title: Structure and function of PCD/DCoH, an enzyme with regulatory properties.
abstract: The bifunctional protein PCD/DCoH is both an enzyme involved in the phenylalanine hydroxylation system and a transcription coactivator forming a 2:2 heterotetrameric complex with the nuclear transcription factor HNF1. The discovery of a bacterial homologue and the expression pattern during Xenopus embryogenesis suggest a regulatory function not only restricted to HNF1. The crystal structures of the tetrameric rat and the dimeric bacterial PCD/DCoH have led to the proposal of substrate and HNF1 binding sites. The saddle-shaped beta-sheet surfaces of the DCoH dimers likely represent binding sites for as yet unknown macromolecular interaction partners. Possible mechanisms for DCoH-induced transcriptional regulation are discussed in the light of the three-dimensional structures.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural Biology Programme, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Suck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ficner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D006801:Humans; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496487:HNF1A protein, human; C496495:HNF1B protein, human; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; C076392:pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase