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ArticleJournal of structural and functional genomics2015

Solution structures of the DNA-binding domains of immune-related zinc-finger protein ZFAT.

Naoya Tochio, Takashi Umehara, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi, Misao Yoneyama, Kengo Tsuda, Mikako Shirouzu, Seizo Koshiba, Satoru Watanabe, Takanori Kigawa, Takehiko Sasazuki and 2 more

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Article in Journal of structural and functional genomics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Naoya Tochio *RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Takashi Umehara *RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Kazuhiko NakabayashiDepartment of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, 157-8535 Japan.
Misao YoneyamaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Kengo TsudaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Mikako ShirouzuRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Seizo KoshibaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Satoru WatanabeRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Takanori KigawaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Takehiko SasazukiInstitute for Advanced Studies, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan.
Senji ShirasawaDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180 Japan.
Shigeyuki YokoyamaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan.
Systems Biology Institute · JPFukuoka University · JPKyushu University · JPNational Center For Child Health and Development · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ZFAT is a transcriptional regulator, containing eighteen C2H2-type zinc-fingers and one AT-hook, involved in autoimmune thyroid disease, apoptosis, and immune-related cell survival. We determined the solution structures of the thirteen individual ZFAT zinc-fingers (ZF) and the tandemly arrayed zinc-fingers in the regions from ZF2 to ZF5, by NMR spectroscopy. ZFAT has eight uncommon bulged-out helix-containing zinc-fingers, and six of their structures (ZF4, ZF5, ZF6, ZF10, ZF11, and ZF13) were determined. The distribution patterns of the putative DNA-binding surface residues are different among the ZFAT zinc-fingers, suggesting the distinct DNA sequence preferences of the N-terminal and C-terminal zinc-fingers. Since ZFAT has three to five consecutive tandem zinc-fingers, which may cooperatively function as a unit, we also determined two tandemly arrayed zinc-finger structures, between ZF2 to ZF4 and ZF3 to ZF5. Our NMR spectroscopic analysis detected the interaction between ZF4 and ZF5, which are connected by an uncommon linker sequence, KKIK. The ZF4-ZF5 linker restrained the relative structural space between the two zinc-fingers in solution, unlike the other linker regions with determined structures, suggesting the involvement of the ZF4-ZF5 interfinger linker in the regulation of ZFAT function.

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Protein ConformationAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein Structure, TertiaryStructure-Activity RelationshipThyroiditis, AutoimmuneTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticZinc FingersDNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsZFAT protein, human

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