title: Structure of the hormone binding domain of human beta 1 thyroid hormone nuclear receptor: is it an alpha/beta barrel?
abstract: To understand the structure of the hormone binding domain (HBD) of human beta 1 thyroid hormone nuclear receptor (h-TR beta 1), truncated h-TR beta 1 fragments, MD32 (M169-D456), KD29 (K201-D456), DD28 (D211-D456), KD25 (K235-D456), and KP28 (K201-P448), were analyzed by circular dichorism (CD). MD32 and KD29 show intense CD spectra with double minima at 222 and 208-210 nm, indicating the presence of extensive regions of alpha-helix. DD28 and KD25 have spectra which are reduced in intensity with minima around 215 nm, characteristic of a beta-sheet. The observed spectra are compatible with sequence analysis which predicts that HBD contains alternating stretches of alpha-helix and beta-strand. These extensive decreases in secondary structure in DD28 and KP28 in which the predicted first beta-strand or last alpha-helix was deleted, respectively, were accompanied by the loss of hormone binding activity. On the basis of these results, we suggest a new model for h-TR beta 1 consisting of the known DNA binding domain linked by an alpha-helical hinge to the HBD, with the tertiary structure of an alpha/beta barrel. The model is compatible with previous chemical and genetic studies on the structure of this protein.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Metabolism, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McPhie
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parkison
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D004247:DNA