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Biochemical evidence for multiple dimeric states of the Sinorhizobium meliloti DctD receiver domain
Sungdae Park1, Hong Zhang, A Daniel Jones
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Abstract:
X-ray crystal structures suggest very different dimeric states for the inactive and active forms of the two-component receiver domain of Sinorhizobium meliloti DctD, a sigma(54)-dependent AAA+ ATPase. Moreover, the receiver domain in crystals grown from unphosphorylated protein is refractory to phosphorylation whereas solution protein is fully phosphorylatable, and equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation data are consistent with solution dimers for both phosphorylated and unphosphorylated forms of the protein. Here we report biochemical data consistent with the presence of multiple dimeric conformations in the inactive and active states, and evidence for significant change in the dimeric state upon activation by phosphorylation or binding of Mg(2+) and BeF(3)(-).
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