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. 2003 Nov;10(11):922-7.
doi: 10.1038/nsb1001. Epub 2003 Oct 12.

X-ray crystal structure of IRF-3 and its functional implications

Kiyohiro Takahasi  1 , Nobuo N Suzuki, Masataka Horiuchi, Mitsuaki Mori, Wakako Suhara, Yasutaka Okabe, Yukiko Fukuhara, Hiroaki Terasawa, Shizuo Akira, Takashi Fujita, Fuyuhiko Inagaki
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X-ray crystal structure of IRF-3 and its functional implications

Kiyohiro Takahasi et al. Nat Struct Biol. 2003 Nov.

Abstract

Transcription factor IRF-3 is post-translationally activated by Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling and has critical roles in the regulation of innate immunity. Here we present the X-ray crystal structure of the C-terminal regulatory domain of IRF-3(175-427) (IRF-3 175C) at a resolution of 2.3 A. IRF-3 175C is structurally similar to the Mad homology domain 2 of the Smad family. Structural and functional analyses reveal phosphorylation-induced IRF-3 dimerization, which generates an extensive acidic pocket responsible for binding with p300/CBP. Although TLR and Smad signaling are evolutionarily independent, our results suggest that IRF-3 originates from Smad and acquires its function downstream of TLR.

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  • The nuts and bolts of IRF structure.
    Moustakas A, Heldin CH. Moustakas A, et al. Nat Struct Biol. 2003 Nov;10(11):874-6. doi: 10.1038/nsb1103-874. Nat Struct Biol. 2003. PMID: 14583734 No abstract available.

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