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==Co-crystal structure of TraM-TraD complex.==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3d8a]] is a 16 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_K-12 Escherichia coli K-12]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3D8A OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3D8A FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.55&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3d8a FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3d8a OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3d8a PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3d8a RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3d8a PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3d8a ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TRAM1_ECOLI TRAM1_ECOLI] Conjugative DNA transfer (CDT) is the unidirectional transfer of ssDNA plasmid from a donor to a recipient cell. It is the central mechanism by which antibiotic resistance and virulence factors are propagated in bacterial populations. Part of the relaxosome, which facilitates a site- and strand-specific cut in the origin of transfer by TraI, at the nic site. Cooperatively binds 3 regions in the F plasmid oriT locus; 2 are required for autoregulation while the other is required for plasmid transfer. Bends oriT DNA less than 50 degrees. Plasmid specificity is conferred by the TraD-TraM pair.<ref>PMID:1479887</ref> <ref>PMID:8736534</ref> <ref>PMID:11875064</ref> <ref>PMID:17238924</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
F plasmid-mediated bacterial conjugation requires interactions between a relaxosome component, TraM, and the coupling protein TraD, a hexameric ring ATPase that forms the cytoplasmic face of the conjugative pore. Here we present the crystal structure of the C-terminal tail of TraD bound to the TraM tetramerization domain, the first structural evidence of relaxosome-coupling protein interactions. The structure reveals the TraD C-terminal peptide bound to each of four symmetry-related grooves on the surface of the TraM tetramer. Extensive protein-protein interactions were observed between the two proteins. Mutational analysis indicates that these interactions are specific and required for efficient F conjugation in vivo. Our results suggest that specific interactions between the C-terminal tail of TraD and the TraM tetramerization domain might lead to more generalized interactions that stabilize the relaxosome-coupling protein complex in preparation for conjugative DNA transfer.

Structural basis of specific TraD-TraM recognition during F plasmid-mediated bacterial conjugation.,Lu J, Wong JJ, Edwards RA, Manchak J, Frost LS, Glover JN Mol Microbiol. 2008 Oct;70(1):89-99. Epub 2008 Aug 19. PMID:18717787<ref>PMID:18717787</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Escherichia coli K-12]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Edwards RA]]
[[Category: Glover JNM]]
[[Category: Lu J]]
[[Category: Wong JJ]]