Crystal structure of the RAG1 dimerization domain reveals multiple zinc-binding motifs including a novel zinc binuclear cluster

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Bellon, SF [1 ]
Rodgers, KK [1 ]
Schatz, DG [1 ]
Coleman, JE [1 ]
Steitz, TA [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV, SCH MED, HOWARD HUGHES MED INST, IMMUNOL SECT, NEW HAVEN, CT 06520 USA
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10.1038/nsb0797-586
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The crystal structure of the dimerization domain of the V(D)J recombination-activating protein, RAG1, was solved using zinc anomalous scattering. The structure reveals an unusual combination of multi-class zinc-binding motifs, including a zinc RING finger and a C2H2 zinc finger, that together form a single structural domain. The domain also contains a unique zinc binuclear cluster in place of a normally mononuclear zinc site in the RING finger. Together, four zinc ions help organize the entire domain, including the two helices that form the dimer interface.
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