Solution structure of the IRF-2 DNA-binding domain: A novel subgroup of the winged helix-turn-helix family

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-500

  Furui, Junichi ^a   Uegaki, Koichi ^a,d   Yamazaki, Toshio ^a   Shirakawa, Masahiro ^a,e   Swindells, Mark B ^b   Harada, Hisashi ^c   Taniguchi, Tadatsugu ^c   Kyogoku, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Helix Research Institute Inc   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding domain; Interferon regulatory factor 2 (IRF 2); NMR; Sequential structure alignment program (SSAP); Winged helix turn helix (wHTH)

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING DOMAIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENTIAL STRUCTURE ALIGNMENT PROGRAM; SOLVENT EFFECT;

EID: 0032522654     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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