A homology-based molecular model of the proline-rich homeodomain protein Prh, from haematopoietic cells

FEBS Lett. 1994 May 30;345(2-3):93-8. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00446-3.

Abstract

A molecular structural model for the homeodomain of the haematopoietic protein Prh together with its DNA recognition sequence, has been built using the known crystal structure of the MAT alpha 2 homeodomain as a starting-point. The modelling procedure used main and side-chain optimisations by means of molecular mechanics/simulated annealing procedures to obtain stereochemically plausible geometries. The resulting structure has a number of specific interactions in both major and minor grooves of the DNA that serve to define the consensus binding sequence for Prh. In particular, the side-chain of glutamine 50 is postulated to be involved in hydrogen bonds to adjacent adenine and cytosine bases within the consensus sequence.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • DNA / metabolism
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / biosynthesis
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Drosophila / metabolism
  • Erythrocytes / metabolism*
  • Genes, Homeobox
  • Homeodomain Proteins*
  • Humans
  • Mating Factor
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Biosynthesis
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Protein Structure, Secondary*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Transcription Factors

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • HHEX protein, human
  • Homeodomain Proteins
  • Peptides
  • Transcription Factors
  • Mating Factor
  • DNA