Design superiority of palindromic DNA sites for site-specific recognition of proteins: Tests using protein stitchery

Changmoon Park, Judy L. Campbell, William A. Goddard

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Abstract

Using protein stitchery with appropriate attachment of cysteines linking to either C or N termini of the basic region of the v-Jun leucine zipper gene-regulatory protein, we constructed three dimers - pCC, pCN, and pNN. All three bind specifically to the appropriately rearranged DNA recognition sites for v-Jun: ATGAcgTCAT, ATGAcgATGA, and TCATcgTCAT, respectively (Kd, ≈4 nM at 4°C). Results of DNase I footprinting provide strong support for bent recognition helices in leucine zipper protein-DNA complexes. Comparison of the results for pCC and pNN with those for pCN shows the design superiority of palindromic sequences for protein recognition.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4892-4896
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume90
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 1993
Externally publishedYes

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