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Yuichiro Hori Last modified dateļ¼š2023.06.09

Professor / Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry / Department of Chemistry / Faculty of Sciences


Reports
1. Y. Hori, K. Suzuki, Y. Okuno, M. Nagaoka, S. Futaki, Y. Sugiura, The engineering, structure, and DNA binding properties of a novel His4-type zinc finger peptide., Nucleic acids symposium series, 10.1093/nass/44.1.295, No.44, pp.295-296, 2000.01, We have created a novel His4-type zinc finger protein (H4Sp1) engineered by Cys-- > His mutations of the Cys2His2-type zinc finger in transcription factor Sp1. The CD and NMR studies reveal that the His4 domain has Zn(II)-dependent folding properties and similar secondary structures to wild-type Cys2His2 domain. The DNA binding experiments demonstrate that H4Sp1 can bind DNA in a specific way. The present artificial peptide H4Sp1 will provide valuable information about the interaction between a metallopeptide and DNA..