Figure 5.
VP16 associates with multiple conformations of the Oct-1 POU domain. Shown are the results of a crosslinking interference analysis of two unique-cysteine derivatives of the POU domain, POUS-UC54 (lanes 2–4) and POUH-UC50 (lanes 5–7), crosslinked to the lower strand of the (OCTA+)TAATGARAT site. POUS crosslinks over the 5′ ATGC (OCTA X-links) or 3′ GARAT (GARAT X-link) sequences and POUH crosslinks (X-link) are indicated. In lanes 2–7, the uppermost bands represent uncleaved DNA. X-link (above lanes), standard crosslinking analysis of the POU domain alone to the site; POU, crosslinking pattern of the POU-domain complex after electrophoretic mobility retardation; VIC, crosslinking interference pattern of the VP16-induced complex after electrophoretic mobility retardation.