莱斯R型转录调节器的结构,CysB,与诱导体结合,N-乙胺
Koen H G Verschueren1,2, Eleanor J Dodson1, Anthony J Wilkinson3
1York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
European biophysics journal : EBJ
|July 8, 2024
概括
确定了CysB蛋白质结构,揭示了N-乙胺结合如何改变DNA结合域,以调节像大肠杆菌这样的细菌中的氨酸生物合成基因.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 大肠杆菌和S. typhimurium中的氨酸生物合成受CysB的调节.
- 在硫限制下,CysB激活了cys基因的转录,使用N-乙胺.
- CysB是一种具有DNA结合和效应体结合域的同质四聚体.
研究的目的:
- 阐明CysB.的四重体子单元的安排.
- 确定N-乙胺诱导的CysB激活的结构机制.
主要方法:
- 确定了完整的CysB与N-乙胺复合的晶体结构.
- 分析了四级结构和域相互作用.
主要成果:
- 这种CysB四聚体表现出两种亚单元类型,具有不同的DNA结合域安排.
- N-乙赛林在一个封闭的部位结合,诱导影响DNA结合域定位的构造变化.
- 广泛的极性相互作用中介于N-乙胺结合.
结论:
- 提出了一种通过N-乙胺介导的CysB激活的结构机制.
- 结果将结构数据与CysB的现有突变数据进行协调.
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