title: A good turn for DNA: the structure of integration host factor bound to DNA.
abstract: The crystal structure of integration host factor (IHF) complexed with DNA shows how a small heterodimeric protein can induce a big bend in DNA. IHF exerts leverage in the minor groove and wraps DNA around the body of the protein, providing another example of sequence-specific recognition of the minor groove.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. tome@jeckle.med.harvard.edu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ellenberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Landy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D034982:Integration Host Factors; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D034982:Integration Host Factors; C040330:histone-like protein HU, bacteria