4psn

Crystal structure of apeThermo-DBP-RP2

spinqualitylabelsall models 4psn, resolution 2.05Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4psn is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Aeropyrum pernix K1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.05Å Ligands: GOL, IMD, MSE Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function Q9YAS7_AERPE Publication Abstract from PubMed Instead of a classical single-stranded deoxyribonuleic acid (DNA)-binding protein (SSB), some hyperthermophilic crenarchaea harbor a non-canonical SSB termed ThermoDBP. Two related but poorly characterized groups of proteins, which share the ThermoDBP N-terminal DNA-binding domain, have a broader phylogenetic distribution and co-exist with ThermoDBPs and/or other SSBs. We have investigated the nucleic acid binding properties and crystal structures of representatives of these groups of ThermoDBP-related proteins (ThermoDBP-RPs) 1 and 2. ThermoDBP-RP 1 and 2 oligomerize by different mechanisms and only ThermoDBP-RP2 exhibits strong single-stranded DNA affinity in vitro. A crystal structure of ThermoDBP-RP2 in complex with DNA reveals how the NTD common to ThermoDBPs and ThermoDBP-RPs can contact the nucleic acid in a manner that allows a symmetric homotetrameric protein complex to bind single-stranded DNA molecules asymmetrically. While single-stranded DNA wraps around the surface or binds along channels of previously investigated SSBs, it traverses an internal, intersubunit tunnel system of a ThermoDBP-RP2 tetramer. Our results indicate that some archaea have acquired special SSBs for genome maintenance in particularly challenging environments. Entrapment of DNA in an intersubunit tunnel system of a single-stranded DNA-binding protein.,Ghalei H, Moeller HV, Eppers D, Sohmen D, Wilson DN, Loll B, Wahl MC Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Apr 17. PMID:24744237 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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