title: NMR spectroscopic analysis of the DNA conformation induced by the human testis determining factor SRY.
abstract: The conformation of an eight base pair DNA oligonucleotide duplex bound to the human testis determining factor SRY and the orientation of the protein domain within the complex have been analyzed by a variety of NMR methods which permit the selective observation of protons attached to 12C nuclei in the presence of uniformly enriched 13C/15N protein. Qualitative analysis of nuclear and rotating frame Overhauser enhancement spectra at multiple mixing times indicates that the conformation of the SRY-bound DNA is distinct from that of A- and B-DNA, in agreement with the recent three-dimensional structure determination of the complex [Werner, M. W., Huth, J. R., Gronenborn, A. M., & Clore, G. M. (1995) Cell 81, 705-714]. Selective observation of intermolecular NOEs between protein and DNA indicates that partial intercalation of a protein side chain occurs between two adenine bases in the DNA octamer. The analysis of structural features by NMR for this unusual DNA conformer and the orientation of the protein domain on the DNA is discussed. The structural features of the DNA complexed to SRY are remarkably similar, but not identical, to those of DNA complexed to the TATA-binding protein (TBP).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gronenborn
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Clore
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D051876:Sex-Determining Region Y Protein; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C497745:SRY protein, human; D051876:Sex-Determining Region Y Protein; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA