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PROSITE documentation PDOC51526 [for PROSITE entry PS51526] |
The RFX family of transcription factors is characterized by a unique ~75-residue DNA-binding domain. RFX genes have been isolated in yeasts, nematode and vertebrates. The characteristic RFX-type HTH DNA binding domain has been recruited into otherwise very divergent regulatory factors functioning in a diverse spectrum of unrelated systems, including regulation of the mitotic cell cycle in fission yeast, the control of the immune response in mammals, and infection by human hepatitis B virus [1,2].
The RFX-type DNA-binding domain is an unusual member of the winged-helix subfamily of helix-turn-helix domains because it uses a β-hairpin (or wing) to recognize DNA instead of the recognition helix typical of helix-tun-helix domains. It consists of three α-helices (H), three β-strands (S) and three connecting loops (L), arranged in the order H1-S1-H2-L1-H3-L2-S2-W1-S3. The third loop, connecting β-strands S2 and S3, forms wing W1 of the winged-helix motif (see <PDB:1DP7>). In contrast to previously described winged-helix DBDs (typically 110 residues long with two wings, W1 and W2), the shorter RFX-type winged-helix DNA-binding domain has only one wing [3].
Some proteins known to contain a RFX-type winged-helix DNA-binding domain are listed below:
The profile we developed covers the entire RFX-type winged-helix DNA-binding domain.
Last update:March 2011 / First entry.
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PROSITE method (with tools and information) covered by this documentation:
1 | Authors | Emery P. Durand B. Mach B. Reith W. |
Title | RFX proteins, a novel family of DNA binding proteins conserved in the eukaryotic kingdom. | |
Source | Nucleic Acids Res. 24:803-807(1996). | |
PubMed ID | 8600444 |
2 | Authors | Durand B. Vandaele C. Spencer D. Pantalacci S. Couble P. |
Title | Cloning and characterization of dRFX, the Drosophila member of the RFX family of transcription factors. | |
Source | Gene 246:285-293(2000). | |
PubMed ID | 10767550 |
3 | Authors | Gajiwala K.S. Chen H. Cornille F. Roques B.P. Reith W. Mach B. Burley S.K. |
Title | Structure of the winged-helix protein hRFX1 reveals a new mode of DNA binding. | |
Source | Nature 403:916-921(2000). | |
PubMed ID | 10706293 | |
DOI | 10.1038/35002634 |
4 | Authors | Patsialou A. Wilsker D. Moran E. |
Title | DNA-binding properties of ARID family proteins. | |
Source | Nucleic Acids Res. 33:66-80(2005). | |
PubMed ID | 15640446 | |
DOI | 10.1093/nar/gki145 |