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Intrinsic disorder in the partitioning protein KorB persists after co-operative complex formation with operator DNA and KorA

Hyde, Eva I.; Callow, Phillip; Rajasekar, Karthik V.; Timmins, Peter; Patel, Trushar Patel; Siligardi, Giuliano; Hussain, Rohanah; White, Scott A.; Thomas, Christopher M.; Scott, David J.

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Authors

Eva I. Hyde

Phillip Callow

Karthik V. Rajasekar

Peter Timmins

Trushar Patel Patel

Giuliano Siligardi

Rohanah Hussain

Scott A. White

Christopher M. Thomas

DAVID SCOTT DAVID.SCOTT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor & Reader in Physical Biochemistry



Abstract

© 2017 The Author(s). The ParB protein, KorB, from the RK2 plasmid is required for DNA partitioning and transcriptional repression. It acts co-operatively with other proteins, including the repressor KorA. Like many multifunctional proteins, KorB contains regions of intrinsically disordered structure, existing in a large ensemble of interconverting conformations. Using NMR spectroscopy, circular dichroism and small-angle neutron scattering, we studied KorB selectively within its binary complexes with KorA and DNA, and within the ternary KorA/KorB/DNA complex. The bound KorB protein remains disordered with a mobile C-terminal domain and no changes in the secondary structure, but increases in the radius of gyration on complex formation. Comparison of wild-type KorB with an N-terminal deletion mutant allows a model of the ensemble average distances between the domains when bound to DNA. We propose that the positive co-operativity between KorB, KorA and DNA results from conformational restriction of KorB on binding each partner, while maintaining disorder.

Citation

Hyde, E. I., Callow, P., Rajasekar, K. V., Timmins, P., Patel, T. P., Siligardi, G., …Scott, D. J. (2017). Intrinsic disorder in the partitioning protein KorB persists after co-operative complex formation with operator DNA and KorA. Biochemical Journal, 474(18), 3121-3135. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20170281

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 31, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 31, 2017
Publication Date Aug 31, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Biochemical Journal
Print ISSN 0264-6021
Electronic ISSN 1470-8728
Publisher Portland Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 474
Issue 18
Pages 3121-3135
DOI https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20170281
Keywords Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/880585
Publisher URL http://www.biochemj.org/content/474/18/3121
Additional Information This work is based in 10 years of data acquisition that started in 2007 at the ILL in Grenoble. Data was acquired at the ILL and ISIS (Oxfordshire) neutron sources, with circular dichroism data obtained at B23 of the Diamond Light Source. NMR data was obtained at the Henry Wellcome NMR centre at the University of Birmingham.

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