6CHV

Proteus vulgaris HigA antitoxin bound to DNA


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.260 
  • R-Value Work: 0.225 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.227 

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Literature

Structural basis of transcriptional regulation by the HigA antitoxin.

Schureck, M.A.Meisner, J.Hoffer, E.D.Wang, D.Onuoha, N.Ei Cho, S.Lollar 3rd, P.Dunham, C.M.

(2019) Mol Microbiol 111: 1449-1462

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14229
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6CF1, 6CHV

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems are important factors implicated in growth inhibition and plasmid maintenance. Type II toxin-antitoxin pairs are regulated at the transcriptional level by the antitoxin itself. Here, we examined how the HigA antitoxin regulates the expression of the Proteus vulgaris higBA toxin-antitoxin operon from the Rts1 plasmid. The HigBA complex adopts a unique architecture suggesting differences in its regulation as compared to classical type II toxin-antitoxin systems. We find that the C-terminus of the HigA antitoxin is required for dimerization and transcriptional repression. Further, the HigA structure reveals that the C terminus is ordered and does not transition between disorder-to-order states upon toxin binding. HigA residue Arg40 recognizes a TpG dinucleotide in higO2, an evolutionary conserved mode of recognition among prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription factors. Comparison of the HigBA and HigA-higO2 structures reveals the distance between helix-turn-helix motifs of each HigA monomer increases by ~4 Å in order to bind to higO2. Consistent with these data, HigBA binding to each operator is twofold less tight than HigA alone. Together, these data show the HigB toxin does not act as a co-repressor suggesting potential novel regulation in this toxin-antitoxin system.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Antitoxin HigA121Proteus vulgarisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: higA
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Find proteins for Q7A224 (Proteus vulgaris)
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UniProt GroupQ7A224
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
pHigCryst3C [auth I],
G [auth E],
K
21Proteus vulgaris
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
pHigCryst4D [auth J],
H [auth F],
L
21Proteus vulgaris
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.260 
  • R-Value Work: 0.225 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.227 
  • Space Group: P 65
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 79.449α = 90
b = 79.449β = 90
c = 399.427γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
xia2data reduction
DIALSdata reduction
Aimlessdata scaling
PHENIXphasing
PHASERphasing
PHENIXrefinement
Cootmodel building
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2019-02-27
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2019-03-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2019-04-17
    Changes: Author supporting evidence, Data collection
  • Version 1.3: 2019-06-26
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2023-10-04
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description