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PDBsum entry 2vi6

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2vi6

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
(+ 2 more) 55 a.a. *
Waters ×69
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
2vi6
Name: Transcription
Title: Crystal structure of the nanog homeodomain
Structure: Homeobox protein nanog. Chain: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h. Fragment: homeodomain, residues 96-155. Synonym: homeobox transcription factor nanog, early embryo specific expression nk-type homeobox protein, es cell- associated protein 4, nanog. Engineered: yes
Source: Mus musculus. Mouse. Organism_taxid: 10090. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 469008.
Resolution:
2.60Å     R-factor:   0.223     R-free:   0.265
Authors: R.Jauch,C.K.L.Ng,K.S.Saitakendu,R.C.Stevens,P.R.Kolatkar
Key ref:
R.Jauch et al. (2008). Crystal structure and DNA binding of the homeodomain of the stem cell transcription factor Nanog. J Mol Biol, 376, 758-770. PubMed id: 18177668 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.091
Date:
28-Nov-07     Release date:   15-Jan-08    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q80Z64  (NANOG_MOUSE) -  Homeobox protein NANOG from Mus musculus
Seq:
Struc:
305 a.a.
55 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 

 
DOI no: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.091 J Mol Biol 376:758-770 (2008)
PubMed id: 18177668  
 
 
Crystal structure and DNA binding of the homeodomain of the stem cell transcription factor Nanog.
R.Jauch, C.K.Ng, K.S.Saikatendu, R.C.Stevens, P.R.Kolatkar.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The transcription factor Nanog is an upstream regulator in early mammalian development and a key determinant of pluripotency in embryonic stem cells. Nanog binds to promoter elements of hundreds of target genes and regulates their expression by an as yet unknown mechanism. Here, we report the crystal structure of the murine Nanog homeodomain (HD) and analysis of its interaction with a DNA element derived from the Tcf3 promoter. Two Nanog amino acid pairs, unique among HD sequences, appear to affect the mechanism of nonspecific DNA recognition as well as maintain the integrity of the structural scaffold. To assess selective DNA recognition by Nanog, we performed electrophoretic mobility shift assays using a panel of modified DNA binding sites and found that Nanog HD preferentially binds the TAAT(G/T)(G/T) motif. A series of rational mutagenesis experiments probing the role of six variant residues of Nanog on its DNA binding function establish their role in affecting binding affinity but not binding specificity. Together, the structural and functional evidence establish Nanog as a distant member of a Q50-type HD despite having considerable variation at the sequence level.
 
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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. DNA contact interface. Recognition helix of mNanHD (yellow) and Msx1 (blue) and the DNA from the Msx1–DNA complex structure are shown in the cartoon depiction. Side chains of residues found at positions K43(mNanHD)/T43(Msx1), T47(mNanHD)/I47(Msx1), Q50, N51, and M54(mNanHD)/A54 (Msx1) and nucleotides of the T[1]A[2]A[3]T[4]T[5]G[6] motif as found in the Msx1 structure are shown in the ball-and-stick representation (PDB ID 1ig7).
Figure 4.
Fig. 4. Binding affinity. (a) EMSAs using constructs of the Tcf3 promoter of different lengths (30mer: CTTTAAACCTGTTAATGGGAGCGCATTGTG; 26mer: TTAAACCTGTTAATGGGAGCGCATTG; 22mer: AAACCTGTTAATGGGAGCGCAT; 18mer: ACCTGTTAATGGGAGCGC; 14mer: CTGTTAATGGGAGC; and 10mer: GTTAATGGGA) at 1 nM were incubated in the presence (+) or absence (−) of 50 nM mNanHD. The lowest band in each lane corresponds to single-stranded DNA. (b–g) EMSA with increasing concentrations of mNanHD (0 to 2 μM) and mutant HD constructs. Double-stranded cy5 Tcf3 (1 nM) was used in these assays. Representative results from at least three independent experiments are shown. Apparent dissociation constants were estimated by plotting the fraction of bound protein averaged over three to five independent experiments against the total protein concentration followed by fitting a single-site saturation curve using SigmaPlot. The indicated error represents the standard error of the fit.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 376, 758-770) copyright 2008.  
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Literature references that cite this PDB file's key reference

  PubMed id Reference
  20944208 D.Das, N.V.Grishin, A.Kumar, D.Carlton, C.Bakolitsa, M.D.Miller, P.Abdubek, T.Astakhova, H.L.Axelrod, P.Burra, C.Chen, H.J.Chiu, M.Chiu, T.Clayton, M.C.Deller, L.Duan, K.Ellrott, D.Ernst, C.L.Farr, J.Feuerhelm, A.Grzechnik, S.K.Grzechnik, J.C.Grant, G.W.Han, L.Jaroszewski, K.K.Jin, H.A.Johnson, H.E.Klock, M.W.Knuth, P.Kozbial, S.S.Krishna, D.Marciano, D.McMullan, A.T.Morse, E.Nigoghossian, A.Nopakun, L.Okach, S.Oommachen, J.Paulsen, C.Puckett, R.Reyes, C.L.Rife, N.Sefcovic, H.J.Tien, C.B.Trame, H.van den Bedem, D.Weekes, T.Wooten, Q.Xu, K.O.Hodgson, J.Wooley, M.A.Elsliger, A.M.Deacon, A.Godzik, S.A.Lesley, and I.A.Wilson (2010).
The structure of the first representative of Pfam family PF09836 reveals a two-domain organization and suggests involvement in transcriptional regulation.
  Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 66, 1174-1181.
PDB code: 3dee
20872845 L.S.Lim, F.H.Hong, G.Kunarso, and L.W.Stanton (2010).
The pluripotency regulator Zic3 is a direct activator of the Nanog promoter in ESCs.
  Stem Cells, 28, 1961-1969.  
20870645 M.J.Mason, K.Plath, and Q.Zhou (2010).
Identification of context-dependent motifs by contrasting ChIP binding data.
  Bioinformatics, 26, 2826-2832.  
20147459 N.BabuRajendran, P.Palasingam, K.Narasimhan, W.Sun, S.Prabhakar, R.Jauch, and P.R.Kolatkar (2010).
Structure of Smad1 MH1/DNA complex reveals distinctive rearrangements of BMP and TGF-beta effectors.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 38, 3477-3488.
PDB code: 3kmp
20132009 Y.Q.Li (2010).
Master stem cell transcription factors and signaling regulation.
  Cell Reprogram, 12, 3.  
19544407 E.Camp, A.V.Sánchez-Sánchez, A.García-España, R.Desalle, L.Odqvist, J.Enrique O'Connor, and J.L.Mullor (2009).
Nanog regulates proliferation during early fish development.
  Stem Cells, 27, 2081-2091.  
19542351 I.Chambers, and S.R.Tomlinson (2009).
The transcriptional foundation of pluripotency.
  Development, 136, 2311-2322.  
19318521 R.Johnson, J.Samuel, C.K.Ng, R.Jauch, L.W.Stanton, and I.C.Wood (2009).
Evolution of the vertebrate gene regulatory network controlled by the transcriptional repressor REST.
  Mol Biol Evol, 26, 1491-1507.  
  20157477 R.T.Moreland, J.F.Ryan, C.Pan, and A.D.Baxevanis (2009).
The Homeodomain Resource: a comprehensive collection of sequence, structure, interaction, genomic and functional information on the homeodomain protein family.
  Database (Oxford), 2009, bap004.  
19718703 W.C.Yang, K.G.Patel, J.Lee, Y.T.Ghebremariam, H.E.Wong, J.P.Cooke, and J.R.Swartz (2009).
Cell-free production of transducible transcription factors for nuclear reprogramming.
  Biotechnol Bioeng, 104, 1047-1058.  
The most recent references are shown first. Citation data come partly from CiteXplore and partly from an automated harvesting procedure. Note that this is likely to be only a partial list as not all journals are covered by either method. However, we are continually building up the citation data so more and more references will be included with time. Where a reference describes a PDB structure, the PDB code is shown on the right.

 

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