2bnz

Structural basis for cooperative binding of Ribbon-Helix-Helix Omega repressor to inverted DNA heptad repeats

spinqualitylabelsall models 2bnz, resolution 2.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2bnz is a 8 chain structure with sequence from "micrococcus_scarlatinae"_klein_1884 "micrococcus scarlatinae" klein 1884. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 1irq, 2bnw, 2cax Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Repressor omega regulates transcription of genes required for copy number control, accurate segregation and stable maintenance of inc18 plasmids hosted by Gram-positive bacteria. omega belongs to homodimeric ribbon-helix-helix (RHH2) repressors typified by a central, antiparallel beta-sheet for DNA major groove binding. Homodimeric omega2 binds cooperatively to promotors with 7 to 10 consecutive non-palindromic DNA heptad repeats (5'-(A)/(T)ATCAC(A)/(T)-3', symbolized by -->) in palindromic inverted, converging (--><--) or diverging (<---->) orientation and also, unique to omega2 and contrasting other RHH2 repressors, to non-palindromic direct (-->-->) repeats. Here we investigate with crystal structures how omega2 binds specifically to heptads in minimal operators with (-->-->) and (--><--) repeats. Since the pseudo-2-fold axis relating the monomers in omega(2) passes the central C-G base pair of each heptad with approximately 0.3 A downstream offset, the separation between the pseudo-2-fold axes is exactly 7 bp in (-->-->), approximately 0.6 A shorter in (--><--) but would be approximately 0.6 A longer in (<---->). These variations grade interactions between adjacent omega2 and explain modulations in cooperative binding affinity of omega2 to operators with different heptad orientations. Structures of omega repressors bound to direct and inverted DNA repeats explain modulation of transcription.,Weihofen WA, Cicek A, Pratto F, Alonso JC, Saenger W Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 Mar 9;34(5):1450-8. Print 2006. PMID:16528102 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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