Structural highlights
Function
[CSPB_BACSU] Binds to the pentamer sequences ATTGG and CCAAT with highest affinity in single-stranded DNA, and also to other sequences. Has greater affinity for ATTGG than CCAAT. Can act as transcriptional activator of cold shock genes by recognizing putative ATTGG-box elements present in promoter regions of genes induced under cold shock conditions.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Cold shock proteins (CSP) belong to the family of single-stranded nucleic acid binding proteins with OB-fold. CSP are believed to function as 'RNA chaperones' and during anti-termination. We determined the solution structure of Bs-CspB bound to the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) fragment heptathymidine (dT7) by NMR spectroscopy. Bs-CspB reveals an almost invariant conformation when bound to dT7 with only minor reorientations in loop beta1-beta2 and beta3-beta4 and of few aromatic side chains involved in base stacking. Binding studies of protein variants and mutated ssDNA demonstrated that Bs-CspB associates with ssDNA at almost diffusion controlled rates and low sequence specificity consistent with its biological function. A variation of the ssDNA affinity is accomplished solely by changes of the dissociation rate. 15N NMR relaxation and H/D exchange experiments revealed that binding of dT7 increases the stability of Bs-CspB and reduces the sub-nanosecond dynamics of the entire protein and especially of loop beta3-beta4.
Recognition of T-rich single-stranded DNA by the cold shock protein Bs-CspB in solution.,Zeeb M, Max KE, Weininger U, Low C, Sticht H, Balbach J Nucleic Acids Res. 2006;34(16):4561-71. Epub 2006 Sep 6. PMID:16956971[1]
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References
- ↑ Zeeb M, Max KE, Weininger U, Low C, Sticht H, Balbach J. Recognition of T-rich single-stranded DNA by the cold shock protein Bs-CspB in solution. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006;34(16):4561-71. Epub 2006 Sep 6. PMID:16956971 doi:10.1093/nar/gkl376
