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DNA-adenine methylation at certain GATC sites plays a pivotal role in bacterial and phage gene expression as well as bacterial virulence. We report here the crystal structures of the bacteriophage T4Dam DNA adenine methyltransferase (MTase) in a binary complex with the methyl-donor product S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (AdoHcy) and in a ternary complex with a synthetic 12-bp DNA duplex and AdoHcy. T4Dam contains two domains: a seven-stranded catalytic domain that harbors the binding site for AdoHcy and a DNA binding domain consisting of a five-helix bundle and a beta-hairpin that is conserved in the family of GATC-related MTase orthologs. Unexpectedly, the sequence-specific T4Dam bound to DNA in a nonspecific mode that contained two Dam monomers per synthetic duplex, even though the DNA contains a single GATC site. The ternary structure provides a rare snapshot of an enzyme poised for linear diffusion along the DNA.

1Q0T is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage_t4 Bacteriophage t4] with <scene name='pdbligand=IOD:'>IOD</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=SAH:'>SAH</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific_DNA-methyltransferase_(adenine-specific) Site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (adenine-specific)], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.1.1.72 2.1.1.72] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1Q0T OCA].  

[[Category: Horton, J R.]]

[[Category: Schlagman, S L.]]

[[Category: Zhang, X J.]]

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