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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 285, Issue 34, Pages 25875-25879Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C110.150482
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- Academy of Finland [128322]
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Genome Canada through the Ontario Genomics Institute
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Karolinska Institutet
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Ontario Innovation Trust
- Ontario Ministry for Research and Innovation
- Merck Co., Inc.
- Novartis Research Foundation
- Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
- Wellcome Trust
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [128322, 128322] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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The early B-cell factor (EBF) transcription factors are central regulators of development in several organs and tissues. This protein family shows low sequence similarity to other protein families, which is why structural information for the functional domains of these proteins is crucial to understand their biochemical features. We have used a modular approach to determine the crystal structures of the structured domains in the EBF family. The DNA binding domain reveals a striking resemblance to the DNA binding domains of the Rel homology superfamily of transcription factors but contains a unique zinc binding structure, termed zinc knuckle. Further the EBF proteins contain an IPT/TIG domain and an atypical helix-loop-helix domain with a novel type of dimerization motif. The data presented here provide insights into unique structural features of the EBF proteins and open possibilities for detailed molecular investigations of this important transcription factor family.
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