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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-7
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
RecA plays a central role in the nonmutagenic repair of stalled replication forks in bacteria. RdgC, a recombination-associated DNA-binding protein, is a potential negative regulator of RecA function. Here, we have determined the crystal structure of RdgC from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The J-shaped monomer has a unique fold and can be divided into three structural domains: tip domain, center domain and base domain. Two such monomers dimerize to form a ring-shaped molecule of approximate 2-fold symmetry. Of the two inter-subunit interfaces within the dimer, one interface ('interface A') between tip/center domains is more nonpolar than the other ('interface B') between base domains. The structure allows us to propose that the RdgC dimer binds dsDNA through the central hole of approximately 30 A diameter. The proposed model is supported by our DNA-binding assays coupled with mutagenesis, which indicate that the conserved positively charged residues on the protein surface around the central hole play important roles in DNA binding. The novel ring-shaped architecture of the RdgC dimer has significant implications for its role in homologous recombination.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1362-4962
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2671-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The recombination-associated protein RdgC adopts a novel toroidal architecture for DNA binding.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't