Structural highlights
Disease
[FLI1_HUMAN] Defects in FLI1 are a cause of Ewing sarcoma (ES) [MIM:612219]. A highly malignant, metastatic, primitive small round cell tumor of bone and soft tissue that affects children and adolescents. It belongs to the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors, a group of morphologically heterogeneous neoplasms that share the same cytogenetic features. They are considered neural tumors derived from cells of the neural crest. Ewing sarcoma represents the less differentiated form of the tumors. Note=A chromosomal aberration involving FLI1 is found in patients with Erwing sarcoma. Translocation t(11;22)(q24;q12) with EWSR1.
Function
[FLI1_HUMAN] Sequence-specific transcriptional activator. Recognizes the DNA sequence 5'-C[CA]GGAAGT-3'.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Members of the ets family of transcription factors share a conserved DNA-binding domain, the ets domain. By using multidimensional NMR, we have determined the structure of the ets domain of human Fli-1 in the DNA-bound form. It consists of three alpha-helices and a four-stranded beta-sheet, similar to structures of the class of helix-turn-helix DNA binding proteins first found in the catabolite activator protein of Escherichia coli. NMR and mutagenesis experiments suggest that in comparison to structurally related proteins, the ets domain uses a new variation of the helix-turn-helix motif for binding to DNA.
Solution structure of the ets domain of Fli-1 when bound to DNA.,Liang H, Mao X, Olejniczak ET, Nettesheim DG, Yu L, Meadows RP, Thompson CB, Fesik SW Nat Struct Biol. 1994 Dec;1(12):871-5. PMID:7773776[1]
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References
- ↑ Liang H, Mao X, Olejniczak ET, Nettesheim DG, Yu L, Meadows RP, Thompson CB, Fesik SW. Solution structure of the ets domain of Fli-1 when bound to DNA. Nat Struct Biol. 1994 Dec;1(12):871-5. PMID:7773776
