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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5145
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
The structure of the 52-amino acid DNA-binding domain of the prokaryotic Hin recombinase, complexed with a DNA recombination half-site, has been solved by x-ray crystallography at 2.3 angstrom resolution. The Hin domain consists of a three-alpha-helix bundle, with the carboxyl-terminal helix inserted into the major groove of DNA, and two flanking extended polypeptide chains that contact bases in the minor groove. The overall structure displays features resembling both a prototypical bacterial helix-turn-helix and the eukaryotic homeodomain, and in many respects is an intermediate between these two DNA-binding motifs. In addition, a new structural motif is seen: the six-amino acid carboxyl-terminal peptide of the Hin domain runs along the minor groove at the edge of the recombination site, with the peptide backbone facing the floor of the groove and side chains extending away toward the exterior. The x-ray structure provides an almost complete explanation for DNA mutant binding studies in the Hin system and for DNA specificity observed in the Hin-related family of DNA invertases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
263
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
348-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Base Composition, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Computer Graphics, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-DNA Nucleotidyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:8278807-Recombination, Genetic
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Hin recombinase bound to DNA: the origin of specificity in major and minor groove interactions.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.