bluebean.gif (931 bytes)Homework 5


Q: Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor (LEF-1) and the closely related T-cell factor 1 (TCF-1) are sequence-specific and cell-type-specific DNA-binding proteins that play important regulatory roles in organogenesis and thymocyte differentiation. Please find mouse LEF-1 and TCF-1 in SWISS-PROT and answer the following questions:


Q1: Give their accession number.

Ans:

       LEF-1 accession number : p27782

       TCF-1 accession number : Q00417


Q2: They share the same DNA-binding domain. What's the name of this domain? What is the residue number corresponding to the full-length protein?

Ans: (1) HMG BOX

        (2) LEF-1 DNA binding domain residue number 297-365

             TCF-1 DNA binding domain residue number 188-256


Q3: Show the AA sequence of this DNA-binding domain of each protein.

Ans:

       LEF-1 : IKKPLNAFML YMKEMRANVV AECTLKESAA INQILGRRWH ALSREEQAKY YELARKERQL HMQLYPGWS

       TCF-1 : IKKPLNAFML YMKEMRAKVI AECTLKESAA INQILGRRWH ALSREEQAKY YELARKERQL HMQLYPGWS


Q4: Calculate the pI/Mw and predict the secondary of this DNA-binding domain of LEF-1.

Ans: Theoretical pI: 9.66

         Molecular weight: 8239.6

Hierarchical Neural Network-result for DNA-Binding Domain

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IKKPLNAFMLYMKEMRAKVIAECTLKESAAINQILGRRWHALSREEQAKYYELARKERQLHMQLYPGWS
cchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhccccc

LEF-helix1.gif (2215 bytes)

LEF-helix2.gif (5202 bytes)


Q5: Calculate the hydropathicity ( Kyte & Doolittle) of this DNA-binding domain of TCF-1.

Ans:

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Q6: Show the result of chymotrypsin cleavage of TCF-1. ( Displaying peptides with a mass bigger than 1000 Dalton with maximum number of missed cleavages = 1 )

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Q7: Show the result of Prosite scanning of LEF-1.

Ans: Scan of LEF1_MOUSE (P27782)

LYMPHOID ENHANCER BINDING FACTOR 1.

MUS MUSCULUS (MOUSE).

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[1] PDOC00001 PS00001 ASN_GLYCOSYLATION

N-glycosylation site

Number of matches: 2

1 57-60 NESE

2 126-129 NGSL

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[2] PDOC00005 PS00005 PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE

Protein kinase C phosphorylation site

Number of matches: 3

1 137-139 SNK

2 320-322 TLK

3 365-367 SAR

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[3] PDOC00006 PS00006 CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE

Casein kinase II phosphorylation site

Number of matches: 7

1 40-43 SHPE

2 76-79 SSQE

3 157-160 TYSD

4 273-276 TDSD

5 320-323 TLKE

6 339-342 SREE

7 365-368 SARD

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[4] PDOC00007 PS00007 TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE

Tyrosine kinase phosphorylation site

93-100 KHPDGGLY

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[5] PDOC00008 PS00008 MYRISTYL

N-myristoylation site

Number of matches: 4

1 6-11 GGGGGG

2 7-12 GGGGGD

3 97-102 GGLYNK

4 166-171 GSHPSH

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[6] PDOC00009 PS00009 AMIDATION

Amidation site

Number of matches: 2

1 331-334 LGRR

2 370-373 YGKK