Parker, Alexandra V. and Mann, Daniel and Tzokov, Svetomir B. and Hwang, Ling Chin and Bergeron, Julien R. C. (2021) The structure of the bacterial DNA segregation ATPase filament reveals the conformational plasticity of ParA upon DNA binding. Nature Communications, 12 (1). p. 5166. ISSN 2041-1723
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Abstract
The efficient segregation of replicated genetic material is an essential step for cell division. Bacterial cells use several evolutionarily-distinct genome segregation systems, the most common of which is the type I Par system. It consists of an adapter protein, ParB, that binds to the DNA cargo via interaction with the parS DNA sequence; and an ATPase, ParA, that binds nonspecific DNA and mediates cargo transport. However, the molecular details of how this system functions are not well understood. Here, we report the cryo-EM structure of the Vibrio cholerae ParA2 filament bound to DNA, as well as the crystal structures of this protein in various nucleotide states. These structures show that ParA forms a left-handed filament on DNA, stabilized by nucleotide binding, and that ParA undergoes profound structural rearrangements upon DNA binding and filament assembly. Collectively, our data suggest the structural basis for ParA’s cooperative binding to DNA and the formation of high ParA density regions on the nucleoid.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Bacterial structural biology, Cellular microbiology, Chromosome segregation, Cryoelectron microscopy |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care |
| Depositing User: | Lisa Blanshard |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2021 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2022 15:23 |
| URI: | https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706948 |
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