Download MendeleyRing Structure of the Escherichia coli DNA-binding Protein RdgC Associated with Recombination and Replication Fork Repair.
Briggs, G.S., McEwan, P.A., Yu, J., Moore, T., Emsley, J., Lloyd, R.G.(2007) J Biol Chem 282: 12353-12357
- PubMed: 17308310
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C700023200
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2OWL - PubMed Abstract:
The DNA-binding protein, RdgC, is associated with recombination and replication fork repair in Escherichia coli and with the virulence-associated, pilin antigenic variation mediated by RecA and other recombination proteins in Neisseria species. We solved the structure of the E. coli protein and refined it to 2.4A. RdgC crystallizes as a dimer with a head-to-head, tail-to-tail organization forming a ring with a 30 A diameter hole at the center. The protein fold is unique and reminiscent of a horseshoe with twin gates closing the open end. The central hole is lined with positively charged residues and provides a highly plausible DNA binding channel consistent with the nonspecific mode of binding detected in vitro and with the ability of RdgC to modulate RecA function in vivo.
Organizational Affiliation:
Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH.
