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Transcription factor allosteric regulation through substrate coordination to zinc.

ABSTRACT: The development of new synthetic biology circuits for biotechnology and medicine requires deeper mechanistic insight into allosteric transcription factors (aTFs). Here we studied the aTF UxuR, a homodimer of two domains connected by a highly flexible linker region. To explore how ligand binding to UxuR affects protein dynamics we performed molecular dynamics simulations in the free protein, the aTF bound to the inducer D-fructuronate or the structural isomer D-glucuronate. We then validated our results by constructing a sensor plasmid for D-fructuronate in Escherichia coli and performed site-directed mutagenesis. Our results show that zinc coordination is necessary for UxuR function since mutation to alanines prevents expression de-repression by D-fructuronate. Analyzing the different complexes, we found that the disordered linker regions allow the N-terminal domains to display fast and large movements. When the inducer is bound, UxuR can sample an open conformation with a more pronounced negative charge at the surface of the N-terminal DNA binding domains. In opposition, in the free and D-glucuronate bond forms the protein samples closed conformations, with a more positive character at the surface of the DNA binding regions. These molecular insights provide a new basis to harness these systems for biological systems engineering.

SUBMITTER: Almeida BC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8092373 | biostudies-literature |

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