Structural highlights
Function
[EMBR_MYCTU] Positively regulates the transcription of the embCAB operon. Exhibits ATPase and GTPase activities.[1] [2] [RAD9_YEAST] Essential for cell cycle arrest at the G2 stage following DNA damage by X-irradiation or inactivation of DNA ligase.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Ser/Thr phosphorylation has emerged as a critical regulatory mechanism in a number of bacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This problematic pathogen encodes 11 eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr kinases, yet few substrates or signaling targets have been characterized. Here, we report the structure of EmbR (2.0 A), a putative transcriptional regulator of key arabinosyltransferases (EmbC, -A, and -B), and an endogenous substrate of the Ser/Thr-kinase PknH. EmbR presents a unique domain architecture: the N-terminal winged-helix DNA-binding domain forms an extensive interface with the all-helical central bacterial transcriptional activation domain and is positioned adjacent to the regulatory C-terminal forkhead-associated (FHA) domain, which mediates binding to a Thr-phosphorylated site in PknH. The structure in complex with a phospho-peptide (1.9 A) reveals a conserved mode of phospho-threonine recognition by the FHA domain and evidence for specific recognition of the cognate kinase. The present structures suggest hypotheses as to how EmbR might propagate the phospho-relay signal from its cognate kinase, while serving as a template for the structurally uncharacterized Streptomyces antibiotic regulatory protein family of transcription factors.
Molecular structure of EmbR, a response element of Ser/Thr kinase signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.,Alderwick LJ, Molle V, Kremer L, Cozzone AJ, Dafforn TR, Besra GS, Futterer K Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 21;103(8):2558-63. Epub 2006 Feb 13. PMID:16477027[3]
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References
- ↑ Sharma K, Gupta M, Krupa A, Srinivasan N, Singh Y. EmbR, a regulatory protein with ATPase activity, is a substrate of multiple serine/threonine kinases and phosphatase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEBS J. 2006 Jun;273(12):2711-21. PMID:16817899 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05289.x
- ↑ Sharma K, Gupta M, Pathak M, Gupta N, Koul A, Sarangi S, Baweja R, Singh Y. Transcriptional control of the mycobacterial embCAB operon by PknH through a regulatory protein, EmbR, in vivo. J Bacteriol. 2006 Apr;188(8):2936-44. PMID:16585755 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.188.8.2936-2944.2006
- ↑ Alderwick LJ, Molle V, Kremer L, Cozzone AJ, Dafforn TR, Besra GS, Futterer K. Molecular structure of EmbR, a response element of Ser/Thr kinase signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 21;103(8):2558-63. Epub 2006 Feb 13. PMID:16477027
