Thermodynamic signature of GCN4-bZIP binding to DNA indicates the role of water in discriminating between the AP-1 and ATF/CREB sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 865-878

  Dragan, Anatoly I ^a   Frank, Leslie ^a   Liu, Yingyun ^a   Makeyeva, Elena N ^a   Crane Robinson, Colyn ^a   Privalov, Peter L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP; DNA binding; GCN4; hydration; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA; LEUCINE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; ISOTHERM; MICROCALORIMETRY; MOLECULE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 5144227739     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.101     Document Type: Article

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