THE TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEATS OF SSN6 INTERACT WITH THE HOMEO DOMAIN OF ALPHA-2

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作者
SMITH, RL [1 ]
REDD, MJ [1 ]
JOHNSON, AD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94143
关键词
TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT; HOMEO DOMAIN; SSN6; ALPHA-2; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION; REPEATED AMINO ACID MOTIF;
D O I
10.1101/gad.9.23.2903
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) is a 34-amino-acid degenerate sequence motif that is found in a large variety of proteins, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. TPRs are usually found in tandem arrays of up to 16 copies. In this paper we identify a direct interaction between the TPRs of Ssn6, a general transcriptional repressor, and alpha 2, a cell-type regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Five of the Ssn6 TPRs were tested individually, and all were found to interact specifically with alpha 2. These results suggest a model for TPR-protein interactions and for the role that a tandem array of TPRs may have in mediating transcriptional repression.
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