Intrinsically Disordered Regions Direct Transcription Factor In Vivo Binding Specificity

Sagie Brodsky, Tamar Jana, Karin Mittelman, Michal Chapal, Divya Krishna Kumar, Miri Carmi, Naama Barkai

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Abstract

Transcription factors (TFs) bind only a subset of their motif-containing promoters. Brodsky and Jana et al. find that promoter selection is dictated by multiple specificity determinants distributed across long intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) encoded within the TF sequence. IDR-guided specificity may accelerate binding-site recognition by an initial detection of broad DNA regions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)459-471.e4
JournalMolecular Cell
Volume79
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Aug 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DNA binding
  • intrinsically disordered proteins
  • intrinsically disordered regions
  • transcription factors

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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