1BGF

STAT-4 N-DOMAIN

Summary for 1BGF

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1bgf/pdb
• Descriptor: STAT-4 (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: transcription factor, regulation, dna-binding
• Biological source: Mus musculus (house mouse)
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm: P42228
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 14503.69

Authors

Vinkemeier, U.,Moarefi, I.,Darnell, J.E.,Kuriyan, J. (deposition date: 1998-05-28, release date: 1998-09-16, Last modification date: 2024-02-07)

Primary citation

Vinkemeier, U.,Moarefi, I.,Darnell Jr., J.E.,Kuriyan, J.
Structure of the amino-terminal protein interaction domain of STAT-4.
Science, 279:1048-1052, 1998

PubMed Abstract: STATs (signal transducers and activators of transcription) are a family of transcription factors that are specifically activated to regulate gene transcription when cells encounter cytokines and growth factors. The crystal structure of an NH2-terminal conserved domain (N-domain) comprising the first 123 residues of STAT-4 was determined at 1.45 angstroms. The domain consists of eight helices that are assembled into a hook-like structure. The N-domain has been implicated in several protein-protein interactions affecting transcription, and it enables dimerized STAT molecules to polymerize and to bind DNA cooperatively. The structure shows that N-domains can interact through an extensive interface formed by polar interactions across one face of the hook. Mutagenesis of an invariant tryptophan residue at the heart of this interface abolished cooperative DNA binding by the full-length protein in vitro and reduced the transcriptional response after cytokine stimulation in vivo.

PubMed: 9461439
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5353.1048

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.45 Å)