1LLM

Crystal Structure of a Zif23-GCN4 Chimera Bound to DNA


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.234 
  • R-Value Work: 0.216 

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Literature

Structure of a designed dimeric zinc finger protein bound to DNA.

Wolfe, S.A.Grant, R.A.Pabo, C.O.

(2003) Biochemistry 42: 13401-13409

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi034830b
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1LLM

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Proteins that employ dimerization domains to bind cooperatively to DNA have a number of potential advantages over monomers with regards to gene regulation. Using a combination of structure-based design and phage display, a dimeric Cys(2)His(2) zinc finger protein has been created that binds cooperatively to DNA via an attached leucine zipper dimerization domain. This chimera, derived from components of Zif268 and GCN4, displayed excellent DNA-binding specificity, and we now report the 1.5 A resolution cocrystal structure of the Zif268-GCN4 homodimer bound to DNA. This structure shows how phage display has annealed the DNA binding and dimerization domains into a single functional unit. Moreover, this chimera provides a potential platform for the creation heterodimeric zinc finger proteins that can regulate a desired target gene through cooperative DNA recognition.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. scot.wolfe@umassmed.edu


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
chimera of Zif23-GCN4
C, D
88Mus musculusSaccharomyces cerevisiae
This entity is chimeric
Mutation(s): 0 
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IMPC:  MGI:95295
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupsP08046P03069
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
5'-D(*TP*CP*CP*CP*AP*CP*GP*CP*GP*TP*GP*GP*G)-3'
A, B
13N/A
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.234 
  • R-Value Work: 0.216 
  • Space Group: P 31 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 87.398α = 90
b = 87.398β = 90
c = 118.693γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
X-PLORmodel building
X-PLORrefinement
X-PLORphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2003-09-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-28
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-08-16
    Changes: Refinement description, Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.4: 2022-12-21
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations