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Nichole E O'Connell1, Katherine Lelli1, Richard S Mann1, Arthur G Palmer2.
Abstract
Spontaneous deamidation of asparagine is a non-enzymatic post-translational modification of proteins. Residue Asn 321 is the main site of deamidation of the Drosophila melanogaster Hox transcription factor Sex Combs Reduced (Scr). Formation of iso-aspartate, the major deamidation product, is detected by HNCACB triple-resonance NMR spectroscopy. The rate of deamidation is quantified by fitting the decay of Asn NH2 side-chain signals in a time-series of (15)N-(1)H HSQC NMR spectra. The deamidated form of Scr binds to specific DNA target sequences with reduced affinity as determined by an electrophoretic mobility shift assay.Entities:
Keywords: Asparagine deamidation; DNA binding; Dissociation constant; Hox transcription factor; NMR spectroscopy; Sex Combs Reduced
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26435141 PMCID: PMC4674082 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124