8b4b

ToxR bacterial transcriptional regulator bound to 19 bp ompU promoter DNAToxR bacterial transcriptional regulator bound to 19 bp ompU promoter DNA

Structural highlights 8b4b is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Vibrio cholerae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.75Å Ligands: , Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function TOXR_VIBCH This transcription activator controls cholera toxin, pilus colonization factor and outer membrane protein expression in V.cholerae. It binds to the 5'-TTTTGAT-3' tandemly repeated DNA sequence in the cholera toxin promoter region. ToxS interacts with the C-terminal periplasmic domain of ToxR, stimulating its activity. It activates transcription at the promoters for tcpI and tcpA and this is presumably via ToxT. Publication Abstract from PubMed ToxR, a Vibrio cholerae transmembrane one-component signal transduction factor, lies within a regulatory cascade that results in the expression of ToxT, toxin coregulated pilus, and cholera toxin. While ToxR has been extensively studied for its ability to activate or repress various genes in V. cholerae, here we present the crystal structures of the ToxR cytoplasmic domain bound to DNA at the toxT and ompU promoters. The structures confirm some predicted interactions, yet reveal other unexpected promoter interactions with implications for other potential regulatory roles for ToxR. We show that ToxR is a versatile virulence regulator that recognizes diverse and extensive, eukaryotic-like regulatory DNA sequences, that relies more on DNA structural elements than specific sequences for binding. Using this topological DNA recognition mechanism, ToxR can bind both in tandem and in a twofold inverted-repeat-driven manner. Its regulatory action is based on coordinated multiple binding to promoter regions near the transcription start site, which can remove the repressing H-NS proteins and prepares the DNA for optimal interaction with the RNA polymerase. ToxR activates the Vibrio cholerae virulence genes by tethering DNA to the membrane through versatile binding to multiple sites.,Canals A, Pieretti S, Muriel-Masanes M, El Yaman N, Plecha SC, Thomson JJ, Fabrega-Ferrer M, Perez-Luque R, Krukonis ES, Coll M Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jul 18;120(29):e2304378120. doi: , 10.1073/pnas.2304378120. Epub 2023 Jul 10. PMID:37428913 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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