Crystal Structure Analysis of the PHD Domain of the Transcription Co-activator Pygopus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-92

  Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^a   Umehara, Takashi ^a   Hamana, Hiroaki ^a   Hayashizaki, Yoshihide ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a   Kigawa, Takanori ^a,b   Shirouzu, Mikako ^a   Terada, Takaho ^a   Tanaka, Akiko ^a   Padmanabhan, Balasundaram ^a   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^a,c  

^a RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

crystal structure; Legless; PHD finger; Pygopus; transcription

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA CATENIN; DIMER; HOMOLOGY DOMAIN 1; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; MONOMER; PROTEIN ARM; PROTEIN BCL9; PROTEIN LGS; PYGOPUS; SERINE; T CELL FACTOR; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; PYGOPUS;

EID: 34249287379     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.037     Document Type: Article

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