2rh3 | pdb_00002rh3

Crystal structure of plasmid pTiC58 VirC2

spinqualitylabelsall models 2rh3, resolution 1.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2rh3 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Gene: virC2 (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum 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 Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirC2 stimulates processing of single-stranded T-DNA that is translocated into plants to induce tumor formation, but how VirC2 functions is unclear. Here, we report the 1.7-A X-ray crystal structure of its trypsin-resistant C-terminal domain, VirC2(82-202), which reveals a form of the ribbon-helix-helix (RHH) DNA-binding fold contained within a single polypeptide chain. DNA-binding assays and mutagenesis indicate that VirC2 uses this RHH fold to bind double-stranded DNA but not single-stranded DNA. Mutations that severely affect VirC2 DNA binding are highly deleterious for both T-DNA transfer into yeast and the virulence of A. tumefaciens in different plants including Nicotiana glauca and Kalanchoe daigremontiana. These data suggest that VirC2 enhances T-DNA transfer and virulence through DNA binding with its RHH fold. The RHH fold of VirC2 is the first crystal structure representing a group of predicted RHH proteins that facilitate endonucleolytic processing of DNA for horizontal gene transfer. Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirC2 enhances T-DNA transfer and virulence through its C-terminal ribbon-helix-helix DNA-binding fold.,Lu J, den Dulk-Ras A, Hooykaas PJ, Glover JN Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 16;106(24):9643-8. Epub 2009 May 29. PMID:19482939 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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