title: Preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the DNA-binding domain of the Ets transcription factor in complex with target DNA.
abstract: The Ets2 transcription factor is a member of the Ets transcription-factor family. Ets2 plays a role in the malignancy of cancer and in Down's syndrome by regulating the transcription of various genes. The DNA-binding domain of Ets2 (Ets domain; ETSD), which contains residues that are highly conserved among Ets transcription-factor family members, was expressed as a GST-fusion protein. The aggregation of ETSD produced after thrombin cleavage could be prevented by treatment with NDSB-195 (nondetergent sulfobetaine 195). ETSD was crystallized in complex with DNA containing the Ets2 target sequence (GGAA) by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The best crystals were grown using 25% PEG 3350, 80 mM magnesium acetate, 50 mM sodium cacodylate pH 5.0/5.5 as the reservoir at 293 K. The crystals belonged to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 85.89, b = 95.52, c = 71.89 A, beta = 101.7 degrees and a V(M) value of 3.56 A(3) Da(-1). Diffraction data were collected to a resolution of 3.0 A.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: Teruya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikemizu
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamagata
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D004247:DNA