title: Location of the triplex DNA-binding domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Stm1 protein.
abstract: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Stm1 protein (273 amino acids) is a purine motif triplex DNA-binding protein. Here, to examine the location of the triplex DNA-binding domain of Stm1 protein, we analyzed the interaction between the purine motif triplex and a series of truncated Stm1 proteins by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Stm(1-113) (amino acids 1-113) was able to bind with the purine motif triplex. Smaller regions in Stm(1-113), Stm(1-54) (amino acids 1-54) and Stm(55-113) (amino acids 55-113), were unable to bind with the purine motif triplex. Although Stm(1-113) has the ability to bind with the purine motif triplex, it was unable to bind with the duplex. We conclude that Stm(1-113) is the minimal domain to specifically bind with the purine motif triplex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Torigoe
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C528347:Stm1 protein, S cerevisiae; C051802:triplex DNA; D004247:DNA