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==Crystal structure of two HMGB1 Box A domains cooperating to underwind and kink a DNA==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4qr9]] is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus Rattus norvegicus] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_construct Synthetic construct]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4QR9 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4QR9 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&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene></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=4qr9 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4qr9 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4qr9 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4qr9 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4qr9 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4qr9 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/HMGB1_RAT HMGB1_RAT] DNA binding proteins that associates with chromatin and has the ability to bend DNA. Binds preferentially single-stranded DNA. Involved in V(D)J recombination by acting as a cofactor of the RAG complex. Acts by stimulating cleavage and RAG protein binding at the 23 bp spacer of conserved recombination signal sequences (RSS). Heparin-binding protein that has a role in the extension of neurite-type cytoplasmic processes in developing cells (By similarity).
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
High-mobility group protein 1 (HMGB1) is an essential and ubiquitous DNA architectural factor that influences a myriad of cellular processes. HMGB1 contains two DNA-binding domains, box A and box B, which have little sequence specificity but have remarkable abilities to underwind and bend DNA. Although HMGB1 box A is thought to be responsible for the majority of HMGB1-DNA interactions with pre-bent or kinked DNA, little is known about how it recognizes unmodified DNA. Here, the crystal structure of HMGB1 box A bound to an AT-rich DNA fragment is reported at a resolution of 2 A. Two box A domains of HMGB1 collaborate in an unusual configuration in which the Phe37 residues of both domains stack together and intercalate the same CG base pair, generating highly kinked DNA. This represents a novel mode of DNA recognition for HMGB proteins and reveals a mechanism by which structure-specific HMG boxes kink linear DNA.

Two high-mobility group box domains act together to underwind and kink DNA.,Sanchez-Giraldo R, Acosta-Reyes FJ, Malarkey CS, Saperas N, Churchill ME, Campos JL Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2015 Jul 1;71(Pt 7):1423-32. doi:, 10.1107/S1399004715007452. Epub 2015 Jun 30. PMID:26143914<ref>PMID:26143914</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[High mobility group protein|High mobility group protein]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Rattus norvegicus]]
[[Category: Synthetic construct]]
[[Category: Acosta-Reyes FJ]]
[[Category: Campos JL]]
[[Category: Churchill MEA]]
[[Category: Malarkey CS]]
[[Category: Sanchez-Giraldo R]]
[[Category: Saperas N]]