tetrameric complex. Within the constraints imposed by the protein subunits, the DNA can assume a range of conformations resulting from correlated changes in bend and twist angles such that the p53-DNA tetrameric complex is stabilized by DNA overtwisting and bending toward the major groove at the CATG tetramers. This bending is consistent with the inherent sequence-dependent anisotropy of the duplex. Overall, the four p53 moieties are placed laterally in a staggered array on the external side of the DNA loop and have numerous interprotein interactions that increase the stability and cooperativity of binding. The novel architecture of the p53 tetrameric complex has important functional implications including possible p53 interactions with chromatin.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1875-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
p53-induced DNA bending and twisting: p53 tetramer binds on the outer side of a DNA loop and increases DNA twisting.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2701, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.