3j4t

Structural highlights

Function

TUBZ_BACTI A tubulin-like, filament forming GTPase; the motor component of the type III plasmid partition system which ensures correct segregation of the pBtoxis plasmid. Filaments may seed from the centromere-like site (tubC) when bound by DNA-binding protein TubR; the tubC-TubR complex stabilizes the TubZ filament. Filaments grow at the plus end and depolymerize at the minus end, a process called treadmilling. TubR-tubC complexes track the depolymerizing minus end of the filament, probably pulling plasmid within the cell (PubMed:20534443, PubMed:23010931, PubMed:25825718). Required for pBtoxis plasmid replication/partition (PubMed:16936050, PubMed:17873046). Binds the TubR-tubC complex; GTP is not required for binding to TubR-tubC. TubZ alone does not bind DNA (PubMed:17873046, PubMed:20534443, PubMed:25825718). Has a high GTPase activity in the presence of Mg(2+); in the presence of GTP assembles into dynamic filaments which upon polymerization bind almost exclusively GDP. Filament formation is cooperative, requiring a critical concentration. Formation occurs very quickly and is followed by disassembly as GTP is consumed (PubMed:18198178).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Tang M, Bideshi DK, Park HW, Federici BA. Minireplicon from pBtoxis of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Nov;72(11):6948-54. PMID:16936050 doi:10.1128/AEM.00976-06
2. ↑ Tang M, Bideshi DK, Park HW, Federici BA. Iteron-binding ORF157 and FtsZ-like ORF156 proteins encoded by pBtoxis play a role in its replication in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. J Bacteriol. 2007 Nov;189(22):8053-8. PMID:17873046 doi:10.1128/JB.00908-07
3. ↑ Chen Y, Erickson HP. In vitro assembly studies of FtsZ/tubulin-like proteins (TubZ) from Bacillus plasmids: evidence for a capping mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 28;283(13):8102-9. PMID:18198178 doi:10.1074/jbc.M709163200
4. ↑ Ni L, Xu W, Kumaraswami M, Schumacher MA. Plasmid protein TubR uses a distinct mode of HTH-DNA binding and recruits the prokaryotic tubulin homolog TubZ to effect DNA partition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 4. PMID:20534443
5. ↑ Aylett CH, Lowe J. Superstructure of the centromeric complex of TubZRC plasmid partitioning systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 9;109(41):16522-7. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1210899109. Epub 2012 Sep 25. PMID:23010931 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1210899109
6. ↑ Fink G, Löwe J. Reconstitution of a prokaryotic minus end-tracking system using TubRC centromeric complexes and tubulin-like protein TubZ filaments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 14;112(15):E1845-50. PMID:25825718 doi:10.1073/pnas.1423746112