Journal: Nucleic Acids Res / Year: 2024 Title: Circular oligomeric particles formed by Ros/MucR family members mediate DNA organization in α-proteobacteria. Authors: Antonio Chaves-Sanjuan / Gianluca D'Abrosca / Veronica Russo / Bert van Erp / Alessandro Del Cont-Bernard / Riccardo Capelli / Luciano Pirone / Martina Slapakova / Domenico Sgambati / ...Authors: Antonio Chaves-Sanjuan / Gianluca D'Abrosca / Veronica Russo / Bert van Erp / Alessandro Del Cont-Bernard / Riccardo Capelli / Luciano Pirone / Martina Slapakova / Domenico Sgambati / Roberto Fattorusso / Carla Isernia / Luigi Russo / Ian S Barton / Roy Martin Roop / Emilia M Pedone / Martino Bolognesi / Remus T Dame / Paolo V Pedone / Marco Nardini / Gaetano Malgieri / Ilaria Baglivo / Abstract: The transcriptional regulator MucR from Brucella species controls the expression of many genes, including those involved in virulence, by binding AT-rich DNA regions. MucR and its homologs belong to ...The transcriptional regulator MucR from Brucella species controls the expression of many genes, including those involved in virulence, by binding AT-rich DNA regions. MucR and its homologs belong to the Ros/MucR family, whose members occur in α-proteobacteria. MucR is a recent addition to the family of histone-like nucleoid structuring (H-NS) proteins. Indeed, despite the lack of sequence homology, MucR bears many functional similarities with H-NS and H-NS-like proteins, structuring the bacterial genome and acting as global regulators of transcription. Here we present an integrated cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), nuclear magnetic resonance, modeling and biochemical study shedding light on the functional architecture of MucR from Brucella abortus and its homolog Ml5 from Mesorhizobium loti. We show that MucR and Ml5 fold in a circular quaternary assembly, which allows it to bridge and condense DNA by binding AT-rich sequences. Our results show that Ros/MucR family members are a novel type of H-NS-like proteins and, based on previous studies, provide a model connecting nucleoid structure and transcription regulation in α-proteobacteria.
Name: MucR dodecamer / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 Details: The reconstruction comprises the oligomerization domain of 12 protomers
Source (natural)
Organism: Brucella abortus (bacteria)
Molecular weight
Theoretical: 82 KDa
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
single particle reconstruction
Aggregation state
particle
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Sample preparation
Concentration
0.9 mg/mL
Buffer
pH: 7.4 / Details: 20mM Tris pH 7.4, 400 mM NaCl
Grid
Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Time: 20 sec. / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: AIR
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TALOS ARCTICA
Image recording
Film or detector model: FEI FALCON III (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: COUNTING / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 4020 / Average electron dose: 40.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 200 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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