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The role of DNA shape in protein–DNA recognition
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The recognition of specific DNA sequences by proteins is thought to depend on two types of mechanism: one that involves the formation of hydrogen bonds with specific bases, primarily in the major groove, and one involving sequence-dependent deformations of the DNA helix. By comprehensively analysing the three-dimensional structures of protein-DNA complexes, here we show that the binding of arginine residues to narrow minor grooves is a widely used mode for protein-DNA recognition. This readout mechanism exploits the phenomenon that narrow minor grooves strongly enhance the negative electrostatic potential of the DNA. The nucleosome core particle offers a prominent example of this effect. Minor-groove narrowing is often associated with the presence of A-tracts, AT-rich sequences that exclude the flexible TpA step. These findings indicate that the ability to detect local variations in DNA shape and electrostatic potential is a general mechanism that enables proteins to use information in the minor groove, which otherwise offers few opportunities for the formation of base-specific hydrogen bonds, to achieve DNA-binding specificity.
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- Authors
- Rohs, R., West, S. M., Sosinsky, A., Liu, P., Mann, R. S., & Honig, B.
- Affiliations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mann, Richard S.
- Honig, Barry
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2009-10
- Volume
- 461
- Issue
- 7268
- Pages
- 1248-1253
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC2793086
- OpenAlex
- W2012627860
- Cited by
- 1,096
- References
- 51
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- FWCI
- 23.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- National Cancer Institute (U54CA121852)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM54510, R01GM030518, R01GM054510)
- 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 › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Keywords
- protein-DNA recognition, DNA shape, minor groove, major groove, arginine binding, nucleosome core particle, A-tracts, sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins, DNA binding specificity, protein-DNA complex, hydrogen bonding
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Arginine, Base Sequence, DNA, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hydrogen Bonding, Lysine, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleosomes, Protein Binding, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Databases, Factual, AT Rich Sequence, Static Electricity
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