Structure of TrmBL2, an archaeal chromatin protein, shows a novel mode of DNA binding.


Domain Annotation: ECOD Classification ECOD Database Homepage

ChainsFamily NameDomain Identifier ArchitecturePossible HomologyHomologyTopologyFamilyProvenance Source (Version)
AYkuDe5bpiA1 A: beta barrelsX: Cytidine deaminase-likeH: KorB C-terminal domainT: KorB C-terminal domainF: YkuDECOD (v294.2)
BYkuDe5bpiB1 A: beta barrelsX: Cytidine deaminase-likeH: KorB C-terminal domainT: KorB C-terminal domainF: YkuDECOD (v294.2)
CYkuDe5bpiC1 A: beta barrelsX: Cytidine deaminase-likeH: KorB C-terminal domainT: KorB C-terminal domainF: YkuDECOD (v294.2)
DYkuDe5bpiD1 A: beta barrelsX: Cytidine deaminase-likeH: KorB C-terminal domainT: KorB C-terminal domainF: YkuDECOD (v294.2)

Domain Annotation: CATH CATH Database Homepage

Protein Family Annotation Pfam Database Homepage

ChainsAccessionNameDescriptionCommentsSource
A, B, C, D
PF01978Sugar-specific transcriptional regulator TrmB (TrmB)Sugar-specific transcriptional regulator TrmBOne member of this family, TrmB, has been shown to be a sugar-specific transcriptional regulator of the trehalose/maltose ABC transporter [2] in Thermococcus litoralis. Domain
A, B, C, D
PF11495Transcriptional regulator TrmB, EBD N-terminal subdomaim (TrmB_EBD_N)Transcriptional regulator TrmB, EBD N-terminal subdomaimTrmB is an alpha-glucoside sensing transcriptional regulator. The protein is the transcriptional repressor for gene cluster encoding trehalose/maltose ABC transporter in T.litoralis and P.furiosus [1]. TrmB has lost its DNA binding domain but retaine ...TrmB is an alpha-glucoside sensing transcriptional regulator. The protein is the transcriptional repressor for gene cluster encoding trehalose/maltose ABC transporter in T.litoralis and P.furiosus [1]. TrmB has lost its DNA binding domain but retained its sugar recognition site. A nonreducing glucosyl residue is shared by all substrates bound to TrmB which suggests that its a common recognition motif [1]. The sugar-binding domain (EBD) consists of two subdomains, N- and C-terminal. This entry represents the N-terminal subdomain [2], which adops a phospholiase D-like fold. The sugar binding site is on the surface of the cleft between the two subdomains. TrmBL2 lacks the C-terminal subdomain [2].
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