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'''Crystal structure of IcaR, a repressor of the TetR family'''<br />
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==Overview==
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Expression of the gene cluster icaADBC is necessary for biofilm production, in Staphylococcus epidermidis. The ica operon is negatively controlled by, the repressor IcaR. Here, the crystal structure of IcaR was determined and, the refined structure revealed a homodimer comprising entirely, alpha-helices, typical of the tetracycline repressor protein family for, gene regulations. The N-terminal domain contains a conserved, helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif with some conformational variations, indicating flexibility in this region. The C-terminal domain shows a, complementary surface charge distribution about the dyad axis, ideal for, efficient and specific dimer formation. The results of the electrophoretic, mobility shift assay and isothermal titration calorimetry suggested that a, 28 bp core segment of the ica operator is implicated in the cooperative, binding of two IcaR dimers on opposite sides of the duplex DNA. Computer, modeling based on the known DNA-complex structure of QacR and, site-specific mutagenesis experiments showed that direct protein-DNA, interactions are mostly conserved, but with slight variations for, recognizing the different sequences. By interfering with the binding of, IcaR to DNA, aminoglycoside gentamicin and other antibiotics may activate, the icaADBC genes and elicit biofilm production in S. epidermidis, and, likely S. aureus, as a defense mechanism.
==About this Structure==
==About this Structure==
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is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id= OCA].
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2ZCM is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_epidermidis Staphylococcus epidermidis]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2ZCM OCA].
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[[Category: Protein complex]]
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==Reference==
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Crystal structure of IcaR, a repressor of the TetR family implicated in biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis., Jeng WY, Ko TP, Liu CI, Guo RT, Liu CL, Shr HL, Wang AH, Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jan 21;. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=18208836 18208836]
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[[Category: Single protein]]
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[[Category: Staphylococcus epidermidis]]
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[[Category: Guo, R.T.]]
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[[Category: Jeng, W.Y.]]
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[[Category: Ko, T.P.]]
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[[Category: Liu, C.I.]]
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[[Category: Shr, H.L.]]
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[[Category: Wang, A.H.J.]]
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[[Category: biofilm]]
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[[Category: dna-binding]]
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[[Category: helix-turn-helix]]
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[[Category: polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (pia)]]
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[[Category: repressor]]
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[[Category: tetr family]]
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[[Category: transcription]]
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[[Category: transcription regulation]]
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2zcm, resolution 1.33Å

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Crystal structure of IcaR, a repressor of the TetR family

Overview

Expression of the gene cluster icaADBC is necessary for biofilm production, in Staphylococcus epidermidis. The ica operon is negatively controlled by, the repressor IcaR. Here, the crystal structure of IcaR was determined and, the refined structure revealed a homodimer comprising entirely, alpha-helices, typical of the tetracycline repressor protein family for, gene regulations. The N-terminal domain contains a conserved, helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif with some conformational variations, indicating flexibility in this region. The C-terminal domain shows a, complementary surface charge distribution about the dyad axis, ideal for, efficient and specific dimer formation. The results of the electrophoretic, mobility shift assay and isothermal titration calorimetry suggested that a, 28 bp core segment of the ica operator is implicated in the cooperative, binding of two IcaR dimers on opposite sides of the duplex DNA. Computer, modeling based on the known DNA-complex structure of QacR and, site-specific mutagenesis experiments showed that direct protein-DNA, interactions are mostly conserved, but with slight variations for, recognizing the different sequences. By interfering with the binding of, IcaR to DNA, aminoglycoside gentamicin and other antibiotics may activate, the icaADBC genes and elicit biofilm production in S. epidermidis, and, likely S. aureus, as a defense mechanism.

About this Structure

2ZCM is a Single protein structure of sequence from Staphylococcus epidermidis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Crystal structure of IcaR, a repressor of the TetR family implicated in biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis., Jeng WY, Ko TP, Liu CI, Guo RT, Liu CL, Shr HL, Wang AH, Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jan 21;. PMID:18208836

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