Mechanisms for flexibility in DNA sequence recognition and VP16-induced complex formation by the Oct-1 POU domain.

AUTOR(ES)

Cleary, M A

RESUMO

DNA binding by the Oct-1 protein is directed by its POU domain, a bipartite DNA-binding domain made up of a POU-specific (POUS) domain and a POU-homeo (POUH) domain, two helix-turn-helix-containing DNA-binding modules that cooperate in DNA recognition. Although the best-characterized DNA target for Oct-1 binding is the octamer sequence ATGCAAAT, Oct-1 also binds a number of different DNA sequence elements. For example, Oct-1 recognizes a form of the herpes simplex virus VP16-responsive TAATGARAT element, called the (OCTA-)TAATGARAT site, that lacks octamer site similarity. Our studies suggest two mechanisms by which Oct-1 achieves flexible DNA sequence recognition. First, an important arginine found in the Oct-1 POUS domain tolerates substitutions of its base contacts within the octamer site. Second, on the (OCTA-)TAATGARAT site, the POUS domain is located on the side of the POUH domain opposite from where it is located on an octamer site. This flexibility of the Oct-1 POU domain in DNA binding also has an impact on its participation in a multiprotein-DNA complex with VP16. We show that Oct-1 POUS domain residues that contact DNA have different effects on VP16-induced complex formation depending on whether the VP16-responsive element involved has overlapping octamer similarity or not.

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