Volume 82, Issue 12 pp. 3490-3496
Structure Note

The solution structure of the forkhead box-O DNA binding domain of Brugia malayi DAF-16a

Sarah K. Casper

Sarah K. Casper

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

Department of Health Sciences, Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, Wisconsin, 53545

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Scott J. Schoeller

Scott J. Schoeller

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

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Danielle M. Zgoba

Danielle M. Zgoba

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

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Andrew J. Phillips

Andrew J. Phillips

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

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Thomas J. Morien

Thomas J. Morien

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

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Gary R. Chaffee

Gary R. Chaffee

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

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Peter C. Sackett

Peter C. Sackett

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

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Francis C. Peterson

Francis C. Peterson

Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226

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Kirsten Crossgrove

Corresponding Author

Kirsten Crossgrove

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

Correspondence to: Christopher T. Veldkamp, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. E-mail: [email protected] and Kirsten Crossgrove, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Christopher T. Veldkamp

Corresponding Author

Christopher T. Veldkamp

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 53190

Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226

Correspondence to: Christopher T. Veldkamp, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. E-mail: [email protected] and Kirsten Crossgrove, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 09 October 2014
Citations: 4

Sarah K. Casper and Scott J. Schoeller contributed equally to this work.

ABSTRACT

Brugia malayi is a parasitic nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis in humans. Here the solution structure of the forkhead DNA binding domain of Brugia malayi DAF-16a, a putative ortholog of Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-16, is reported. It is believed to be the first structure of a forkhead or winged helix domain from an invertebrate. C. elegans DAF-16 is involved in the insulin/IGF-I signaling pathway and helps control metabolism, longevity, and development. Conservation of sequence and structure with human FOXO proteins suggests that B. malayi DAF-16a is a member of the FOXO family of forkhead proteins. Proteins 2014; 82:3490–3496. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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