1t4z
From Proteopedia
Solution structure of the N-terminal domain of Synechococcus elongatus SasA (25-structures ensemble)
Structural highlights
Function[SASA_SYNE7] May be involved in signal transduction. Participates in the KaiABC clock protein complex, which constitutes the main circadian regulator in cyanobacteria, via its interaction with KaiC. Required for robustness of the circadian rhythm of gene expression and is involved in clock outputs.[1] Evolutionary ConservationCheck, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedCircadian oscillators are endogenous biological systems that generate the approximately 24 hour temporal pattern of biological processes and confer a reproductive fitness advantage to their hosts. The cyanobacterial clock is the simplest known and the only clock system for which structural information for core component proteins, in this case KaiA, KaiB and KaiC, is available. SasA, a clock-associated histidine kinase, is necessary for robustness of the circadian rhythm of gene expression and implicated in clock output. The N-terminal domain of SasA (N-SasA) interacts directly with KaiC and likely functions as the sensory domain controlling the SasA histidine kinase activity. N-SasA and KaiB share significant sequence similarity and, thus, it has been proposed that they would be structurally similar and may even compete for KaiC binding. Here, we report the NMR structure of N-SasA and show it to be different from that of KaiB. The structural comparisons provide no clear details to suggest competition of SasA and KaiB for KaiC binding. N-SasA adopts a canonical thioredoxin fold but lacks the catalytic cysteine residues. A patch of conserved, solvent-exposed residues is found near the canonical thioredoxin active site. We suggest that this surface is used by N-SasA for protein-protein interactions. Our analysis suggests that the structural differences between N-SasA and KaiB are the result of only a few critical amino acid substitutions. Structure of the N-terminal domain of the circadian clock-associated histidine kinase SasA.,Vakonakis I, Klewer DA, Williams SB, Golden SS, LiWang AC J Mol Biol. 2004 Sep 3;342(1):9-17. PMID:15313603[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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