title: Structure of serum response factor core bound to DNA.
abstract: The human serum response factor is a transcription factor belonging to the MADS domain protein family with members characterized from the plant and animal kingdoms. The X-ray crystal structure of the serum response factor core in a specific-recognition DNA complex shows that the functions of DNA binding, dimerization and accessory-factor interaction are compactly integrated into a novel protein unit. The intrinsic and induced conformation of the serum response element DNA is the principal DNA feature recognized in the specific complex.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Richmond
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003196:Computer Graphics; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D026341:Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D026341:Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA