title: The structure of DinB from Geobacillus stearothermophilus: a representative of a unique four-helix-bundle superfamily.
abstract: The crystal structure of the dinB gene product from Geobacillus stearothermophilus (GsDinB) is reported at 2.5 A resolution. The dinB gene is one of the DNA-damage-induced genes and the corresponding protein, DinB, is the founding member of a Pfam family with no known function. The protein contains a four-helix up-down-down-up bundle that has previously been described in the literature in three disparate proteins: the enzyme MDMPI (mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomerase), YfiT and TTHA0303, a member of a small DUF (domain of unknown function). However, a search of the DALI structural database revealed similarities to a further 11 new unpublished structures contributed by structural genomics centers. The sequences of these proteins are quite divergent and represent several Pfam families, yet their structures are quite similar and most (but not all) seem to have the ability to coordinate a metal ion using a conserved histidine-triad motif. The structural similarities of these diverse proteins suggest that a new Pfam clan encompassing the families that share this fold should be created. The proteins that share this fold exhibit four different quaternary structures: monomeric and three different dimeric forms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grelewska
authors.forename: Chang-Yub
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joachimiak
authors.forename: Zygmunt S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Derewenda
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017510:Protein Folding; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D040681:Structural Homology, Protein
chemical_list: D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase