Structural highlights
Function
[CRP_ECOLI] This protein complexes with cyclic AMP and binds to specific DNA sites near the promoter to regulate the transcription of several catabolite-sensitive operons. The protein induces a severe bend in the DNA. Acts as a negative regulator of its own synthesis as well as for adenylate cyclase (cyaA), which generates cAMP.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The 2.2 A resolution crystal structure of the Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) complexed with cAMP and a 46-bp DNA fragment reveals a second cAMP molecule bound to each protein monomer. The second cAMP is in the syn conformation and is located on the DNA binding domain interacting with the helix-turn-helix, a beta-hairpin from the regulatory domain and the DNA (via water molecules). The presence of this second cAMP site resolves the apparent discrepancy between the NMR and x-ray data on the conformation of cAMP, and explains the cAMP concentration-dependent behaviors of the protein. In addition, this site's close proximity to mutations affecting transcriptional activation and its water-mediated interactions with a DNA recognition residue (E181) and DNA raise the possibility that this site has biological relevance.
The structure of a CAP-DNA complex having two cAMP molecules bound to each monomer.,Passner JM, Steitz TA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Apr 1;94(7):2843-7. PMID:9096308[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Aiba H. Transcription of the Escherichia coli adenylate cyclase gene is negatively regulated by cAMP-cAMP receptor protein. J Biol Chem. 1985 Mar 10;260(5):3063-70. PMID:2982847
- ↑ Passner JM, Steitz TA. The structure of a CAP-DNA complex having two cAMP molecules bound to each monomer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Apr 1;94(7):2843-7. PMID:9096308
