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キーワード:
Bacterial Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
Binding Sites
Catalytic Domain
*Chromosome Segregation
*Chromosomes, Bacterial
Crystallography, X-Ray
Cytidine Triphosphate/*metabolism
DNA, Bacterial/genetics/*metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Hydrolysis
Mutation
Myxococcus xanthus/*enzymology/genetics
Protein Conformation
Structure-Activity Relationship
Substrate Specificity
Time Factors
*Myxococcus xanthus
*NTPase
*ParA
*ParB-like nuclease domain
*ParB/Srx domain
*ParB/sulfiredoxin domain
*nucleotide hydrolysis
*nucleotide-binding protein
*nucleotide-binding site
*water wire
要旨:
ParB-like CTPases mediate the segregation of bacterial chromosomes and low-copy number plasmids. They act as DNA-sliding clamps that are loaded at parS motifs in the centromere of target DNA molecules and spread laterally to form large nucleoprotein complexes serving as docking points for the DNA segregation machinery. Here, we solve crystal structures of ParB in the pre- and post-hydrolysis state and illuminate the catalytic mechanism of nucleotide hydrolysis. Moreover, we identify conformational changes that underlie the CTP- and parS-dependent closure of ParB clamps. The study of CTPase-deficient ParB variants reveals that CTP hydrolysis serves to limit the sliding time of ParB clamps and thus drives the establishment of a well-defined ParB diffusion gradient across the centromere whose dynamics are critical for DNA segregation. These findings clarify the role of the ParB CTPase cycle in partition complex assembly and function and thus advance our understanding of this prototypic CTP-dependent molecular switch.
