1CR1

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE HELICASE DOMAIN OF THE GENE 4 PROTEIN OF BACTERIOPHAGE T7: COMPLEX WITH DTTP

Summary for 1CR1

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1cr1/pdb
• Related: 1CR0 1CR2 1CR4
• Descriptor: DNA PRIMASE/HELICASE, SULFATE ION, THYMIDINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: reca-type fold, transferase
• Biological source: Enterobacteria phage T7
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 33506.27

Authors

Sawaya, M.R.,Guo, S.,Tabor, S.,Richardson, C.C.,Ellenberger, T. (deposition date: 1999-08-12, release date: 1999-11-10, Last modification date: 2024-02-07)

Primary citation

Sawaya, M.R.,Guo, S.,Tabor, S.,Richardson, C.C.,Ellenberger, T.
Crystal structure of the helicase domain from the replicative helicase-primase of bacteriophage T7.
Cell(Cambridge,Mass.), 99:167-177, 1999

PubMed Abstract: Helicases that unwind DNA at the replication fork are ring-shaped oligomeric enzymes that move along one strand of a DNA duplex and catalyze the displacement of the complementary strand in a reaction that is coupled to nucleotide hydrolysis. The helicase domain of the replicative helicase-primase protein from bacteriophage T7 crystallized as a helical filament that resembles the Escherichia coli RecA protein, an ATP-dependent DNA strand exchange factor. When viewed in projection along the helical axis of the crystals, six protomers of the T7 helicase domain resemble the hexameric rings seen in electron microscopic images of the intact T7 helicase-primase. Nucleotides bind at the interface between pairs of adjacent subunits where an arginine is near the gamma-phosphate of the nucleotide in trans. The bound nucleotide stabilizes the folded conformation of a DNA-binding motif located near the center of the ring. These and other observations suggest how conformational changes are coupled to DNA unwinding activity.

PubMed: 10535735
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81648-7

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.3 Å)