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Other names published for MATALPHA: MAT

MATALPHA - Protein Sequence Features (15)

ReferenceOther Genes Addressed
Hart B, et al.  (2002) Engineered improvements in DNA-binding function of the MATa1 homeodomain reveal structural changes involved in combinatorial control. J Mol Biol 316(2):247-56
Jin Y, et al.  (1999) The yeast a1 and alpha2 homeodomain proteins do not contribute equally to heterodimeric DNA binding. Mol Cell Biol 19(1):585-93
Stark MR, et al.  (1999) A trans-acting peptide activates the yeast a1 repressor by raising its DNA-binding affinity. EMBO J 18(6):1621-9
Li T, et al.  (1998) Crystal structure of the MATa1/MATalpha2 homeodomain heterodimer in complex with DNA containing an A-tract. Nucleic Acids Res 26(24):5707-18
Tan S and Richmond TJ  (1998) Crystal structure of the yeast MATalpha2/MCM1/DNA ternary complex. Nature 391(6668):660-6
Mead J, et al.  (1996) The yeast alpha2 and Mcm1 proteins interact through a region similar to a motif found in homeodomain proteins of higher eukaryotes. Mol Cell Biol 16(5):2135-43
Herschbach BM, et al.  (1994) Transcriptional repression directed by the yeast alpha 2 protein in vitro. Nature 370(6487):309-11
Phillips CL, et al.  (1994) Heterodimerization of the yeast homeodomain transcriptional regulators alpha 2 and a1 induces an interfacial helix in alpha 2. Biochemistry 33(31):9294-302
Smith DL and Johnson AD  (1994) Operator-constitutive mutations in a DNA sequence recognized by a yeast homeodomain. EMBO J 13(10):2378-87
Goutte C and Johnson AD  (1993) Yeast a1 and alpha 2 homeodomain proteins form a DNA-binding activity with properties distinct from those of either protein. J Mol Biol 233(3):359-71
Mak A and Johnson AD  (1993) The carboxy-terminal tail of the homeo domain protein alpha 2 is required for function with a second homeo domain protein. Genes Dev 7(10):1862-70
Smith DL and Johnson AD  (1992) A molecular mechanism for combinatorial control in yeast: MCM1 protein sets the spacing and orientation of the homeodomains of an alpha 2 dimer. Cell 68(1):133-42
Phillips CL, et al.  (1991) Secondary structure of the homeo domain of yeast alpha 2 repressor determined by NMR spectroscopy. Genes Dev 5(5):764-72
Hall MN, et al.  (1990) Homeodomain of yeast repressor alpha 2 contains a nuclear localization signal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87(18):6954-8
Astell CR, et al.  (1981) The sequence of the DNAs coding for the mating-type loci of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cell 27(1 Pt 2):15-23