1huu

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1huu, resolution 2.0Å

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DNA-BINDING PROTEIN HU FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS

Overview

The prokaryotic protein HU, integration host factor (IHF) from Escherichia coli, and transcription factor 1 (TF1) from bacteriophage SPO1 are closely related molecules. Biochemical results suggest that the role of these proteins is to bind and bend DNA. From the high-resolution structure of HU, we propose a model for this interaction with DNA. Crucial amino acid differences between the proteins can be rationalized in terms of their different specific functions.

About this Structure

1HUU is a Single protein structure of sequence from Geobacillus stearothermophilus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

A protein structural motif that bends DNA., White SW, Appelt K, Wilson KS, Tanaka I, Proteins. 1989;5(4):281-8. PMID:2508086

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