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==STRUCTURE OF THE HOMEOTIC UBX/EXD/DNA TERNARY COMPLEX==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1b8i]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1B8I OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1B8I FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.4&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1b8i FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1b8i OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1b8i PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1b8i RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1b8i PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1b8i ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/UBX_DROME UBX_DROME] Sequence-specific transcription factor which is part of a developmental regulatory system that provides cells with specific positional identities on the anterior-posterior axis. Binds the consensus region 5'-TTAAT[GT][GA]-3'. This homeotic protein controls development of the cells in the posterior thoracic and first abdominal segments. It activates the synthesis of the decapentaplegic (DPP) growth factor.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
During the development of multicellular organisms, gene expression must be tightly regulated, both spatially and temporally. One set of transcription factors that are important in animal development is encoded by the homeotic (Hox) genes, which govern the choice between alternative developmental pathways along the anterior-posterior axis. Hox proteins, such as Drosophila Ultrabithorax, have low DNA-binding specificity by themselves but gain affinity and specificity when they bind together with the homeoprotein Extradenticle (or Pbxl in mammals). To understand the structural basis of Hox-Extradenticle pairing, we determine here the crystal structure of an Ultrabithorax-Extradenticle-DNA complex at 2.4 A resolution, using the minimal polypeptides that form a cooperative heterodimer. The Ultrabithorax and Extradenticle homeodomains bind opposite faces of the DNA, with their DNA-recognition helices almost touching each other. However, most of the cooperative interactions arise from the YPWM amino-acid motif of Ultrabithorax-located amino-terminally to its homeodomain-which forms a reverse turn and inserts into a hydrophobic pocket on the Extradenticle homeodomain surface. Together, these protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions define the general principles by which homeotic proteins interact with Extradenticle (or Pbx1) to affect development along the anterior-posterior axis of animals.

Structure of a DNA-bound Ultrabithorax-Extradenticle homeodomain complex.,Passner JM, Ryoo HD, Shen L, Mann RS, Aggarwal AK Nature. 1999 Feb 25;397(6721):714-9. PMID:10067897<ref>PMID:10067897</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Drosophila melanogaster]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Aggarwal AK]]
[[Category: Mann RS]]
[[Category: Passner JM]]
[[Category: Ryoo H-D]]
[[Category: Shen L]]