A Thermodynamic Basis of DNA Sequence Selectivity by the ETS Domain of Murine PU.1
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The ETS domain of the transcription factor PU.1 tolerates a large number of DNA cognate variants that differ exclusively in the sequences flanking a critical central consensus, 5'-GGAA-3'. We investigated the thermodynamics of site selection by the DNA-binding domain by following the PU.1 ETS/DNA equilibrium with a large set of cognate variants under various temperature and salt conditions by filter binding. Our results indicate that the stability of the ETS/DNA complex is quantitatively tied to variations in the change in heat capacity. Thermodynamic effects induced by changing Na(+) concentrations from 150 mM to 250 mM are complex and not readily interpreted by polyelectrolyte theory. We also extended our understanding of data from our previous investigation on energetic base-neighbour coupling, by dissecting the thermodynamic contributions underlying the observed free-energy coupling. In conjunction with available structural and biochemical data, we propose that site selectivity by the PU.1 ETS domain arises from differential protein/DNA contacts in the flanking sequences that modulate the orientation of the ETS recognition helix and trigger a coupled reduction in the flexibility observed in the unbound ETS domain.
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PU.1 binds DNA typically at (A/G)AGGAAGTG motifs.
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- Authors
- Poon, G. M. K., & Macgregor, R. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Macgregor, Robert B.
- Venue
- Journal of Molecular Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-01
- Volume
- 335
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 113-127
- ISSN
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- 2023: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Journal of Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Diffusion and Search Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Keywords
- PU.1, ETS domain, heat capacity change, salt concentration dependence, free energy coupling, protein-DNA contacts, transcription factor-DNA binding
- MeSH terms
- Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1, Animals, Base Sequence, Binding Sites, DNA, DNA-Binding Proteins, Osmolar Concentration, Protein Binding, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Sodium, Temperature, Thermodynamics, Transcription Factors, Trans-Activators, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Pliability, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets, Mice
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