Crystal structures of the chromosomal proteins Sso7d/Sac7d bound to DNA containing T-G mismatched base-pairs.
Su, S., Gao, Y.G., Robinson, H., Liaw, Y.C., Edmondson, S.P., Shriver, J.W., Wang, A.H.(2000) J Mol Biol 303: 395-403
- PubMed: 11031116
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.2000.4112
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1C8C, 1CA5, 1CA6 - PubMed Abstract:
Sso7d and Sac7d are two small chromatin proteins from the hyperthermophilic archaeabacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, respectively. The crystal structures of Sso7d-GTGATCGC, Sac7d-GTGATCGC and Sac7d-GTGATCAC have been determined and refined at 1.45 A, 2.2 A and 2.2 A, respectively, to investigate the DNA binding property of Sso7d/Sac7d in the presence of a T-G mismatch base-pair. Detailed structural analysis revealed that the intercalation site includes the T-G mismatch base-pair and Sso7d/Sac7d bind to that mismatch base-pair in a manner similar to regular DNA. In the Sso7d-GTGATCGC complex, a new inter-strand hydrogen bond between T2O4 and C14N4 is formed and well-order bridging water molecules are found. The results suggest that the less stable DNA stacking site involving a T-G mismatch may be a preferred site for protein side-chain intercalation.
Organizational Affiliation:
Center for Biophysics and COmputational BIology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, USA.