Structural highlights
Function
[BAER_ECOL6] Member of the two-component regulatory system BaeS/BaeR. Activates the mdtABCD operon (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial response regulators can regulate the expression of genes that confer antibiotic resistance; they contain a receiver and an effector domain and their ability to bind DNA is based on the dimerization state. This is triggered by phosphorylation of the receiver domain by a kinase. However, even in the absence of phosphorylation response regulators can exist in equilibrium between monomers and dimers with phosphorylation shifting the equilibrium towards the dimer form. We have determined the crystal structure of the unphosphorylated dimeric BaeR from Escherichia coli. The dimer interface is formed by a domain swap at the receiver domain. In comparison with the unphosphorylated dimeric PhoP from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, BaeR displays an asymmetry of the effector domains.
The dimeric form of the unphosphorylated response regulator BaeR.,Choudhury HG, Beis K Protein Sci. 2013 Jul 19. doi: 10.1002/pro.2311. PMID:23868292[1]
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References
- ↑ Choudhury HG, Beis K. The dimeric form of the unphosphorylated response regulator BaeR. Protein Sci. 2013 Jul 19. doi: 10.1002/pro.2311. PMID:23868292 doi:10.1002/pro.2311