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ArticleNature communications2026

Molecular basis of DosR-dependent transcription activation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Jing Shi, Zhenzhen Feng, Yirong Huang, Yixin Wang, Liqiao Xu, Han Fu, Qian Song, Wei Chen, Yuhang Liu, Yu Feng and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jing Shi *Department of pathogen biology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China. shijing301@njucm.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9389-4055
Zhenzhen Feng *Department of pathogen biology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Yirong Huang *Department of pathogen biology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Yixin Wang *Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Education/Ministry of Health, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Liqiao XuDepartment of Biophysics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Han FuKey Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Education/Ministry of Health, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Qian SongDepartment of pathogen biology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Wei ChenClinical Research Center, the Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 211113, China.
Yuhang LiuDepartment of pathogen biology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Yu FengDepartment of Biophysics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. yufengjay@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4239-8320
Liang-Dong LyuKey Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Education/Ministry of Health, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China. ld.lyu@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6391-6030
Wei LinDepartment of Tuberculosis, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China. weilin@njucm.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-6966

Funding

ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270192National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32570222NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transcription activator DosR is a key dormancy regulator controlling latent infection of the worldwide pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), but its molecular mechanism remains unclear. Here we determine the cryo-EM structure of an intact DosR-dependent transcriptional activation complex (DosR-TAC), comprising Mtb RNA polymerase (RNAP), DosR, and the hypoxic promoter DNA. The structure shows that two DosR monomers symmetrically dimerize through the N-terminal receiver domains (DosR_RECs) and the distinct α10 helices from the C-terminal DNA-binding domains (DosR_DBDs). Different from its inhibitory configuration, the functional DosR dimer exhibits significant conformational rearrangements, especially at the linker helix, which enable DosR to simultaneously contact promoter DNA and recruit RNAP by engaging the conserved domains (σ

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Bacterial ProteinsMycobacterium tuberculosisProtein KinasesTranscriptional ActivationCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialModels, MolecularPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationBacterial ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesDosR protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosisProtein Kinases

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PMID42448686
PMCPMC13486717

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