Structural insights into DNA recognition by AimR of the arbitrium communication system in the SPbeta phage.

ABSTRACT: A newly identified arbitrium communication system regulates the lysis-to-lysogeny decision in a Bacillus bacteriophage. This system contains an arbitrium hexapeptide as a signal, the cellular receptor AimR, and the lysogenic negative regulator AimX. AimR specifically targets the downstream DNA to activate aimX gene expression. The arbitrium peptide binds to AimR, inhibiting its DNA-binding to promote phage lysogeny. Recently, we and other groups have elucidated how arbitrium peptide sensed by AimR. However, the molecular mechanisms of DNA recognition by AimR and the regulation of its DNA-binding activity by the peptide remain largely unknown. Here, we report the crystal structure of the AimR-DNA complex at 2.1 Å resolution. The N-terminal HTH motif recognizes the palindromic

SUBMITTER: Guan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536502 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature