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| [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O66551_AQUAE O66551_AQUAE] | | [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O66551_AQUAE O66551_AQUAE] |
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| == Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
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| Genetic changes lead gradually to altered protein function, making deduction of the molecular basis for activity from a sequence difficult. Comparative studies provide insights into the functional consequences of specific changes. Here we present structural and biochemical studies of NtrC4, a sigma-54 activator from Aquifex aeolicus, and compare it with NtrC1 (a paralog) and NtrC (a homolog from Salmonella enterica) to provide insight into how a substantial change in regulatory mechanism may have occurred. Activity assays show that assembly of NtrC4's active oligomer is repressed by the N-terminal receiver domain, and that BeF3- addition (mimicking phosphorylation) removes this repression. Observation of assembly without activation for NtrC4 indicates that it is much less strongly repressed than NtrC1. The crystal structure of the unactivated receiver-ATPase domain combination shows a partially disrupted interface. NMR structures of the regulatory domain show that its activation mechanism is very similar to that of NtrC1. The crystal structure of the NtrC4 DNA-binding domain shows that it is dimeric and more similar in structure to NtrC than NtrC1. Electron microscope images of the ATPase-DNA-binding domain combination show formation of oligomeric rings. Sequence alignments provide insights into the distribution of activation mechanisms in this family of proteins.
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| Structure and regulatory mechanism of Aquifex aeolicus NtrC4: variability and evolution in bacterial transcriptional regulation.,Batchelor JD, Doucleff M, Lee CJ, Matsubara K, De Carlo S, Heideker J, Lamers MH, Pelton JG, Wemmer DE J Mol Biol. 2008 Dec 31;384(5):1058-75. Epub 2008 Oct 17. PMID:18955063<ref>PMID:18955063</ref>
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| From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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