title: Beyond zinc fingers: steroid hormone receptors have a novel structural motif for DNA recognition.
abstract: The highly conserved DNA-binding domain of the steroid hormone receptors contains two 'zinc finger'-like sequence motifs. The three-dimensional structure in solution has been determined using two-dimensional 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and shows that the two 'zinc finger'-like motifs fold to form a single structural domain. The combination of this structural information and mutagenesis data reveals how this family of transcriptional regulators bind to DNA.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Schwabe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rhodes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D004247:DNA