1lrp
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'''COMPARISON OF THE STRUCTURES OF CRO AND LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEINS FROM BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA''' | '''COMPARISON OF THE STRUCTURES OF CRO AND LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEINS FROM BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA''' | ||
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COMPARISON OF THE STRUCTURES OF CRO AND LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEINS FROM BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA
Overview
The three-dimensional structures of cro repressor protein and of the amino-terminal domain of lambda repressor protein, both from bacteriophage lambda, are compared. The second and third alpha-helices, alpha 2 and alpha 3, are shown to have essentially identical conformations in the two proteins, confirming the significance of the amino acid sequence homology previously noted between these and other DNA binding proteins in the region corresponding to these helices. The correspondence between the two-helical units in cro and lambda repressor protein is better than the striking agreement noted previously between two-helical units in cro and catabolite gene-activator protein. Parts of the first alpha-helices of repressor and cro show a structural correspondence that suggests a revised sequence homology between the two proteins in their extreme amino-terminal regions. In particular, there is a short loop between the alpha 1 and alpha 2 helices of lambda repressor that is missing from cro. This structural difference may account for the observed differences found with different cros and repressors in the pattern of phosphates whose ethylation prevents the binding of these proteins to their specific recognition sites. Although the two proteins have strikingly similar alpha 2-alpha 3 helical units that are presumed to bind to DNA in an essentially similar manner, stereochemical restrictions prevent the alpha 2-alpha 3 units of the respective proteins aligning on the DNA in exactly the same way.
About this Structure
1LRP is a Single protein structure of sequence from Enterobacteria phage lambda. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Comparison of the structures of cro and lambda repressor proteins from bacteriophage lambda., Ohlendorf DH, Anderson WF, Lewis M, Pabo CO, Matthews BW, J Mol Biol. 1983 Sep 25;169(3):757-69. PMID:6226802 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 00:13:08 2008
