title: Differing roles for zinc fingers in DNA recognition: structure of a six-finger transcription factor IIIA complex.
abstract: The crystal structure of the six NH2-terminal zinc fingers of Xenopus laevis transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) bound with 31 bp of the 5S rRNA gene promoter has been determined at 3.1 A resolution. Individual zinc fingers are positioned differently in the major groove and across the minor groove of DNA to span the entire length of the duplex. These results show how TFIIIA can recognize several separated DNA sequences by using fewer fingers than necessary for continuous winding in the major groove.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Conlin
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S; D035582:Transcription Factor TFIIIA; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S; D035582:Transcription Factor TFIIIA; D014157:Transcription Factors