Interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain with DNA as a dimer is mediated by a short segment of five amino acids

Karin Dahlman-Wright, Anthony Wright, Jan Åke Gustafsson, Jan Carlstedt-Duke

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Abstract

We have previously shown that protein-protein interactions mediate cooperative binding of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain to a glucocorticoid response element (Dahlman-Wright, K., Siltala-Roos, H., Carlstedt-Duke, JGustafsson, J.-Å. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 14030-14035). The cooperativity of DNA binding is lost when the distance between the two half-sites constituting a glucocorticoid responsive element is altered or when their relative orientation is changed. We show here that mutations in the responsive element which interfere with cooperative DNA binding by the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain in vitro also abolish transactivation by the full length glucocorticoid receptor in vivo. We also identify a short segment in the proximity of one of the bound zinc ions that is required for cooperative binding of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain to a glucocorticoid response element. We suggest that this segment is involved in dimer formation of the native glucocorticoid receptor and that it is important for correct positioning of the dimeric molecule on the double helix of DNA.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3107-3112
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume266
Issue number5
StatePublished - Feb 15 1991

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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