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Coupled folding and site-specific binding of the GCN4-bZIP transcription factor to the AP-1 and ATF/CREB DNA sites studied by microcalorimetry.
Biochemistry. 1996 Nov 26; 35(47):14984-91.B

Abstract

The site-specific interaction of the basic leucine zipper protein C62GCN4, which corresponds to the C-terminal sequence 220-281 of the yeast transcription factor GCN4, with the AP-1 and ATF/ CREB DNA recognition sites was analyzed by isothermal titration microcalorimetry. Free C62GCN4 is a dimer composed of a C-terminal leucine zipper and a basic, mainly unstructured DNA binding domain. Upon association with the target DNA, C62GCN4 folds to a fully alpha-helical dimer [Ellenberger et al. (1992) Cell 71, 1223-1237; König and Richmond (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 233, 139-154]. The protein-bound AP-1 site is straight, and the protein-bound ATF/CREB site is bent by 20 degrees toward the leucine zipper domain. The coupling between protein folding and DNA association resulting in two conformationally different complexes with C62GCN4 poses interesting thermodynamic problems. The association was strongly exothermic for both DNA target sites. The free energies of binding were indistinguishable in buffers of low salt concentration, and no change of the protonation state of C62GCN4 and/or the DNA target site occurred on formation of the complexes. Both complexes exhibited large and negative heat capacity changes. The empirical correlation between buried nonpolar and polar surfaces and the reduction in heat capacity concomitant to complexation did hold for the reaction with the AP-1 site at low salt concentration. However, in the case of the ATF/CREB site, the change in heat capacity was larger than could be accounted for by the burial of solvent-accessible surface. Potential sources of the extra decrement in the heat capacity could be restrictions in the vibrational modes of polar groups and of bound water molecules at the protein-DNA interface, thought to result from the bending of the ATF/CREB site. In the presence of high concentrations of glutamate and NaCl, the complex with the ATF/CREB site was significantly weaker than the complex with the AP-1 site.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Berger C
Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
Jelesarov I
No affiliation info available
Bosshard HR
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Activating Transcription FactorsAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesBlood ProteinsCalorimetryCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinDNADNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coliFungal ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein FoldingProtein KinasesRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsThermodynamicsTranscription Factor AP-1Transcription Factors

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8942664

Citation

Berger, C, et al. "Coupled Folding and Site-specific Binding of the GCN4-bZIP Transcription Factor to the AP-1 and ATF/CREB DNA Sites Studied By Microcalorimetry." Biochemistry, vol. 35, no. 47, 1996, pp. 14984-91.
Berger C, Jelesarov I, Bosshard HR. Coupled folding and site-specific binding of the GCN4-bZIP transcription factor to the AP-1 and ATF/CREB DNA sites studied by microcalorimetry. Biochemistry. 1996;35(47):14984-91.
Berger, C., Jelesarov, I., & Bosshard, H. R. (1996). Coupled folding and site-specific binding of the GCN4-bZIP transcription factor to the AP-1 and ATF/CREB DNA sites studied by microcalorimetry. Biochemistry, 35(47), 14984-91.
Berger C, Jelesarov I, Bosshard HR. Coupled Folding and Site-specific Binding of the GCN4-bZIP Transcription Factor to the AP-1 and ATF/CREB DNA Sites Studied By Microcalorimetry. Biochemistry. 1996 Nov 26;35(47):14984-91. PubMed PMID: 8942664.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Coupled folding and site-specific binding of the GCN4-bZIP transcription factor to the AP-1 and ATF/CREB DNA sites studied by microcalorimetry. AU - Berger,C, AU - Jelesarov,I, AU - Bosshard,H R, PY - 1996/11/26/pubmed PY - 1996/11/26/medline PY - 1996/11/26/entrez SP - 14984 EP - 91 JF - Biochemistry JO - Biochemistry VL - 35 IS - 47 N2 - The site-specific interaction of the basic leucine zipper protein C62GCN4, which corresponds to the C-terminal sequence 220-281 of the yeast transcription factor GCN4, with the AP-1 and ATF/ CREB DNA recognition sites was analyzed by isothermal titration microcalorimetry. Free C62GCN4 is a dimer composed of a C-terminal leucine zipper and a basic, mainly unstructured DNA binding domain. Upon association with the target DNA, C62GCN4 folds to a fully alpha-helical dimer [Ellenberger et al. (1992) Cell 71, 1223-1237; König and Richmond (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 233, 139-154]. The protein-bound AP-1 site is straight, and the protein-bound ATF/CREB site is bent by 20 degrees toward the leucine zipper domain. The coupling between protein folding and DNA association resulting in two conformationally different complexes with C62GCN4 poses interesting thermodynamic problems. The association was strongly exothermic for both DNA target sites. The free energies of binding were indistinguishable in buffers of low salt concentration, and no change of the protonation state of C62GCN4 and/or the DNA target site occurred on formation of the complexes. Both complexes exhibited large and negative heat capacity changes. The empirical correlation between buried nonpolar and polar surfaces and the reduction in heat capacity concomitant to complexation did hold for the reaction with the AP-1 site at low salt concentration. However, in the case of the ATF/CREB site, the change in heat capacity was larger than could be accounted for by the burial of solvent-accessible surface. Potential sources of the extra decrement in the heat capacity could be restrictions in the vibrational modes of polar groups and of bound water molecules at the protein-DNA interface, thought to result from the bending of the ATF/CREB site. In the presence of high concentrations of glutamate and NaCl, the complex with the ATF/CREB site was significantly weaker than the complex with the AP-1 site. SN - 0006-2960 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/8942664/Coupled_folding_and_site_specific_binding_of_the_GCN4_bZIP_transcription_factor_to_the_AP_1_and_ATF/CREB_DNA_sites_studied_by_microcalorimetry_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -