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==Heterodimer of Cre recombinase mutants D33A/A36V/R192A and R72E/L115D/R119D in complex with loxP DNA.==
<StructureSection load='7rhz' size='340' side='right'caption='[[7rhz]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 4.48&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[7rhz]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_virus_P1 Escherichia virus P1]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=7RHZ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=7RHZ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 4.48&#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=7rhz FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=7rhz OCA], [https://pdbe.org/7rhz PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=7rhz RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/7rhz PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=7rhz ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/RECR_BPP1 RECR_BPP1] Catalyzes site-specific recombination between two 34-base-pair LOXP sites. Its role is to maintain the phage genome as a monomeric unit-copy plasmid in the lysogenic state.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Cre recombinase selectively recognizes DNA and prevents non-specific DNA cleavage through an orchestrated series of assembly intermediates. Cre recombines two loxP DNA sequences featuring a pair of palindromic recombinase binding elements and an asymmetric spacer region, by assembly of a tetrameric synaptic complex, cleavage of an opposing pair of strands, and formation of a Holliday junction intermediate. We used Cre and loxP variants to isolate the monomeric Cre-loxP (54 kDa), dimeric Cre2-loxP (110 kDa), and tetrameric Cre4-loxP2 assembly intermediates, and determined their structures using cryo-EM to resolutions of 3.9, 4.5 and 3.2 A, respectively. Progressive and asymmetric bending of the spacer region along the assembly pathway enables formation of increasingly intimate interfaces between Cre protomers and illuminates the structural bases of biased loxP strand cleavage order and half-the-sites activity. Application of 3D variability analysis to the tetramer data reveals constrained conformational sampling along the pathway between protomer activation and Holliday junction isomerization. These findings underscore the importance of protein and DNA flexibility in Cre-mediated site selection, controlled activation of alternating protomers, the basis for biased strand cleavage order, and recombination efficiency. Such considerations may advance development of site-specific recombinases for use in gene editing applications.

Mechanisms of Cre recombinase synaptic complex assembly and activation illuminated by Cryo-EM.,Stachowski K, Norris AS, Potter D, Wysocki VH, Foster MP Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Feb 22;50(3):1753-1769. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac032. PMID:35104890<ref>PMID:35104890</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 virus P1]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Foster MP]]
[[Category: Stachowski K]]