3QYX

Crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis EspR in complex with a small DNA fragment


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.235 
  • R-Value Work: 0.206 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.207 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Atypical DNA recognition mechanism used by the EspR virulence regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Blasco, B.Stenta, M.Alonso-Sarduy, L.Dietler, G.Peraro, M.D.Cole, S.T.Pojer, F.

(2011) Mol Microbiol 82: 251-264

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07813.x
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3QF3, 3QWG, 3QYX

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires the ESX-1 secretion system for full virulence. EspR plays a key role in ESX-1 regulation via direct binding and transcriptional activation of the espACD operon. Here, we describe the crystal structures of EspR, a C-terminally truncated form, EspRΔ10, as well as an EspR-DNA complex. EspR forms a dimer with each monomer containing an N-terminal helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif and an atypical C-terminal dimerization domain. Structural studies combined with footprinting experiments, atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamic simulations allow us to propose a model in which a dimer of EspR dimers is the minimal functional unit with two subunits binding two consecutive major grooves. The other two DNA binding domains are thus free to form higher-order oligomers and to bridge distant DNA sites in a cooperative way. These features are reminiscent of nucleoid-associated proteins and suggest a more general regulatory role for EspR than was previously suspected.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
ESX-1 secretion-associated regulator EspRA,
B [auth D],
C [auth B],
D [auth C]
133Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RvMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: espRMT3964Rv3849
UniProt
Find proteins for P9WJB7 (Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv))
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UniProt GroupP9WJB7
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
5'-D(*A*CP*GP*CP*CP*GP*AP*AP*TP*C)-3'10N/A
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.235 
  • R-Value Work: 0.206 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.207 
  • Space Group: P 32
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 86.955α = 90
b = 86.955β = 90
c = 130.363γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
XDSdata scaling
CCP4model building
PHENIXmodel building
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
CCP4phasing
PHENIXphasing
REFMACrefinement

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-09-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-11-16
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-02-21
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2024-04-03
    Changes: Refinement description