title: Solution structure of SpoIIAA, a phosphorylatable component of the system that regulates transcription factor sigmaF of Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: The establishment of differential gene expression in sporulating Bacillus subtilis involves four protein components, one of which, SpoIIAA, undergoes phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. We have used NMR spectroscopy to determine the solution structure of the nonphosphorylated form of SpoIIAA. The structure shows a fold consisting of a four-stranded beta-sheet and four alpha-helices. Knowledge of the structure helps to account for the phenotype of several strains of B. subtilis that carry known spoIIAA mutations and should facilitate investigations of the conformational consequences of phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Comfort
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lord
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yudkin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000502:physiology; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; C092468:spoIIR protein, Bacillus subtilis; C030069:spore-specific proteins, Bacillus