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An aromatic stacking interaction between subunits helps mediate DNA sequence specificity: operator site

Y T Huang1, E Rusinova, J B Ross

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA.

Journal of Molecular Biology
|March 28, 1997
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Bacteriophage lambda cI repressor

Area of Science:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Protein-DNA Interactions
  • Transcriptional Regulation

Background:

  • Regulatory proteins control gene transcription through sequence-specific DNA binding.
  • Oligomeric protein subunit coupling is a critical regulatory mechanism.
  • Bacteriophage lambda cI repressor's dimeric structure regulates genetic switches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate subunit-subunit interactions in oligomeric regulatory proteins.
  • Understand the role of dimer interface in differential operator binding.
  • Elucidate mechanisms of site-specific DNA recognition in transcriptional regulation.

Main Methods:

  • Amino acid substitutions at dimer interface contacts (helices-5).
  • Assessed effects on dimer stability and operator binding affinity.

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  • Analyzed differential operator affinity (O(R)1, O(R)2, O(R)3) and operator vs. non-operator specificity.

    • Main Results:

    • Tyr88 substitutions altered dimer stability and differential operator affinity, not operator specificity.
    • I84S substitution significantly decreased affinity for all operators.
    • Dimer interface interactions, particularly Tyr88 stacking, are crucial for operator discrimination.

    Conclusions:

    • Subunit coupling and dimer interface geometry critically influence transcriptional regulator specificity.
    • Conformational changes in repressor tertiary structure mediate operator discrimination.
    • Dimer interface interactions play a key role in bacteriophage lambda cI repressor's regulatory function.