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ArticleScientific reports2015

Binding interface between the Salmonella σ(S)/RpoS subunit of RNA polymerase and Crl: hints from bacterial species lacking crl.

Paola Cavaliere, Christina Sizun, Fabienne Levi-Acobas, Mireille Nowakowski, Véronique Monteil, François Bontems, Jacques Bellalou, Claudine Mayer, Françoise Norel

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. RpoS and the bacterial general stress response.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024
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  9. Structural basis for transcription activation by Crl through tethering of σProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paola CavaliereInstitut Pasteur, Laboratoire Systèmes Macromoléculaires et Signalisation, Département de Microbiologie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Christina SizunInstitut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Fabienne Levi-AcobasInstitut Pasteur, Plate-forme de Protéines Recombinantes, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Mireille NowakowskiInstitut Pasteur, Plate-forme de Protéines Recombinantes, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Véronique MonteilInstitut Pasteur, Laboratoire Systèmes Macromoléculaires et Signalisation, Département de Microbiologie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
François BontemsInstitut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Jacques BellalouInstitut Pasteur, Plate-forme de Protéines Recombinantes, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Claudine MayerCNRS UMR 3528, rue du Dr. Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Françoise NorelInstitut Pasteur, Laboratoire Systèmes Macromoléculaires et Signalisation, Département de Microbiologie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Institut Pasteur · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInstitut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In many Gram-negative bacteria, including Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium), the sigma factor RpoS/σ(S) accumulates during stationary phase of growth, and associates with the core RNA polymerase enzyme (E) to promote transcription initiation of genes involved in general stress resistance and starvation survival. Whereas σ factors are usually inactivated upon interaction with anti-σ proteins, σ(S) binding to the Crl protein increases σ(S) activity by favouring its association to E. Taking advantage of evolution of the σ(S) sequence in bacterial species that do not contain a crl gene, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we identified and assigned a critical arginine residue in σ(S) to the S. Typhimurium σ(S)-Crl binding interface. We solved the solution structure of S. Typhimurium Crl by NMR and used it for NMR binding assays with σ(S) and to generate in silico models of the σ(S)-Crl complex constrained by mutational analysis. The σ(S)-Crl models suggest that the identified arginine in σ(S) interacts with an aspartate of Crl that is required for σ(S) binding and is located inside a cavity enclosed by flexible loops, which also contribute to the interface. This study provides the basis for further structural investigation of the σ(S)-Crl complex.

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Amino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesModels, ChemicalMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein SubunitsPseudomonas aeruginosaSalmonellaSigma FactorSpecies SpecificityStructure-Activity RelationshipBacterial ProteinsCrl protein, BacteriaDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesProtein SubunitsSigma Factorsigma factor KatF protein, Bacteria

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PMID26338235
PMCPMC4559669
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