2hza
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Nickel-bound full-length Escherichia coli NikR
Overview
Metal ion homeostasis is critical to the survival of all cells. Regulation of nickel concentrations in Escherichia coli is mediated by the NikR repressor via nickel-induced transcriptional repression of the nickel ABC-type transporter, NikABCDE. Here, we report two crystal structures of nickel-activated E. coli NikR, the isolated repressor at 2.1 A resolution and in a complex with its operator DNA sequence from the nik promoter at 3.1 A resolution. Along with the previously published structure of apo-NikR, these structures allow us to evaluate functional proposals for how metal ions activate NikR, delineate the drastic conformational changes required for operator recognition, and describe the formation of a second metal-binding site in the presence of DNA. They also provide a rare set of structural views of a ligand-responsive transcription factor in the unbound, ligand-induced, and DNA-bound states, establishing a model system for the study of ligand-mediated effects on transcription factor function.
About this Structure
2HZA is a Single protein structure of sequence from Escherichia coli with and as ligands. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
NikR-operator complex structure and the mechanism of repressor activation by metal ions., Schreiter ER, Wang SC, Zamble DB, Drennan CL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Sep 12;103(37):13676-81. Epub 2006 Aug 31. PMID:16945905
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