title: Differential dimer activities of the transcription factor Oct-1 by DNA-induced interface swapping.
abstract: Two crystal structures of Oct-1 POU domain bound to DNA provide a rationale for differential, conformation-dependent recruitment of transcription cofactors. The POU-homeo and POU-specific subdomains of Oct-1 contain two different nonoverlapping pairs of surface patches that are capable of forming unrelated protein-protein interfaces. Members of the POU factor family contain one or two conserved sequence motifs in the interface that are known to be phosphorylated, as noted for Oct-1 and Pit-1. Modeling of Oct-4 reveals the unique case where the same conserved sequence is located in both interfaces. Our studies provide the basis for two distinct dimeric POU factor arrangements that are dictated by the architecture of each DNA response element. We suggest interface swapping in dimers could be a general mechanism of modulating the activity of transcription factors.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reményi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomilin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lins
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Philippsen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reinbold
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Schöler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilmanns
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA