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Entry Detail
PDB ID:
4ZWQ
Keywords:
Title:
Crystal Structure of the Bacteriophage T4 recombination mediator protein UvsY, Lattice Type I
Biological Source:
Source Organism:
PDB Version:
Deposition Date:
2015-05-19
Release Date:
2016-03-02
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
Resolution:
2.35 Å
R-Value Free:
0.25
R-Value Work:
0.22
R-Value Observed:
0.22
Space Group:
C 2 2 21
Macromolecular Entities
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:Recombination protein uvsY
Chain IDs:A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Chain Length:157
Number of Molecules:7
Biological Source:Enterobacteria phage T4
Ligand Molecules
Primary Citation
Structure and mechanism of the phage T4 recombination mediator protein UvsY.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 113 3275 3280 (2016)
PMID: 26951671 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519154113

Abstact

The UvsY recombination mediator protein is critical for efficient homologous recombination in bacteriophage T4 and is the functional analog of the eukaryotic Rad52 protein. During T4 homologous recombination, the UvsX recombinase has to compete with the prebound gp32 single-stranded binding protein for DNA-binding sites and UvsY stimulates this filament nucleation event. We report here the crystal structure of UvsY in four similar open-barrel heptameric assemblies and provide structural and biophysical insights into its function. The UvsY heptamer was confirmed in solution by centrifugation and light scattering, and thermodynamic analyses revealed that the UvsY-ssDNA interaction occurs within the assembly via two distinct binding modes. Using surface plasmon resonance, we also examined the binding of UvsY to both ssDNA and the ssDNA-gp32 complex. These analyses confirmed that ssDNA can bind UvsY and gp32 independently and also as a ternary complex. They also showed that residues located on the rim of the heptamer are required for optimal binding to ssDNA, thus identifying the putative ssDNA-binding surface. We propose a model in which UvsY promotes a helical ssDNA conformation that disfavors the binding of gp32 and initiates the assembly of the ssDNA-UvsX filament.

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