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ArticleBiochimie open2016

Structural properties of the linkers connecting the N- and C- terminal domains in the MocR bacterial transcriptional regulators.

Teresa Milano, Sebastiana Angelaccio, Angela Tramonti, Martino Luigi Di Salvo, Roberto Contestabile, Stefano Pascarella

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Teresa MilanoDipartimento di Scienze biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Sebastiana AngelaccioDipartimento di Scienze biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Angela TramontiIstituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Martino Luigi Di SalvoDipartimento di Scienze biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Roberto ContestabileDipartimento di Scienze biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Stefano PascarellaDipartimento di Scienze biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.

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Abstract

Peptide inter-domain linkers are peptide segments covalently linking two adjacent domains within a protein. Linkers play a variety of structural and functional roles in naturally occurring proteins. In this work we analyze the sequence properties of the predicted linker regions of the bacterial transcriptional regulators belonging to the recently discovered MocR subfamily of the GntR regulators. Analyses were carried out on the MocR sequences taken from the phyla Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Alpha-, Beta- and Gammaproteobacteria. The results suggest that MocR linkers display phylum-specific characteristics and unique features different from those already described for other classes of inter-domain linkers. They show an average length significantly higher: 31.8 ± 14.3 residues reaching a maximum of about 150 residues. Compositional propensities displayed general and phylum-specific trends. Pro is dominating in all linkers. Dyad propensity analysis indicate Pro-Pro as the most frequent amino acid pair in all linkers. Physicochemical properties of the linker regions were assessed using amino acid indices relative to different features: in general, MocR linkers are flexible, hydrophilic and display propensity for

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FlexibilityHydrophobicityLinker lengthLinker peptideMocR regulatorsPro–Pro dyad

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PMCPMC5801912

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