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DNA binding and gene activation properties of the Nmp4 nuclear matrix transcription factors 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Torrungruang K Alvarez M Shah R Onyia JE Rhodes SJ Bidwell JP 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2002,277(18):16153-16159
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Zinc finger proteins as designer transcription factors 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
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Recent studies provide a glimpse of future potential therapeutic applications of custom-designed zinc finger proteins in achieving
highly specific genomic manipulation. Custom-design of zinc finger proteins with tailor-made specificity is currently limited
by the availability of information on recognition helices for all possible DNA targets. However, recent advances suggest that
a combination of design and selection method is best suited to identify custom zinc finger DNA-binding proteins for known
genome target sites. Design of functionally self-contained zinc finger proteins can be achieved by (a) modular protein engineering
and (b) computational prediction. Here, we explore the novel functionality obtained by engineered zinc finger proteins and
the computational approaches for prediction of recognition helices of zinc finger proteins that can raise our ability to re-program
zinc finger proteins with desired novel DNA-binding specificities. 相似文献
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BACKGROUND: Several strategies have been reported for the design and selection of novel DNA-binding proteins. Most of these studies have used Cys(2)His(2) zinc finger proteins as a framework, and have focused on constructs that bind DNA in a manner similar to Zif268, with neighboring fingers connected by a canonical (Krüppel-type) linker. This linker does not seem ideal for larger constructs because only modest improvements in affinity are observed when more than three fingers are connected in this manner. Two strategies have been described that allow the productive assembly of more than three canonically linked fingers on a DNA site: connecting sets of fingers using linkers (covalent), or assembling sets of fingers using dimerization domains (non-covalent). RESULTS: Using a combination of structure-based design and phage display, we have developed a new dimerization system for Cys(2)His(2) zinc fingers that allows the assembly of more than three fingers on a desired target site. Zinc finger constructs employing this new dimerization system have high affinity and good specificity for their target sites both in vitro and in vivo. Constructs that recognize an asymmetric binding site as heterodimers can be obtained through substitutions in the zinc finger and dimerization regions. CONCLUSIONS: Our modular zinc finger dimerization system allows more than three Cys(2)His(2) zinc fingers to be productively assembled on a DNA-binding site. Dimerization may offer certain advantages over covalent linkage for the recognition of large DNA sequences. Our results also illustrate the power of combining structure-based design with phage display in a strategy that assimilates the best features of each method. 相似文献
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