1p7i
From Proteopedia
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ENGRAILED HOMEODOMAIN MUTANT K52A
Structural highlights
FunctionHMEN_DROME This protein specifies the body segmentation pattern. It is required for the development of the central nervous system. Transcriptional regulator that represses activated promoters. Wg signaling operates by inactivating the SGG repression of EN autoactivation. Evolutionary ConservationCheck, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedWe report the crystal structures and biophysical characterization of two stabilized mutants of the Drosophila Engrailed homeodomain that have been engineered to minimize electrostatic repulsion. Four independent copies of each mutant occupy the crystal lattice, and comparison of these structures illustrates variation that can be partly ascribed to networks of correlated conformational adjustments. Central to one network is leucine 26 (Leu26), which occupies alternatively two side chain rotameric conformations (-gauche and trans) and different positions within the hydrophobic core. Similar sets of conformational substates are observed in other Engrailed structures and in another homeodomain. The pattern of structural adjustments can account for NMR relaxation data and sequence co-variation networks in the wider homeodomain family. It may also explain the dysfunction associated with a P26L mutation in the human ARX homeodomain protein. Finally, we observe a novel dipolar interaction between a conserved tryptophan and a water molecule positioned along the normal to the indole ring. This interaction may explain the distinctive fluorescent properties of the homeodomain family. Crystal structures of engrailed homeodomain mutants: implications for stability and dynamics.,Stollar EJ, Mayor U, Lovell SC, Federici L, Freund SM, Fersht AR, Luisi BF J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 31;278(44):43699-708. Epub 2003 Aug 15. PMID:12923178[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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