4fsc

Crystal Structure of Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR in its apo form

spinqualitylabelsall models 4fsc, resolution 3.65Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4fsc is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus thuringiensis bt407. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 3u3w Gene: bthur0002_52210, plcR (Bacillus thuringiensis Bt407) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Publication Abstract from PubMed The quorum-sensing regulator PlcR is the master regulator of most known virulence factors in Bacillus cereus. It is a helix-turn-helix (HTH)-type transcription factor activated upon binding of its cognate signaling peptide PapR on a tetratricopeptide repeat-type regulatory domain. The structural and functional properties of PlcR have defined a new family of sensor regulators, called the RNPP family (for Rap, NprR, PrgX, and PlcR), in Gram-positive bacteria. To fully understand the activation mechanism of PlcR, we took a closer look at the conformation changes induced upon binding of PapR and of its target DNA, known as PlcR-box. For that purpose we have determined the structures of the apoform of PlcR (Apo PlcR) and of the ternary complex of PlcR with PapR and the PlcR-box from the plcA promoter. Comparison of the apoform of PlcR with the previously published structure of the PlcR-PapR binary complex shows how a small conformational change induced in the C-terminal region of the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain upon peptide binding propagates via the linker helix to the N-terminal HTH DNA-binding domain. Further comparison with the PlcR-PapR-DNA ternary complex shows how the activation of the PlcR dimer allows the linker helix to undergo a drastic conformational change and subsequent proper positioning of the HTH domains in the major groove of the two half sites of the pseudopalindromic PlcR-box. Together with random mutagenesis experiments and interaction measurements using peptides from distinct pherogroups, this structural analysis allows us to propose a molecular mechanism for this functional switch. Structural basis for the activation mechanism of the PlcR virulence regulator by the quorum-sensing signal peptide PapR.,Grenha R, Slamti L, Nicaise M, Refes Y, Lereclus D, Nessler S Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 15;110(3):1047-52. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1213770110. Epub 2012 Dec 31. PMID:23277548 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Transcriptional activator

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