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5C8A

Crystal structure of a truncated form of Thermus thermophilus CarH bound to adenosylcobalamin (dark state)

Summary for 5C8A
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb5c8a/pdb
Related5C8D 5C8E 5C8F
DescriptorLight-dependent transcriptional regulator CarH, COBALAMIN, 5'-DEOXYADENOSINE, ... (5 entities in total)
Functional Keywordstranscription factor, light sensor, adenosylcobalamin-binding, dna-binding, transcription, transcriptional regulator
Biological sourceThermus thermophilus
Total number of polymer chains4
Total formula weight94888.66
Authors
Jost, M.,Drennan, C.L. (deposition date: 2015-06-25, release date: 2015-09-30, Last modification date: 2024-03-06)
Primary citationJost, M.,Fernandez-Zapata, J.,Polanco, M.C.,Ortiz-Guerrero, J.M.,Chen, P.Y.,Kang, G.,Padmanabhan, S.,Elias-Arnanz, M.,Drennan, C.L.
Structural basis for gene regulation by a B12-dependent photoreceptor.
Nature, 526:536-541, 2015
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: Photoreceptor proteins enable organisms to sense and respond to light. The newly discovered CarH-type photoreceptors use a vitamin B12 derivative, adenosylcobalamin, as the light-sensing chromophore to mediate light-dependent gene regulation. Here we present crystal structures of Thermus thermophilus CarH in all three relevant states: in the dark, both free and bound to operator DNA, and after light exposure. These structures provide visualizations of how adenosylcobalamin mediates CarH tetramer formation in the dark, how this tetramer binds to the promoter -35 element to repress transcription, and how light exposure leads to a large-scale conformational change that activates transcription. In addition to the remarkable functional repurposing of adenosylcobalamin from an enzyme cofactor to a light sensor, we find that nature also repurposed two independent protein modules in assembling CarH. These results expand the biological role of vitamin B12 and provide fundamental insight into a new mode of light-dependent gene regulation.
PubMed: 26416754
DOI: 10.1038/nature14950
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