Structural highlights
Function
[BIRA_ECOLI] Acts both as a biotin--[acetyl-CoA-carboxylase] ligase and a biotin-operon repressor. In the presence of ATP, BirA activates biotin to form the BirA-biotinyl-5'-adenylate (BirA-bio-5'-AMP or holoBirA) complex. HoloBirA can either transfer the biotinyl moiety to the biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase, or bind to the biotin operator site and inhibit transcription of the operon.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The Escherichia coli biotin repressor binds to the biotin operator to repress transcription of the biotin biosynthetic operon. In this work, a structure determined by x-ray crystallography of a complex of the repressor bound to biotin, which also functions as an activator of DNA binding by the biotin repressor (BirA), is described. In contrast to the monomeric aporepressor, the complex is dimeric with an interface composed in part of an extended beta-sheet. Model building, coupled with biochemical data, suggests that this is the dimeric form of BirA that binds DNA. Segments of three surface loops that are disordered in the aporepressor structure are located in the interface region of the dimer and exhibit greater order than was observed in the aporepressor structure. The results suggest that the corepressor of BirA causes a disorder-to-order transition that is a prerequisite to repressor dimerization and DNA binding.
Corepressor-induced organization and assembly of the biotin repressor: a model for allosteric activation of a transcriptional regulator.,Weaver LH, Kwon K, Beckett D, Matthews BW Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 22;98(11):6045-50. Epub 2001 May 15. PMID:11353844[5]
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See Also
References
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- ↑ Cronan JE Jr. The E. coli bio operon: transcriptional repression by an essential protein modification enzyme. Cell. 1989 Aug 11;58(3):427-9. PMID:2667763
- ↑ Xu Y, Beckett D. Kinetics of biotinyl-5'-adenylate synthesis catalyzed by the Escherichia coli repressor of biotin biosynthesis and the stability of the enzyme-product complex. Biochemistry. 1994 Jun 14;33(23):7354-60. PMID:8003500
- ↑ Streaker ED, Beckett D. Coupling of protein assembly and DNA binding: biotin repressor dimerization precedes biotin operator binding. J Mol Biol. 2003 Jan 31;325(5):937-48. PMID:12527300 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022283602013086
- ↑ Weaver LH, Kwon K, Beckett D, Matthews BW. Corepressor-induced organization and assembly of the biotin repressor: a model for allosteric activation of a transcriptional regulator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 22;98(11):6045-50. Epub 2001 May 15. PMID:11353844 doi:10.1073/pnas.111128198
