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Crystal structure of TM0439, a GntR transcriptional regulatorCrystal structure of TM0439, a GntR transcriptional regulator
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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 PubMedThe GntR superfamily of dimeric transcription factors, with more than 6200 members encoded in bacterial genomes, are characterized by N-terminal winged-helix DNA-binding domains and diverse C-terminal regulatory domains which provide a basis for the classification of the constituent families. The largest of these families, FadR, contains nearly 3000 proteins with all-alpha-helical regulatory domains classified into two related Pfam families: FadR_C and FCD. Only two crystal structures of FadR-family members, those of Escherichia coli FadR protein and LldR from Corynebacterium glutamicum, have been described to date in the literature. Here, the crystal structure of TM0439, a GntR regulator with an FCD domain found in the Thermotoga maritima genome, is described. The FCD domain is similar to that of the LldR regulator and contains a buried metal-binding site. Using atomic absorption spectroscopy and Trp fluorescence, it is shown that the recombinant protein contains bound Ni(2+) ions but that it is able to bind Zn(2+) with K(d) < 70 nM. It is concluded that Zn(2+) is the likely physiological metal and that it may perform either structural or regulatory roles or both. Finally, the TM0439 structure is compared with two other FadR-family structures recently deposited by structural genomics consortia. The results call for a revision in the classification of the FadR family of transcription factors. Structure of Thermotoga maritima TM0439: implications for the mechanism of bacterial GntR transcription regulators with Zn2+-binding FCD domains.,Zheng M, Cooper DR, Grossoehme NE, Yu M, Hung LW, Cieslik M, Derewenda U, Lesley SA, Wilson IA, Giedroc DP, Derewenda ZS Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2009 Apr;65(Pt 4):356-65. Epub 2009, Mar 19. PMID:19307717[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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OCA- Large Structures
- Thema
- Cooper, D R
- Derewenda, U
- Derewenda, Z S
- Hung, L W
- ISFI, Integrated Center for Structure and Function Innovation
- Yu, M
- Zheng, M
- Dna-binding
- Gntr family
- Integrated center for structure and function innovation
- Isfi
- PSI, Protein structure initiative
- Structural genomic
- Surface entropy reduction
- Transcription
- Transcription regulation
- Transcription regulator
- Transcriptional regulator