title: Protein-induced bending or flexing at the 5'-end of the duck beta A-globin promoter.
abstract: The 5'-end of the duck beta A-globin promoter contains a protein binding site BS-3/Sp1, the A + T-rich part of which could be involved in DNA bending. Plasmids were constructed using the pBend2 plasmid containing BS-3/Sp1. Circular permutation analysis of the fragments cut out from the plasmids using various restriction endonucleases, in the presence of a partially purified protein extract from embryonic duck erythrocytes, was performed. The results indicate that a rather complicated change in the fragment shape takes place upon protein binding, which is best explained as an induction of two points of bending or flexure within the fragment. Analogical points of flexure may exist at the protein-binding sites of the duck and chicken beta A-globin promoters in spite of differing DNA sequences.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mátlová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horská
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cvekl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sponar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004372:Ducks / Q000235:genetics; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D005914:Globins