3ft7

Crystal structure of an extremely stable dimeric protein from sulfolobus islandicus

spinqualitylabelsall models 3ft7, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3ft7 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Sulfolobus islandicus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2Å Ligands: GOL Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function Q54323_SULIS Publication Abstract from PubMed ORF56 is a small and thermodynamically extremely stable dimeric protein from the archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus. This DNA binding protein is encoded on plasmid pRN1 and possibly controls the copy number of the plasmid. We report the solution NMR structure as well as the crystal structure of ORF56 comprising a ribbon-helix-helix fold. The homodimer consists of an antiparallel intersubunit beta-sheet and two alpha-helices per monomer, which is a common DNA binding fold of plasmid- and phage-encoded gene regulation proteins. NMR titration experiments with ORF56 and double-stranded DNA derived from its promoter binding site revealed that it is largely the beta-sheets that interact with the DNA. The beta-sheet experiences high local fluctuations, which are conserved among DNA binding ribbon-helix-helix dimers from mesophilic and hyperthermophilic organisms. In contrast, residues strongly protected against H-D exchange are localized in helix 2, forming the hydrophobic intermolecular core of the dimer. A structure-based comparison of the intermolecular binding surface and the change in accessible surface area upon unfolding of various ribbon-helix-helix dimers with the Gibbs free energy changes and m values show a correlation between hydrophobicity of these surface areas and stability. These findings provide possible explanations for the very high thermodynamic stability of ORF56 with retained DNA binding capacity. Structure-Based Stability Analysis of an Extremely Stable Dimeric DNA Binding Protein from Sulfolobus islandicus.,Weininger U, Zeeb M, Neumann P, Low C, Stubbs MT, Lipps G, Balbach J Biochemistry. 2009 Oct 27;48(42):10030-7. PMID:19788170 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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