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A regulated two-step mechanism of TBP binding to DNA: a solvent-exposed surface of TBP inhibits TATA box recognition.
Cell - 8 Mar 2002
Zhao Xuemei, Herr Winship
Abstract excerpt
The TATA box binding protein TBP plays a universally important role in eukaryotic nuclear transcription. By mutagenesis, we have discovered a solvent-exposed surface of the structured TBP core domain that is important for inhibition of the DNA binding and DNA-bending activities of full-length wild-type TBP. Full-length wild-type TBP initially binds the TATA box to form an unstable complex containing unbent DNA,...
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