Biochemical and genetic analysis of operator contacts made by residues within the beta-sheet DNA binding motif of Mnt repressor.

AUTOR(ES)

Knight, K L

RESUMO

Residues 2, 6, 8 and 10 of Mnt repressor are the major determinants of operator DNA binding and recognition. Here, we investigate the interaction of wild-type Mnt and mutants bearing the Arg2----Lys, His6----Ala, Asn8----Ala and Arg10----Lys mutations with operator DNA modified by methylation or by symmetric base substitutions. The wild-type pattern of methylation interference is altered in specific ways for each of the mutant proteins. In addition, some of the mutant proteins show a 'loss of contact' phenotype with specific mutant operators. Taken together, these and previous results predict the following contacts between side chains in the Mnt tetramer and operator DNA: Arg2 recognizes the guanines at operator positions 10 and 12; His6 contacts the guanines at operator positions 5 and 17; Asn8 contacts operator positions 4, 7, 15 and 18; Arg10 contacts the guanines at operator positions 8 and 14. The proposed contacts can be accommodated in a structural model in which the anti-parallel beta-sheet motifs of Mnt dimers lie in the major grooves of each operator half-site, centered over pseudo-symmetry axes that are 5.5 bp from the central dyad axis of the operator.

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