A possible mechanism for partitioning between homo- and heterodimerization of the yeast homeodomain proteins MATa1 and MATalpha2.
JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE RESEARCH(2002)
摘要
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has three cell types distinguished by the proteins encoded in their mating-type (MAT) loci: the a and alpha. haploids, which express the DNA-binding proteins a1, and alpha1 and alpha2, respectively, and the a/alpha diploid which expresses both a1 and alpha2 proteins. In a/alpha cells, a1- alpha2 heterodimers repress haploid-specific genes and MATalpha1, whereas alpha2 homodimers repress a-specific genes, indicating dual regulatory functions for alpha2 in mating-type control. We previously demonstrated that the two leucine zipper-like coiled-coil motifs, called alpha2A and alpha2B, in the alpha2 N-terminal domain are important to al-alpha2 heterodimerization. A unique feature of a2B is the occurrence of three atypical amino acid residues at a positions within the hydrophobic core. We have conducted mutational analyses of alpha2B peptides and the full-length protein. Our data suggest that these residues may play a critical role in partitioning of the alpha2 protein between heteroclimerization with a1 and homodimerization with itself.
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coiled-coil,homeodomain,MATa1,MAT alpha 2,yeast
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