期刊
FEBS LETTERS
卷 551, 期 1-3, 页码 107-112出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00818-4
关键词
misfolding disease; poly-glutamine; protein module; SCA1; structure
Ataxin-1 (ATX1), a human protein responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 in humans, shares a region of homology, named AXH module, with the apparently unrelated transcription factor HBP1. Here, we describe the first characterisation of the AXH module in terms of its structural properties and stability. By producing protein constructs spanning the AXH modules of ATX1 and HBP1 and by comparing their properties, we have identified the minimal region sufficient for forming independently folded units (domains). Knowledge of the AXH domain boundaries allows us to map many of the interactions of ATX1 with other molecules onto the AXH module. We further show that the AXH of ATX1 is a dimerisation domain and is able to recognise RNA with the same nucleotide preference previously described for the full-length protein. AXH is therefore a novel protein-protein and RNA binding motif. (C) 2003 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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