2hzd
From Proteopedia
NMR structure of the DNA-binding TEA domain and insights into TEF-1 function
Overview
Transcription enhancer factor 1 is essential for cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle development and uses its N-terminal TEA domain (TEAD) to bind M-CAT elements. Here, we present the first structure of TEAD and show that it is a three-helix bundle with a homeodomain fold. Structural data reveal how TEAD binds DNA. Using structure-function correlations, we find that the L1 loop is essential for cooperative loading of TEAD molecules on to tandemly duplicated M-CAT sites. Furthermore, using a microarray chip-based assay, we establish that known binding sites of the full-length protein are only a subset of DNA elements recognized by TEAD. Our results provide a model for understanding the regulation of genome-wide gene expression during development by TEA/ATTS family of transcription factors.
About this Structure
2HZD is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Insights into transcription enhancer factor 1 (TEF-1) activity from the solution structure of the TEA domain., Anbanandam A, Albarado DC, Nguyen CT, Halder G, Gao X, Veeraraghavan S, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Nov 14;103(46):17225-30. Epub 2006 Nov 3. PMID:17085591 Page seeded by OCA on Sun May 4 06:53:48 2008
