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Crystal structure of a Smad MH1 domain bound to DNA: insights on DNA binding in TGF-beta signaling.
Cell - 4 Sept 1998
Shi Y, Wang Y F, Jayaraman L, Yang H, Massagué J, Pavletich N P
Abstract excerpt
The Smad family of proteins, which are frequently targeted by tumorigenic mutations in cancer, mediate TGF-beta signaling from cell membrane to nucleus. The crystal structure of a Smad3 MH1 domain bound to an optimal DNA sequence determined at 2.8 A resolution reveals a novel DNA-binding motif. In the crystals, base-specific DNA recognition is provided exclusively by a conserved 11-residue beta hairpin that is...
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