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Chem Sci. 2016 May 01;7(5):3298-3303. doi: 10.1039/C6SC00045B. Epub 2016 Feb 05.

A designed DNA binding motif that recognizes extended sites and spans two adjacent major grooves.

Chemical science

Jéssica Rodríguez, Jesús Mosquera, Rebeca García-Fandiño, M Eugenio Vázquez, José L Mascareñas

Affiliations

  1. Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

PMID: 27252825 PMCID: PMC4885664 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC00045B

Abstract

We report the rational design of a DNA-binding peptide construct composed of the DNA-contacting regions of two transcription factors (GCN4 and GAGA) linked through an AT-hook DNA anchor. The resulting chimera, which represents a new, non-natural DNA binding motif, binds with high affinity and selectivity to a long composite sequence of 13 base pairs (TCAT-AATT-GAGAG).

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