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Selective interaction of plant homeodomain proteins mediates high DNA-binding affinity.


ABSTRACT: Understanding molecular mechanisms that control cell fate in the shoot apical meristem is a fundamental question in plant development. Genetic and molecular studies demonstrate that maize KNOTTED1 (KN1) of the TALE (3-aa acid loop extension) class of homeodomain (HD) proteins is involved in shoot apical meristem function. We show that KN1 interacts with knotted interacting protein (KIP), a BEL1-like TALE HD protein. Interaction between KN1 and KIP is mediated by conserved domains in the N termini of both proteins. The KN1 DNA-binding sequence, TGACAG(G/C)T, was biochemically identified, and in vitro DNA-binding assays show that individually KN1 and the HD of KIP bind specifically to this motif with low affinity. The KN1-KIP complex, however, binds specifically to this DNA-binding motif with high affinity, indicating that the association of KN1 and KIP may function in transcriptional regulation.

SUBMITTER: Smith HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC123183 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Selective interaction of plant homeodomain proteins mediates high DNA-binding affinity.

Smith Harley M S HM   Boschke Ilja I   Hake Sarah S  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020701 14


Understanding molecular mechanisms that control cell fate in the shoot apical meristem is a fundamental question in plant development. Genetic and molecular studies demonstrate that maize KNOTTED1 (KN1) of the TALE (3-aa acid loop extension) class of homeodomain (HD) proteins is involved in shoot apical meristem function. We show that KN1 interacts with knotted interacting protein (KIP), a BEL1-like TALE HD protein. Interaction between KN1 and KIP is mediated by conserved domains in the N termin  ...[more]

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