4R25

Structure of B. subtilis GlnK


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.52 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.213 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.217 

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Literature

Structures of regulatory machinery reveal novel molecular mechanisms controlling B. subtilis nitrogen homeostasis.

Schumacher, M.A.Chinnam, N.B.Cuthbert, B.Tonthat, N.K.Whitfill, T.

(2015) Genes Dev 29: 451-464

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.254714.114
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4R22, 4R24, 4R25, 4R4E, 4RX6, 4S0R

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    All cells must sense and adapt to changing nutrient availability. However, detailed molecular mechanisms coordinating such regulatory pathways remain poorly understood. In Bacillus subtilis, nitrogen homeostasis is controlled by a unique circuitry composed of the regulator TnrA, which is deactivated by feedback-inhibited glutamine synthetase (GS) during nitrogen excess and stabilized by GlnK upon nitrogen depletion, and the repressor GlnR. Here we describe a complete molecular dissection of this network. TnrA and GlnR, the global nitrogen homeostatic transcription regulators, are revealed as founders of a new structural family of dimeric DNA-binding proteins with C-terminal, flexible, effector-binding sensors that modulate their dimerization. Remarkably, the TnrA sensor domains insert into GS intersubunit catalytic pores, destabilizing the TnrA dimer and causing an unprecedented GS dodecamer-to-tetradecamer conversion, which concomitantly deactivates GS. In contrast, each subunit of the GlnK trimer "templates" active TnrA dimers. Unlike TnrA, GlnR sensors mediate an autoinhibitory dimer-destabilizing interaction alleviated by GS, which acts as a GlnR chaperone. Thus, these studies unveil heretofore unseen mechanisms by which inducible sensor domains drive metabolic reprograming in the model Gram-positive bacterium B. subtilis.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA maria.schumacher@duke.edu.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nitrogen regulatory PII-like protein114Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: nrgBBSU36520
UniProt
Find proteins for Q07428 (Bacillus subtilis (strain 168))
Explore Q07428 
Go to UniProtKB:  Q07428
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UniProt GroupQ07428
Sequence Annotations
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.52 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.213 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.217 
  • Space Group: H 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 66.6α = 90
b = 66.6β = 90
c = 189.3γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
ADSCdata collection
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-03-04
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-09-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description