Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The Pseudomonas putida phenol-responsive regulator DmpR is a bacterial enhancer binding protein (bEBP) from the AAA(+) ATPase family. Even though it was discovered more than two decades ago and has been widely used for aromatic hydrocarbon sensing, the activation mechanism of DmpR has remained elusive. Here, we show that phenol-bound DmpR forms a tetramer composed of two head-to-head dimers in a head-to-tail arrangement. The DmpR-phenol complex exhibits altered conformations within the C-termini of the sensory domains and shows an asymmetric orientation and angle in its coiled-coil linkers. The structural changes within the phenol binding sites and the downstream ATPase domains suggest that the effector binding signal is propagated through the coiled-coil helixes. The tetrameric DmpR-phenol complex interacts with the sigma(54) subunit of RNA polymerase in presence of an ATP analogue, indicating that DmpR-like bEBPs tetramers utilize a mechanistic mode distinct from that of hexameric AAA(+) ATPases to activate sigma(54)-dependent transcription.
Tetrameric architecture of an active phenol-bound form of the AAA(+) transcriptional regulator DmpR.,Park KH, Kim S, Lee SJ, Cho JE, Patil VV, Dumbrepatil AB, Song HN, Ahn WC, Joo C, Lee SG, Shingler V, Woo EJ Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 1;11(1):2728. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16562-5. PMID:32483114[1]
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References
- ↑ Park KH, Kim S, Lee SJ, Cho JE, Patil VV, Dumbrepatil AB, Song HN, Ahn WC, Joo C, Lee SG, Shingler V, Woo EJ. Tetrameric architecture of an active phenol-bound form of the AAA(+) transcriptional regulator DmpR. Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 1;11(1):2728. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16562-5. PMID:32483114 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16562-5
