Secondary structure determination for the Antennapedia homeodomain by nuclear magnetic resonance and evidence for a helix-turn-helix motif.

AUTOR(ES)

Otting, G

RESUMO

The homeodomain encoded by the Antennapedia (Antp) gene of Drosophila was studied in aqueous solution by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Sequence-specific resonance assignments have been obtained for the complete polypeptide chain of 68 amino acid residues. The secondary structure determined from nuclear Overhauser effects (NOE) and information about slowly exchanging amide protons includes three helical segments consisting of the residues 10-21, 28-38 and 42-52, respectively. Combination of the presently available NMR data with computer modeling provided preliminary evidence for the presence of a helix-turn-helix motif in the homeodomain. Near the turn, this supersecondary structure appears to be very similar to the DNA binding site in the 434 and P22 c2 repressors, but both helices in the homeodomain include 2-3 additional residues when compared with these prokaryotic DNA-binding proteins.

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