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Structural studies of DNA-protein complexes have now made it clear that specific sequence recognition in these systems is accomplished in two ways, either directly by the formation of hydrogen bonds to base-pair edges from amino acid side chains located on a DNA-binding motif, such as a helix-turnhelix, or indirectly as a result of sequence-dependent distortions of the DNA conformation (1). These contacts occur in the context of oriented complexes between macromolecules that juxtapose the specific recognition elements. As part of these processes, proteins make a large number of contacts to the phosphodiester backbone of DNA, as was predicted from biochemical assays of the ionic strength dependence of DNA binding.
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Manfield, I.W., Stockley, P.G. (2001). Ethylation Interference. In: Moss, T. (eds) DNA-Protein Interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 148. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-208-2:229
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