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"NMR structure of the N-terminal domain of E. coli DnaB helicase: implications for structure rearrangements in the helicase hexamer." |
Weigelt J, Brown SE, Miles CS, Dixon NE, Otting G |
Published June 15, 1999 in Structure volume 7 .
Pubmed ID: 10404597
Abstract:
| BACKGROUND: DnaB is the primary replicative helicase in Escherichia coli. Native DnaB is a hexamer of identical subunits, each consisting of a larger C-terminal domain and a smaller N-terminal domain. Electron-microscopy data show hexamers with C6 or C3 symmetry, indicating large domain movements and reversible pairwise association. RESULTS: The three-dimensional structure of the N-terminal domain of E. coli DnaB was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Structural similarity was found with the primary dimerisation domain of a topoisomerase, the gyrase A subunit from E. coli. A monomer-dimer equilibrium was observed for the isolated N-terminal domain of DnaB. A dimer model with C2 symmetry was derived from intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effects, which is consistent with all available NMR data. CONCLUSIONS: The monomer-dimer equilibrium observed for the N-terminal domain of DnaB is likely to be of functional significance for helicase activity, by participating in the switch between C6 and C3 symmetry of the helicase hexamer. |
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