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... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structural Elements > Amino Acid Motifs > AT-Hook Motifs
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structure, Secondary > Amino Acid Motifs > AT-Hook Motifs

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AT-Hook Motifs  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • AT Hook
  • AT Hook Motif
  • AT Hooks
  • Hook, AT
  • Hooks, AT
  • Motif, AT Hook
  • Motifs, AT Hook

Scope note

  • DNA-binding motifs, first described in one of the HMGA PROTEINS: HMG-I(Y) PROTEIN. They consist of positively charged sequences of nine amino acids centered on the invariant tripeptide glycine-arginine-proline. They act to fasten the protein to an AT RICH SEQUENCE in the DNA.

History note

  • 2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D024761

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