Insights into Ligand-Mediated Activation of an Oligomeric Ring-Shaped Gene-Regulatory Protein from Solution- and Solid-State NMR.

ABSTRACT: The 91 kDa oligomeric ring-shaped ligand binding protein TRAP (trp RNA binding attenuation protein) regulates the expression of a series of genes involved in tryptophan (Trp) biosynthesis in bacilli. When cellular Trp levels rise, the free amino acid binds to sites buried in the interfaces between each of the 11 (or 12, depending on the species) protomers in the ring. Crystal structures of Trp-bound TRAP show the Trp ligands are sequestered from solvent by a pair of loops from adjacent protomers that bury the bound ligand via polar contacts to several threonine residues. Binding of the Trp ligands occurs cooperatively, such that successive binding events occur with higher apparent affinity but the structural basis for this cooperativity is poorly understood. We used solution methyl-

SUBMITTER: Muzquiz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11118279 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature