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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
38
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
Transcriptional elongation provides a key control point in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. Here we describe homonuclear and 15N-heteronuclear 3D NMR studies of the nucleic acid binding domain of human transcriptional elongation factor TFIIS. This domain contains a Cys4 Zn(2+)-binding site with no homology to previously characterized Cys4, Cys6, or Cys2-His2 Zn fingers. Complete 1H and 15N NMR resonance assignment of a 50-residue TFIIS peptide-Zn2+ complex is obtained. Its solution structure, as determined by distance geometry/simulated annealing (DG/SA) calculations, exhibits a novel three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet (designated the Zn ribbon). Analogous sequence motifs occur in a wide class of proteins involved in RNA or DNA transactions, including human basal transcriptional initiation factor TFIIE. A three-dimensional model of the TFIIE Cys4 domain is obtained by DG-based homology modeling. The role of the TFIIS Zn ribbon in the control of eukaryotic transcriptional elongation is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9944-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Models, Structural, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Transcription Factors, General, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Transcriptional Elongation Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8399164-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Novel zinc finger motif in the basal transcriptional machinery: three-dimensional NMR studies of the nucleic acid binding domain of transcriptional elongation factor TFIIS.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't