Abstract
DnaT is a replication restart primosomal protein required for re-initiating chromosomal DNA replication in bacteria. DnaT can be a monomer, dimer, trimer, tetramer, or pentamer. The oligomerization and disassembly of DnaT oligomers are critical in primosome assembly. Prior to this work, only the ssDNA-bound structure of the pentameric DnaT truncated protein (aa 84–153; DnaT84–153) was available. The mechanism by which DnaT oligomerizes as different states is unclear. In this paper, we report the crystal structure of the C-terminal domain of DnaT (aa 84–179; DnaTc) at 2.30 Å resolution (PDB entry 6AEQ). DnaTc forms a dimer both in the crystalline state and in solution. As compared with the ssDNA-bound structure of the pentameric DnaT84–153, their subunit–subunit interfaces significantly differ. The different oligomeric architecture suggests a strong conformational change possibly induced by ssDNA. Superposition analysis further indicated that the monomer of a DnaTc dimer shifted away by a distance of 7.5 Å and rotated by an angle of 170° for binding to ssDNA. Basing from these molecular evidence, we discussed and proposed a working model to explain how DnaTc oligomerizes through residue R146 mediation.
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