4h0e

Crystal Structure of mutant ORR3 in complex with NTD of AraR

spinqualitylabelsall models 4h0e, resolution 1.97Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4h0e is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus subtilis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.973Å Ligands: ACT, CA Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function ARAR_BACSU Transcriptional repressor of the arabinose utilization genes. Also regulates its own expression. Binds to two sequences within the promoters of the araABDLMNPQ-abfA operon and the araE gene, and to one sequence in the araR promoter. Publication Abstract from PubMed Transcription factors modulate expression primarily through specific recognition of cognate sequences resident in the promoter region of target genes. AraR (Bacillus subtilis) is a repressor of genes involved in l-arabinose metabolism. It binds to eight different operators present in five different promoters with distinct affinities through a DNA binding domain at the N-terminus. The structures of AraR-NTD in complex with two distinct operators (ORA1 and ORR3) reveal that two monomers bind to one recognition motif (T/ANG) each in the bipartite operators. The structures show that the two recognition motifs are spaced apart by six bases in cases of ORA1 and eight bases in case of ORR3. This increase in the spacing in the operators by two base pairs results in a drastic change in the position and orientation of the second monomer on DNA in the case of ORR3 when compared with ORA1. Because AraR binds to the two operators with distinct affinities to achieve different levels of repression, this observation suggests that the variation in the spacing between core recognition motifs could be a strategy used by this transcription modulator to differentially influence gene expression. Spacing between core recognition motifs determines relative orientation of AraR monomers on bipartite operators.,Jain D, Nair DT Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jan 1;41(1):639-47. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks962. Epub 2012, Oct 29. PMID:23109551 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Transcriptional activator 3D structures

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