4o2h

Crystal structure of BCAM1869 protein (RsaM homolog) from Burkholderia cenocepacia

spinqualitylabelsall models 4o2h, resolution 2.30Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4o2h is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Burcj. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. NonStd Res: MSE Gene: BCAM1869 (BURCJ) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Publication Abstract from PubMed Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a set of closely related bacterial species that are notorious pathogens of cystic fibrosis patients, responsible for life-threatening lung infections. Expression of several virulence factors of Bcc is controlled by a mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS). QS is a means of bacterial communication used to coordinate gene expression in a cell-density-dependent manner. The system involves the production of diffusible signaling molecules (N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones, AHLs), that bind to cognate transcriptional regulators and influence their ability to regulate gene expression. One such system that is highly conserved in Bcc consists of CepI and CepR. CepI is AHL synthase, while CepR is an AHL-dependent transcription factor. In most members of the Bcc group, the cepI and cepR genes are divergently transcribed and separated by additional genes. One of them, bcam1869, encodes the BcRsaM protein, which was recently postulated to modulate the abundance or activity of CepI or CepR. Here we show the crystal structure of BcRsaM from B. cenocepacia J2315. It is a single-domain protein with unique topology and presents a novel fold. The protein is a dimer in the crystal and in solution. This regulator has no known DNA binding motifs and direct binding of BcRsaM to the cepI promoter could not be detected in in vitro assays. Therefore, we propose that the modulatory action of RsaM might result from interactions with other components of the QS machinery rather than from direct association with the DNA promoter. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. RsaM - a Transcriptional Regulator of Burkholderia spp. with Novel Fold.,Michalska K, Chhor G, Clancy S, Jedrzejczak R, Babnigg G, Winans SC, Joachimiak A FEBS J. 2014 Jun 10. doi: 10.1111/febs.12868. PMID:24916958 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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