Description
Experimental Technique/Method:X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Resolution:2.11
Classification:Transcription Regulator/DNA
Release Date:2015-09-02
Deposition Date:2014-10-08
Revision Date:2017-09-20
Molecular Weight:61144.28
Macromolecule Type:Protein#DNA
Residue Count:360
Atom Site Count:3950
DOI:10.2210/pdb4wls/pdb
Abstract:
Many transcriptional activators act at a distance from core promoter elements and work by recruiting RNA polymerase through protein-protein interactions. We show here how the prokaryotic regulatory protein CueR both represses and activates transcription by differentially modulating local DNA structure within the promoter. Structural studies reveal that the repressor state slightly bends the promoter DNA, precluding optimal RNA polymerase-promoter recognition. Upon binding a metal ion in the allosteric site, CueR switches into an activator conformation. It maintains all protein-DNA contacts but introduces torsional stresses that kink and undertwist the promoter, stabilizing an A-form DNA-like conformation. These factors switch on and off transcription by exerting dynamic control of DNA stereochemistry, reshaping the core promoter and making it a better or worse substrate for polymerase.
Resolution:2.11
Classification:Transcription Regulator/DNA
Release Date:2015-09-02
Deposition Date:2014-10-08
Revision Date:2017-09-20
Molecular Weight:61144.28
Macromolecule Type:Protein#DNA
Residue Count:360
Atom Site Count:3950
DOI:10.2210/pdb4wls/pdb
Abstract:
Many transcriptional activators act at a distance from core promoter elements and work by recruiting RNA polymerase through protein-protein interactions. We show here how the prokaryotic regulatory protein CueR both represses and activates transcription by differentially modulating local DNA structure within the promoter. Structural studies reveal that the repressor state slightly bends the promoter DNA, precluding optimal RNA polymerase-promoter recognition. Upon binding a metal ion in the allosteric site, CueR switches into an activator conformation. It maintains all protein-DNA contacts but introduces torsional stresses that kink and undertwist the promoter, stabilizing an A-form DNA-like conformation. These factors switch on and off transcription by exerting dynamic control of DNA stereochemistry, reshaping the core promoter and making it a better or worse substrate for polymerase.
Date made available | 2015 |
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Publisher | RCSB-PDB |