1utx
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| - | Enterococcus faecalis is one of the major causes for hospital-acquired | + | Enterococcus faecalis is one of the major causes for hospital-acquired antibiotic-resistant infections. It produces an exotoxin, called cytolysin, which is lethal for a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria and is toxic to higher organisms. Recently, the regulation of the cytolysin operon was connected to autoinduction by a quorum-sensing mechanism involving the CylR1/CylR2 two-component regulatory system. We report here the crystal structure of CylR2 and its properties in solution as determined by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. The structure reveals a rigid dimer containing a helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif as part of a five-helix bundle that is extended by an antiparallel beta-sheet. We show that CylR2 is a DNA-binding protein that binds specifically to a 22 bp fragment of the cytolysin promoter region. NMR chemical shift perturbation experiments identify surfaces involved in DNA binding and are in agreement with a model for the CylR2/DNA complex that attributes binding specificity to a complex network of CylR2/DNA interactions. Our results propose a mechanism where repression is achieved by CylR2 obstruction of the promoter preventing biosynthesis of the cytolysin operon transcript. |
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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[[Category: Single protein]] | [[Category: Single protein]] | ||
[[Category: Becker, S.]] | [[Category: Becker, S.]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Gilmore, M | + | [[Category: Gilmore, M S.]] |
| - | [[Category: Pillar, C | + | [[Category: Pillar, C M.]] |
[[Category: Razeto, A.]] | [[Category: Razeto, A.]] | ||
[[Category: Rumpel, S.]] | [[Category: Rumpel, S.]] | ||
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[[Category: transcriptional repressor]] | [[Category: transcriptional repressor]] | ||
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REGULATION OF CYTOLYSIN EXPRESSION BY ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS: ROLE OF CYLR2
Overview
Enterococcus faecalis is one of the major causes for hospital-acquired antibiotic-resistant infections. It produces an exotoxin, called cytolysin, which is lethal for a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria and is toxic to higher organisms. Recently, the regulation of the cytolysin operon was connected to autoinduction by a quorum-sensing mechanism involving the CylR1/CylR2 two-component regulatory system. We report here the crystal structure of CylR2 and its properties in solution as determined by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. The structure reveals a rigid dimer containing a helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif as part of a five-helix bundle that is extended by an antiparallel beta-sheet. We show that CylR2 is a DNA-binding protein that binds specifically to a 22 bp fragment of the cytolysin promoter region. NMR chemical shift perturbation experiments identify surfaces involved in DNA binding and are in agreement with a model for the CylR2/DNA complex that attributes binding specificity to a complex network of CylR2/DNA interactions. Our results propose a mechanism where repression is achieved by CylR2 obstruction of the promoter preventing biosynthesis of the cytolysin operon transcript.
About this Structure
1UTX is a Single protein structure of sequence from Enterococcus faecalis with and as ligands. Known structural/functional Site: . Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure and DNA-binding properties of the cytolysin regulator CylR2 from Enterococcus faecalis., Rumpel S, Razeto A, Pillar CM, Vijayan V, Taylor A, Giller K, Gilmore MS, Becker S, Zweckstetter M, EMBO J. 2004 Sep 15;23(18):3632-42. Epub 2004 Sep 9. PMID:15359276
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