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Floppy SOX: Mutual Induced Fit in HMG (High-Mobility Group) Box-DNA Recognition

Department of Biochemistry Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 44106

The high-mobility group (HMG) box defines a DNA-bending motif of broad interest in relation to human development and disease. Major and minor wings of an L-shaped structure provide a template for DNA bending. As in the TATA-binding protein and a diverse family of factors, insertion of one or more side chains between base pairs induces a DNA kink. The HMG box binds in the DNA minor groove and may be specific for DNA sequence or distorted DNA architecture. Whereas the angular structures of non-sequence-specific domains are well ordered, free SRY and related autosomal SOX domains are in part disordered. Observations suggesting that the minor wing lacks a fixed tertiary structure motivate the hypothesis that DNA bending and stabilization of protein structure define a coupled process. We further propose that mutual induced fit in SOX-DNA recognition underlies the sequence dependence of DNA bending and enables the induction of promoter-specific architectures.

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