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Synthetic protein-protein interaction domains created by shuffling Cys2His2 zinc-fingers.


ABSTRACT: Cys2His2 zinc-fingers (C2H2 ZFs) mediate a wide variety of protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions. DNA-binding C2H2 ZFs can be shuffled to yield artificial proteins with different DNA binding specificities. Here we demonstrate that shuffling of C2H2 ZFs from transcription factor dimerization zinc-finger (DZF) domains can also yield two-finger DZFs with novel protein-protein interaction specificities. We show that these synthetic protein-protein interaction domains can be used to mediate activation of a single-copy reporter gene in bacterial cells and of an endogenous gene in human cells. In addition, the synthetic two-finger domains we constructed can also be linked together to create more extended, four-finger interfaces. Our results demonstrate that shuffling of C2H2 ZFs can yield artificial protein-interaction components that should be useful for applications in synthetic biology.

SUBMITTER: Giesecke AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1681485 | biostudies-literature | 2006

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Synthetic protein-protein interaction domains created by shuffling Cys2His2 zinc-fingers.

Giesecke Astrid V AV   Fang Rui R   Joung J Keith JK  

Molecular systems biology 20060321


Cys2His2 zinc-fingers (C2H2 ZFs) mediate a wide variety of protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions. DNA-binding C2H2 ZFs can be shuffled to yield artificial proteins with different DNA binding specificities. Here we demonstrate that shuffling of C2H2 ZFs from transcription factor dimerization zinc-finger (DZF) domains can also yield two-finger DZFs with novel protein-protein interaction specificities. We show that these synthetic protein-protein interaction domains can be used to mediate ac  ...[more]

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