title: An asymmetric NFAT1 dimer on a pseudo-palindromic kappa B-like DNA site.
abstract: The crystal structure of the NFAT1 Rel homology region (RHR) bound to a pseudo-palindromic DNA site reveals an asymmetric dimer interaction between the RHR-C domains, unrelated to the contact seen in Rel dimers such as NF kappa B. Binding studies with a form of the NFAT1 RHR defective in the dimer contact show loss of cooperativity and demonstrate that the same interaction is present in solution. The structure we have determined may correspond to a functional NFAT binding mode at palindromic sites of genes induced during the anergic response to weak TCR signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sliz
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macián
authors.forename: Anjana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Patrick G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; C494006:NFATC2 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA