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  Crystal Structure of SpoVT, the Final Modulator of Gene Expression during Spore Development in Bacillus subtilis

Asen, I., Djuranovic, S., Lupas, A., & Zeth, K. (2009). Crystal Structure of SpoVT, the Final Modulator of Gene Expression during Spore Development in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology (London), 386(4), 962-975. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.061.

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Asen, I, Author
Djuranovic, S1, Author                 
Lupas, AN1, Author                 
Zeth, K1, Author           
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1Department Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society, ou_3375791              

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 Abstract: Endospore formation in Bacillus subtilis is orchestrated by five developmental sigma factors and further modulated by several auxiliary transcription factors. One of these, SpoVT, regulates forespore-specific sigma(G)-dependent genes and plays a key role in the final stages of spore formation. We have determined the crystal structure of the isolated C-terminal domain of SpoVT at 1.5 A by experimental phasing techniques and used this model to solve the structure of the full-length SpoVT at 2.6 A by molecular replacement. SpoVT is a tetramer that shows an overall significant distortion mediated by electrostatic interactions. Two monomers dimerize via the highly charged N-terminal domains to form swapped-hairpin beta-barrels. These asymmetric dimers further tetramerize through the formation of mixed helix bundles between their C-terminal domains, which themselves fold as GAF (cGMP-specific and cGMP-stimulated phosphodiesterases, Anabaena adenylate cyclases, and Escherichia coli FhlA) domains. The combination of a swapped-hairpin beta-barrel with a GAF domain represents a novel domain architecture in transcription factors. The occurrence of SpoVT homologs throughout Bacilli and Clostridia demonstrates the ancestral origin of this factor in sporulation.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2009-03
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.061
PMID: 18996130
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Title: Journal of Molecular Biology (London)
  Other : J Mol Biol
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Publ. Info: London : Academic Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 386 (4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 962 - 975 Identifier: ISSN: 0022-2836
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954922646042