1rio

Structure of bacteriophage lambda cI-NTD in complex with sigma-region4 of Thermus aquaticus bound to DNAStructure of bacteriophage lambda cI-NTD in complex with sigma-region4 of Thermus aquaticus bound to DNA

Structural highlights 1rio is a 5 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia virus Lambda and Thermus aquaticus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.3Å Ligands: , , Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed The cI protein of bacteriophage lambda (lambdacI) activates transcription by binding a DNA operator just upstream of the promoter and interacting with the RNA polymerase sigma subunit domain 4 (sigma(4)). We determined the crystal structure of the lambdacI/sigma(4)/DNA ternary complex at 2.3 A resolution. There are no conformational changes in either protein, which interact through an extremely small interface involving at most 6 amino acid residues. The interactions of the two proteins stabilize the binding of each protein to the DNA. The results provide insight into how activators can operate through a simple cooperative binding mechanism but affect different steps of the transcription initiation process. Structure of a ternary transcription activation complex.,Jain D, Nickels BE, Sun L, Hochschild A, Darst SA Mol Cell. 2004 Jan 16;13(1):45-53. PMID:14731393 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Sigma factor 3D structures

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