2wbn

Crystal structure of the g2p (large terminase) nuclease domain from the bacteriophage SPP1

spinqualitylabelsall models 2wbn, resolution 1.90Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2wbn is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Bpspp. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. NonStd Res: MSE Related: 2wc9 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed The DNA-packaging motor in tailed bacteriophages requires nuclease activity to ensure that the genome is packaged correctly. This nuclease activity is tightly regulated as the enzyme is inactive for the duration of DNA translocation. Here, we report the X-ray structure of the large terminase nuclease domain from bacteriophage SPP1. Similarity with the RNase H family endonucleases allowed interactions with the DNA to be predicted. A structure-based alignment with the distantly related T4 gp17 terminase shows the conservation of an extended beta-sheet and an auxiliary beta-hairpin that are not found in other RNase H family proteins. The model with DNA suggests that the beta-hairpin partly blocks the active site, and in vivo activity assays show that the nuclease domain is not functional in the absence of the ATPase domain. Here, we propose that the nuclease activity is regulated by movement of the beta-hairpin, altering active site access and the orientation of catalytically essential residues. Structural basis for the nuclease activity of a bacteriophage large terminase.,Smits C, Chechik M, Kovalevskiy OV, Shevtsov MB, Foster AW, Alonso JC, Antson AA EMBO Rep. 2009 Jun;10(6):592-8. Epub 2009 May 15. PMID:19444313 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Terminase

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