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Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volume 35, 2019

Low-Affinity Binding Sites and the Transcription Factor Specificity Paradox in Eukaryotes

Abstract

Eukaryotic transcription factors (TFs) from the same structural family tend to bind similar DNA sequences, despite the ability of these TFs to execute distinct functions in vivo. The cell partly resolves this specificity paradox through combinatorial strategies and the use of low-affinity binding sites, which are better able to distinguish between similar TFs. However, because these sites have low affinity, it is challenging to understand how TFs recognize them in vivo. Here, we summarize recent findings and technological advancements that allow for the quantification and mechanistic interpretation of TF recognition across a wide range of affinities. We propose a model that integrates insights from the fields of genetics and cell biology to provide further conceptual understanding of TF binding specificity. We argue that in eukaryotes, target specificity is driven by an inhomogeneous 3D nuclear distribution of TFs and by variation in DNA binding affinity such that locally elevated TF concentration allows low-affinity binding sites to be functional.

Keyword(s): 3D genome architecture, local transcription factor concentration, low-affinity binding sites, phase separation, suboptimal binding sites, transcription regulation, transcriptional hubs
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Low-Affinity Binding Sites and the Transcription Factor Specificity Paradox in Eukaryotes
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 35, 357 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100617-062719
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