2zta

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X-RAY STRUCTURE OF THE GCN4 LEUCINE ZIPPER, A TWO-STRANDED, PARALLEL COILED COIL

Structural highlights

2zta is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The October 2005 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Designer Proteins by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2005_10. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.8Å
Ligands:ACE
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

GCN4_YEAST Is a transcription factor that is responsible for the activation of more than 30 genes required for amino acid or for purine biosynthesis in response to amino acid or purine starvation. Binds and recognize the DNA sequence: 5'-TGA[CG]TCA-3'.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The x-ray crystal structure of a peptide corresponding to the leucine zipper of the yeast transcriptional activator GCN4 has been determined at 1.8 angstrom resolution. The peptide forms a parallel, two-stranded coiled coil of alpha helices packed as in the "knobs-into-holes" model proposed by Crick in 1953. Contacts between the helices include ion pairs and an extensive hydrophobic interface that contains a distinctive hydrogen bond. The conserved leucines, like the residues in the alternate hydrophobic repeat, make side-to-side interactions (as in a handshake) in every other layer of the dimer interface. The crystal structure of the GCN4 leucine zipper suggests a key role for the leucine repeat, but also shows how other features of the coiled coil contribute to dimer formation.

X-ray structure of the GCN4 leucine zipper, a two-stranded, parallel coiled coil.,O'Shea EK, Klemm JD, Kim PS, Alber T Science. 1991 Oct 25;254(5031):539-44. PMID:1948029[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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References

  1. ↑ O'Shea EK, Klemm JD, Kim PS, Alber T. X-ray structure of the GCN4 leucine zipper, a two-stranded, parallel coiled coil. Science. 1991 Oct 25;254(5031):539-44. PMID:1948029

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PDB ID 2zta

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