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Local Gene Regulation Details a Recognition Code within the LacI Transcriptional Factor Family

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Camas, Francisco M.; Alm, Eric J.; Poyatos, Juan F.
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Abstract
The specific binding of regulatory proteins to DNA sequences exhibits no clear patterns of association between amino acids (AAs) and nucleotides (NTs). This complexity of protein-DNA interactions raises the question of whether a simple set of wide-coverage recognition rules can ever be identified. Here, we analyzed this issue using the extensive LacI family of transcriptional factors (TFs). We searched for recognition patterns by introducing a new approach to phylogenetic footprinting, based on the pervasive presence of local regulation in prokaryotic transcriptional networks. We identified a set of specificity correlations –determined by two AAs of the TFs and two NTs in the binding sites– that is conserved throughout a dominant subgroup within the family regardless of the evolutionary distance, and that act as a relatively consistent recognition code. The proposed rules are confirmed with data of previous experimental studies and by events of convergent evolution in the phylogenetic tree. The presence of a code emphasizes the stable structural context of the LacI family, while defining a precise blueprint to reprogram TF specificity with many practical applications.
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2010-11
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64754
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Journal
PLoS Computational Biology
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Public Library of Science
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Camas, Francisco M., Eric J. Alm, and Juan F. Poyatos. "Local Gene Regulation Details a Recognition Code within the LacI Transcriptional Factor Family." PLoS Computational Biology 6(11): e1000989.
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1553-7358
1553-734X

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