Interaction of the replication terminator protein of Bacillus subtilis with DNA probed by NMR spectroscopy

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Sep 23;335(2):361-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.082.

Abstract

Termination of DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis involves the polar arrest of replication forks by a specific complex formed between the dimeric 29 kDa replication terminator protein (RTP) and DNA terminator sites. We have used NMR spectroscopy to probe the changes in 1H-15N correlation spectra of a 15N-labelled RTP.C110S mutant upon the addition of a 21 base pair symmetrical DNA binding site. Assignment of the 1H-15N correlations was achieved using a suite of triple resonance NMR experiments with 15N,13C,70% 2H enriched protein recorded at 800 MHz and using TROSY pulse sequences. Perturbations to 1H-15N spectra revealed that the N-termini, alpha3-helices and several loops are affected by the binding interaction. An analysis of this data in light of the crystallographically determined apo- and DNA-bound forms of RTP.C110S revealed that the NMR spectral perturbations correlate more closely to protein structural changes upon complex formation rather than to interactions at the protein-DNA interface.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus subtilis / metabolism*
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Binding Sites
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • Kinetics
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oligonucleotides / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Oligonucleotides
  • rtP protein, Bacillus subtilis
  • DNA