title: The response regulator BvgA and RNA polymerase alpha subunit C-terminal domain bind simultaneously to different faces of the same segment of promoter DNA.
abstract: Examination of the binding of FeBABE-conjugated BvgA to the fha promoter of Bordetella pertussis has revealed that three dimers, formed by head-to-head association of monomers, bind one face of the DNA helix from the inverted-heptad primary binding site to the -35 region. The orientation of BvgA monomers within the dimers is the same as that recently demonstrated by X-ray crystallographic methods for a dimer of the C-terminal domain of NarL bound to DNA. Use of FeBABE conjugates of RNAP alpha subunit C-terminal domain showed that binding of this domain is linearly coincident with binding of the BvgA dimers, but to a different helical face. These results reveal a previously undescribed mode of interaction between RNAP alpha-CTD and a transcriptional activator.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. boucher@cber.fda.gov
authors.forename: Philip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Maris
authors.forename: Mei-Shin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stibitz
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C065601:BvgA protein, Bacteria; D021122:Protein Subunits; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C113275:RNA polymerase alpha subunit; D003545:Cysteine