1lr1

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Solution Structure of the Oligomerization Domain of the Bacterial Chromatin-Structuring Protein H-NS

Structural highlights

1lr1 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Solution NMR
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

HNS_ECOLI A DNA-binding protein implicated in transcriptional repression (silencing) as well as in bacterial chromosome organization. H-NS binds tightly to AT-rich dsDNA, increases its thermal stability and inhibits transcription. Also binds to ssDNA and RNA but with a much lower affinity. H-NS has possible histone-like function. May be a global transcriptional regulator through its ability to bind to curved DNA sequences, which are found in regions upstream of a certain subset of promoters. Plays a role in the thermal control of pili and adhesive curli fimbriae production, by inducing transcription of csgD. Represses the CRISPR-cas promoters, permits only weak transcription of the crRNA precursor; its role is antagonized by LeuO. Subject to transcriptional auto-repression. Binds preferentially to the upstream region of its own gene recognizing two segments of DNA on both sides of a bend centered around -150.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Evolutionary Conservation

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

H-NS plays a role in condensing DNA in the bacterial nucleoid. This 136 amino acid protein comprises two functional domains separated by a flexible linker. High order structures formed by the N-terminal oligomerization domain (residues 1-89) constitute the basis of a protein scaffold that binds DNA via the C-terminal domain. Deletion of residues 57-89 or 64-89 of the oligomerization domain precludes high order structure formation, yielding a discrete dimer. This dimerization event represents the initial event in the formation of high order structure. The dimers thus constitute the basic building block of the protein scaffold. The three-dimensional solution structure of one of these units (residues 1-57) has been determined. Activity of these structural units is demonstrated by a dominant negative effect on high order structure formation on addition to the full length protein. Truncated and site-directed mutant forms of the N-terminal domain of H-NS reveal how the dimeric unit self-associates in a head-to-tail manner and demonstrate the importance of secondary structure in this interaction to form high order structures. A model is presented for the structural basis for DNA packaging in bacterial cells.

H-NS oligomerization domain structure reveals the mechanism for high order self-association of the intact protein.,Esposito D, Petrovic A, Harris R, Ono S, Eccleston JF, Mbabaali A, Haq I, Higgins CF, Hinton JC, Driscoll PC, Ladbury JE J Mol Biol. 2002 Dec 6;324(4):841-50. PMID:12460581[5]

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H-NS: a universal regulator for a dynamic genome.
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References

  1. ↑ Falconi M, Higgins NP, Spurio R, Pon CL, Gualerzi CO. Expression of the gene encoding the major bacterial nucleotide protein H-NS is subject to transcriptional auto-repression. Mol Microbiol. 1993 Oct;10(2):273-82. PMID:7934818
  2. ↑ Ko M, Park C. Two novel flagellar components and H-NS are involved in the motor function of Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol. 2000 Oct 27;303(3):371-82. PMID:11031114 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.2000.4147
  3. ↑ Weber H, Pesavento C, Possling A, Tischendorf G, Hengge R. Cyclic-di-GMP-mediated signalling within the sigma network of Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol. 2006 Nov;62(4):1014-34. Epub 2006 Sep 29. PMID:17010156 doi:http://dx.doi.org/MMI5440
  4. ↑ Westra ER, Pul U, Heidrich N, Jore MM, Lundgren M, Stratmann T, Wurm R, Raine A, Mescher M, Van Heereveld L, Mastop M, Wagner EG, Schnetz K, Van Der Oost J, Wagner R, Brouns SJ. H-NS-mediated repression of CRISPR-based immunity in Escherichia coli K12 can be relieved by the transcription activator LeuO. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Sep;77(6):1380-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07315.x., Epub 2010 Aug 18. PMID:20659289 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07315.x
  5. ↑ Esposito D, Petrovic A, Harris R, Ono S, Eccleston JF, Mbabaali A, Haq I, Higgins CF, Hinton JC, Driscoll PC, Ladbury JE. H-NS oligomerization domain structure reveals the mechanism for high order self-association of the intact protein. J Mol Biol. 2002 Dec 6;324(4):841-50. PMID:12460581

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