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InterPro: IPR003583 Helix-hairpin-helix DNA-binding motif, class 1

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15766 proteins
AccessionHelp IPR003583 Hlx-hairpin-Hlx_DNA-bd_motif
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Children IPR000445 Helix-hairpin-helix motif
Found in IPR000085 Bacterial DNA recombination protein RuvA
IPR000093 RecR protein
IPR001679 NAD-dependent DNA ligase
IPR002008 DNA-directed DNA polymerase, family X, beta-like
IPR002054 DNA-directed DNA polymerase, family X
IPR003265 HhH-GPD domain
IPR004509 Competence protein ComEA, helix-hairpin-helix region
IPR004787 Competence protein ComEA
IPR004791 Excinuclease ABC, C subunit
IPR005759 Endonuclease III/Nth
IPR005760 A/G-specific adenine glycosylase MutY, bacterial form
IPR006345 DNA helicase, RecD/TraA type
IPR010994 RuvA domain 2-like
IPR010995 DNA repair Rad51/transcription factor NusA, alpha-helical
IPR010996 DNA-directed DNA polymerase, family X, beta-like, N-terminal
IPR011257 DNA glycosylase
IPR011938 DNA recombination and repair protein RadA
IPR011940 Meiotic recombinase Dmc1
IPR011941 DNA recombination and repair protein Rad51
IPR012401 DNA mismatch repair protein, archaeal
IPR016467 DNA recombination and repair protein, RecA-like
IPR016960 Uncharacterised conserved protein UCP030823, kinase, HhH DNA-binding
IPR018320 DNA polymerase 1
IPR020047 5'-3' exonuclease, SAM-fold domain
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Process GO:0006281 DNA repair
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
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The HhH motif is an around 20 amino acids domain present in prokaryotic and eukaryotic non-sequence-specific DNA binding proteins [1, 2, 3]. The HhH motif is similar to, but distinct from, the HtH motif. Both of these motifs have two helices connected by a short turn. In the HtH motif the second helix binds to DNA with the helix in the major groove. This allow the contact between specific base and residues throughout the protein. In the HhH motif the second helix does not protrude from the surface of the protein and therefore cannot lie in the major groove of the DNA. Crystallographic studies suggest that the interaction of the HhH domain with DNA is mediated by amino acids located in the strongly conserved loop (L-P-G-V) and at the N-terminal end of the second helix [1]. This interaction could involve the formation of hydrogen bonds between protein backbone nitrogens and DNA phosphate groups [4]. The structural difference between the HtH and HhH domains is reflected at the functional level: whereas the HtH domain, found primarily in gene regulatory proteins, binds DNA in a sequence specific manner, the HhH domain is rather found in proteins involved in enzymatic activities and binds DNA with no sequence specificity [4].

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Blocks: IPB003583

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Overlapping InterPro entriesHelp
IPR003583 Numbers of overlapping proteins Average numbers of overlapping amino acids

Example proteinsHelp
P06746 DNA polymerase beta

P07903 DNA excision repair protein ERCC-1

P18105 Kinesin-like protein Nod

P25454 DNA repair protein RAD51

P94102 DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 1

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InterPro entry accession number/name and structure databases Colour code
IPR003583 Helix-hairpin-helix DNA-binding motif, class 1
IPR002008 DNA-directed DNA polymerase, family X, beta-like
IPR002054 DNA-directed DNA polymerase, family X
IPR019843 DNA polymerase family X, binding site
IPR010995 DNA repair Rad51/transcription factor NusA, alpha-helical
IPR010994 RuvA domain 2-like
IPR016467 DNA recombination and repair protein, RecA-like
IPR010996 DNA-directed DNA polymerase, family X, beta-like, N-terminal
IPR020587 DNA recombination/repair protein RecA, monomer-monomer interface
IPR003593 ATPase, AAA+ type, core
IPR020588 DNA recombination/repair protein RecA/RadB, ATP-binding domain
IPR001752 Kinesin, motor domain
IPR004579 DNA repair protein rad10
IPR013632 DNA recombination and repair protein Rad51, C-terminal
IPR018944 DNA polymerase lambda, fingers domain
IPR011941 DNA recombination and repair protein Rad51
IPR019821 Kinesin, motor region, conserved site
IPR000445 Helix-hairpin-helix motif
PDB Chain
ModBase
CATH Domain
SWISS-MODEL
SCOP Domain

PublicationsHelp
1. Thayer MM, Ahern H, Xing D, Cunningham RP, Tainer JA.
Novel DNA binding motifs in the DNA repair enzyme endonuclease III crystal structure.
EMBO J. 14 4108-20 1995 [PubMed: 7664751]
http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articlerender.cgi?tool=EBI&pubmedid=7664751
2. Aravind L, Walker DR, Koonin EV.
Conserved domains in DNA repair proteins and evolution of repair systems.
Nucleic Acids Res. 27 1223-42 1999 [PubMed: 9973609]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/27.5.1223
3. Provvedi R, Dubnau D.
ComEA is a DNA receptor for transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis.
Mol. Microbiol. 31 271-80 1999 [PubMed: 9987128]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01170.x
4. Doherty AJ, Serpell LC, Ponting CP.
The helix-hairpin-helix DNA-binding motif: a structural basis for non-sequence-specific recognition of DNA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 24 2488-97 1996 [PubMed: 8692686]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/24.13.2488

Additional ReadingHelp
Ippolito JA, Kanyo ZF, Wang D, Franceschi FJ, Moore PB, Steitz TA, Duffy EM.
Crystal structure of the oxazolidinone antibiotic linezolid bound to the 50S ribosomal subunit.
J. Med. Chem. 51 2008 3353-6 [PubMed: 18494460]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jm800379d
Bebenek K, Garcia-Diaz M, Foley MC, Pedersen LC, Schlick T, Kunkel TA.
Substrate-induced DNA strand misalignment during catalytic cycling by DNA polymerase lambda.
EMBO Rep. 9 2008 459-64 [PubMed: 18369368]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/embor.2008.33
Batra VK, Beard WA, Shock DD, Pedersen LC, Wilson SH.
Structures of DNA polymerase beta with active-site mismatches suggest a transient abasic site intermediate during misincorporation.
Mol. Cell 30 2008 315-24 [PubMed: 18471977]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2008.02.025
Simonovic M, Steitz TA.
Peptidyl-CCA deacylation on the ribosome promoted by induced fit and the O3'-hydroxyl group of A76 of the unacylated A-site tRNA.
RNA 14 2008 2372-8 [PubMed: 18818369]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1261/rna.1118908
Tang KH, Niebuhr M, Tung CS, Chan HC, Chou CC, Tsai MD.
Mismatched dNTP incorporation by DNA polymerase beta does not proceed via globally different conformational pathways.
Nucleic Acids Res. 36 2008 2948-57 [PubMed: 18385153]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkn138
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