Abstract:
:FOXP2 is a transcriptional repressor involved in development of the human brain and is the first gene product to be linked to the evolution of human speech. FOXP2 belongs to the FOX superfamily of proteins that share a common winged helix DNA binding domain - the forkhead domain. A divalent cation (Mg2+ or Ca2+) has been identified bound to a group of highly conserved residues in a number of FOX forkhead domain crystal structures. This work aims to investigate the role of the conserved divalent cation binding site by studying both the structure and DNA-binding function of the FOXP2 forkhead domain when in the presence and absence of either cation (Mg2+or Ca2+). The presence of the cations does not significantly alter the structure of the apo-FOXP2 forkhead domain. However, when in the presence of a cognate oligonucleotide sequence, differences are observed upon addition of divalent cation. These differences occur both in the structure and in the thermodynamic DNA binding signature of the FOXP2 forkhead domain. The incorporation of molecular dynamics simulations together with the experimental data provides us with sufficient insight so as to propose a possible role for divalent cations in the regulation of DNA binding to FOX transcription factors.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Morris G,Pahad N,Dirr HW,Fanucchi Sdoi
10.1016/j.abb.2018.09.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-11-01 00:00:00pages
56-64eissn
0003-9861issn
1096-0384pii
S0003-9861(18)30220-0journal_volume
657pub_type
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