2kz8 | pdb_00002kz8
Solution NMR structure of MqsA, a protein from E. coli, containing a Zinc finger, N-terminal and a Helix Turn-Helix C-terminal domain
Structural highlights
Function[MQSA_ECOLI] Antitoxin component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Labile antitoxin that binds to the MqsR mRNA interferase toxin and neutralizes its endoribonuclease activity. Overexpression prevents MqsR-mediated cessation of cell growth and inhibition of cell proliferation. Initially reported to act as a cotranscription factor with MqsA (PubMed:19690171, PubMed:20105222). Following further experiments, the MqsR-MqsA complex does not bind DNA and all reported data are actually due to a small fraction of free MqsA alone binding DNA. Addition of MqsR to a preformed MqsA-promoter DNA complex causes dissociation of the MqsA-DNA complex, probably causing derepression of MqsA-repressed transcripts (PubMed:23172222). MqsA binds to 2 palindromes in the promoter region of the mqsRA operon activating its transcription. Binds to other promoters, inducing mcbR and spy and repressing cspD among others (PubMed:20105222). Binds to and represses the rpoS promoter, the master stress regulator, resulting in decreased cyclic-di-GMP, reduced stress resistance, increased cell motility and decreased biofilm formation; in these experiments 5 TA modules are missing (lacks MazEF, RelEB, ChpB, YoeB-YefM, YafQ-DinJ) (PubMed:21516113). An earlier study showed overexpression alone increases biofilm formation, perhaps by repressing cspD; in these experiments the 5 TA modules are present (PubMed:20105222). Represses the csgD promoter. In the presence of stress, when this protein is degraded, the promoters it represses are derepressed, leading to biofilm formation (Probable). This TA system mediates cell growth during bile acid deoxycholate stress by degrading mRNA for probable deoxycholate-binding protein YgiS; bile acid detergents such as deoxycholate are important for host defense against bacterial growth in the gall bladder and duodenum (PubMed:25534751).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Publication Abstract from PubMedThe gene ygiT (mqsA) of Escherichia coli encodes MqsA, the antitoxin of the motility quorum sensing regulator (MqsR). Both proteins are considered to form a DNA binding complex and to be involved in the formation of biofilms and persisters. We have determined the three-dimensional solution structure of MqsA by high-resolution NMR. The protein comprises a well-defined N-terminal domain with a Zn finger motif usually found in eukaryotes, and a defined C-terminal domain with a typical prokaryotic DNA binding helix-turn-helix motif. The two well-defined domains of MqsA have almost identical structure in solution and in the two published crystal structures of dimeric MqsA bound to either MqsR or DNA. However, the connection of the two domains with a flexible linker yields a large variety of possible conformations in solution, which is not reflected in the crystal structures. MqsA binds Zn with all four cysteines, a stoichiometry of 1:1 and a femtomolar affinity (K(a)>/=10(17)M(-1) at 23 degrees C, pH 7.0). Solution structure and biophysical properties of MqsA, a Zn-containing antitoxin from Escherichia coli.,Papadopoulos E, Collet JF, Vukojevic V, Billeter M, Holmgren A, Graslund A, Vlamis-Gardikas A Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Jul 10. PMID:22789559[8] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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