1A4X

PYRR, THE BACILLUS SUBTILIS PYRIMIDINE BIOSYNTHETIC OPERON REPRESSOR, HEXAMERIC FORM


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.247 
  • R-Value Work: 0.211 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.211 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Adaptation of an enzyme to regulatory function: structure of Bacillus subtilis PyrR, a pyr RNA-binding attenuation protein and uracil phosphoribosyltransferase.

Tomchick, D.R.Turner, R.J.Switzer, R.L.Smith, J.L.

(1998) Structure 6: 337-350

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00036-7
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1A3C, 1A4X

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The expression of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic (pyr) genes in Bacillus subtilis is regulated by transcriptional attenuation. The PyrR attenuation protein binds to specific sites in pyr mRNA, allowing the formation of downstream terminator structures. UMP and 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP), a nucleotide metabolite, are co-regulators with PyrR. The smallest RNA shown to bind tightly to PyrR is a 28-30 nucleotide stem-loop that contains a purine-rich bulge and a putative-GNRA tetraloop. PyrR is also a uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRTase), although the relationship between enzymatic activity and RNA recognition is unclear, and the UPRTase activity of PyrR is not physiologically significant in B. subtilis. Elucidating the role of PyrR structural motifs in UMP-dependent RNA binding is an important step towards understanding the mechanism of pyr transcriptional attenuation. The 1.6 A crystal structure of B. subtilis PyrR has been determined by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction, using a Sm co-crystal. As expected, the structure of PyrR is homologous to those proteins of the large type I PRTase structural family; it is most similar to hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthine PRTase (HGXPRTase). The PyrR dimer differs from other PRTase dimers, suggesting it may have evolved specifically for RNA binding. A large, basic, surface at the dimer interface is an obvious RNA-binding site and uracil specificity is probably provided by hydrogen bonds from mainchain and sidechain atoms in the hood subdomain. These models of RNA and UMP binding are consistent with biological data. The B. subtilis protein PyrR has adapted the substrate- and product-binding capacities of a PRTase, probably an HGXPRTase, producing a new regulatory function in which the substrate and product are co-regulators of transcription termination. The structure is consistent with the idea that PyrR regulatory function is independent of catalytic activity, which is likely to be extremely low under physiological conditions.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PYRIMIDINE OPERON REGULATORY PROTEIN PYRR
A, B
181Bacillus subtilisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: PYRR
EC: 2.4.2.9
UniProt
Find proteins for P39765 (Bacillus subtilis (strain 168))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P39765
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UniProt GroupP39765
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.247 
  • R-Value Work: 0.211 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.211 
  • Space Group: H 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 100.58α = 90
b = 100.58β = 90
c = 275.15γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
X-PLORmodel building
X-PLORrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
X-PLORphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 1998-08-05
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2021-03-10
    Changes: Advisory, Derived calculations, Other
  • Version 1.4: 2023-08-02
    Changes: Database references, Refinement description
  • Version 1.5: 2024-05-22
    Changes: Data collection