2JD3

ParR from plasmid pB171

Summary for 2JD3

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2jd3/pdb
• Descriptor: STBB PROTEIN (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: plasmid segregation, actin-like filaments, rhh2, parm, plasmid, dna binding, dna binding protein
• Biological source: ESCHERICHIA COLI
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 29337.55

Authors

Moller-Jensen, J.,Lowe, J. (deposition date: 2007-01-04, release date: 2007-10-09, Last modification date: 2024-05-08)

Primary citation

Moller-Jensen, J.,Ringgaard, S.,Mercogliano, C.P.,Gerdes, K.,Lowe, J.
Structural Analysis of the Parr/Parc Plasmid Partition Complex.
Embo J., 26:4413-, 2007

PubMed Abstract: Accurate DNA partition at cell division is vital to all living organisms. In bacteria, this process can involve partition loci, which are found on both chromosomes and plasmids. The initial step in Escherichia coli plasmid R1 partition involves the formation of a partition complex between the DNA-binding protein ParR and its cognate centromere site parC on the DNA. The partition complex is recognized by a second partition protein, the actin-like ATPase ParM, which forms filaments required for the active bidirectional movement of DNA replicates. Here, we present the 2.8 A crystal structure of ParR from E. coli plasmid pB171. ParR forms a tight dimer resembling a large family of dimeric ribbon-helix-helix (RHH)2 site-specific DNA-binding proteins. Crystallographic and electron microscopic data further indicate that ParR dimers assemble into a helix structure with DNA-binding sites facing outward. Genetic and biochemical experiments support a structural arrangement in which the centromere-like parC DNA is wrapped around a ParR protein scaffold. This structure holds implications for how ParM polymerization drives active DNA transport during plasmid partition.

PubMed: 17898804
DOI: 10.1038/SJ.EMBOJ.7601864

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.8 Å)