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==Crystal structure of pfuThermo-DBP-RP1 (crystal form I)==
<StructureSection load='4psl' size='340' side='right' caption='[[4psl]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.50&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
[[4psl]] is a 4 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4PSL OCA]. <br>
<b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b> <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene><br>
<b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b> <scene name='pdbligand=MSE:SELENOMETHIONINE'>MSE</scene><br>
<b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b> [[4psm|4psm]], [[4psn|4psn]], [[4pso|4pso]]<br>
<b>Activity:</b> <span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucokinase Glucokinase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.7.1.2 2.7.1.2] </span><br>
<b>Resources:</b> <span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4psl FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4psl OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4psl RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4psl PDBsum]</span><br>
== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Instead of a classical single-stranded deoxyribonuleic acid (DNA)-binding protein (SSB), some hyperthermophilic crenarchaea harbor a non-canonical SSB termed ThermoDBP. Two related but poorly characterized groups of proteins, which share the ThermoDBP N-terminal DNA-binding domain, have a broader phylogenetic distribution and co-exist with ThermoDBPs and/or other SSBs. We have investigated the nucleic acid binding properties and crystal structures of representatives of these groups of ThermoDBP-related proteins (ThermoDBP-RPs) 1 and 2. ThermoDBP-RP 1 and 2 oligomerize by different mechanisms and only ThermoDBP-RP2 exhibits strong single-stranded DNA affinity in vitro. A crystal structure of ThermoDBP-RP2 in complex with DNA reveals how the NTD common to ThermoDBPs and ThermoDBP-RPs can contact the nucleic acid in a manner that allows a symmetric homotetrameric protein complex to bind single-stranded DNA molecules asymmetrically. While single-stranded DNA wraps around the surface or binds along channels of previously investigated SSBs, it traverses an internal, intersubunit tunnel system of a ThermoDBP-RP2 tetramer. Our results indicate that some archaea have acquired special SSBs for genome maintenance in particularly challenging environments.

Entrapment of DNA in an intersubunit tunnel system of a single-stranded DNA-binding protein.,Ghalei H, Moeller HV, Eppers D, Sohmen D, Wilson DN, Loll B, Wahl MC Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Apr 17. PMID:24744237<ref>PMID:24744237</ref>

From MEDLINEÂ®/PubMedÂ®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
== References ==
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[[Category: Eppers, D.]]
[[Category: Gahlei, H.]]
[[Category: Loll, B.]]
[[Category: Moeller, H von.]]
[[Category: Sohmen, D.]]
[[Category: Wahl, M C.]]
[[Category: Wilson, D N.]]
[[Category: Dna binding protein]]
[[Category: Ssdna binding protein]]