title: A winged helix protein from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae recognizes centromere sequences.
abstract: The winged helix-turn-helix motif was initially identified in the mammalian hepatocyte-enriched transcription factor HNF-3 and the Drosophila forkhead homeotic protein. Proteins containing the winged helix motif have been shown to play important roles in tissue-specific developmental regulation. In this report, by using a genomic binding site selection method, we demonstrate that the winged helix protein YFKH-1 from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae recognizes conserved sequence in yeast centromeres. Thus, our data suggest that the winged helix proteins of the yeast may be involved in centromeric functions of the yeast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1819 West Polk Street, M/C 536, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Myrich
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiyanova
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002503:Centromere / Q000378:metabolism*; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C405563:YFKH-1 protein, S cerevisiae