Structural highlights
Function[RPC1_LAMBD] Repressor protein CI allows phage lambda to reside inactively in the chromosome of its host bacterium. This lysogenic state is maintained by binding of regulatory protein CI to the OR and OL operators, preventing transcription of proteins necessary for lytic development. 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 PubMedInteractions between transcription factors bound to separate operator sites commonly play an important role in gene regulation by mediating cooperative binding to the DNA. However, few detailed structural models for understanding the molecular basis of such cooperativity are available. The c1 repressor of bacteriophage lambda is a classic example of a protein that binds to its operator sites cooperatively. The C-terminal domain of the repressor mediates dimerization as well as a dimer-dimer interaction that results in the cooperative binding of two repressor dimers to adjacent operator sites. Here, we present the x-ray crystal structure of the lambda repressor C-terminal domain determined by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction. Remarkably, the interactions that mediate cooperativity are captured in the crystal, where two dimers associate about a 2-fold axis of symmetry. Based on the structure and previous genetic and biochemical data, we present a model for the cooperative binding of two lambda repressor dimers at adjacent operator sites. Crystal structure of the lambda repressor C-terminal domain provides a model for cooperative operator binding.,Bell CE, Frescura P, Hochschild A, Lewis M Cell. 2000 Jun 23;101(7):801-11. PMID:10892750[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References | ||||||||||||||||
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