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プロセシビティ・クランプ・ローダーの結晶構造 E. coli DNAポリメラーゼIIIのガンマ (ガンマ) 複合体
D Jeruzalmi1, M O'Donnell, J Kuriyan
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Cell
|August 30, 2001
まとめ
バクテリアのガンマ複合体,DNAクランプロードは,そのペンタメリク配置を示す,明らかに結晶構造を持っています. この構造は,ベータスライディングクランプをDNAにロードするために,閉じた状態と開いた状態の間で切り替えるメカニズムを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 構造生物学 構造生物学とは
背景:
- ガンマ複合体は,真核複製因子C (RFC) の細菌同型である.
- AAA+ ATPaseとして機能し,DNA複製に不可欠である.
- ガンマ複合体は,スライディングクランプであるβ (PCNAと同型) をDNAに負荷します.
研究 の 目的:
- バクテリアのガンマ複合体の結晶構造を決定する.
- ガンマ複合体がベータスライディングクランプと相互作用するメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- 2.7/3.0 Aの解像度でX線結晶撮影を行いました.
主要な成果:
- 結晶構造は,ステキオメトリー delta':gamma(3):delta.を持つサブユニットのペンタメリク配置を明らかにしました.
- C端末ドメインによって形成された円形の襟は,N端末ATP結合ドメインの非対称な配置をサポートします.
- 構造は,異なるデルタ'ステーターとデルタレントキーのドメインを示しています.
結論:
- この構造は,ガンマ複合体の形状の変化のメカニズムを示唆している.
- 複合体は閉じた状態 (ベータと相互作用する要素が隠されている) と開かれた状態 (ベータと結合するデルタが自由である) の間で切り替わります.
- このコンフォームスイッチは,クランプのロード機能にとって非常に重要です.
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