Crystal structure of the transcriptional repressor DdrO: insight into the metalloprotease/repressor-controlled radiation response in Deinococcus

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de Groot, Arjan | Siponen, Marina, I. | Magerand, Romaric | Eugenie, Nicolas | Martin-Arevalillo, Raquel | Doloy, Jade | Lemaire, David | Brandelet, Géraldine | Parcy, François | Dumas, Renaud | Roche, Philippe | Servant, Pascale | Confalonieri, Fabrice | Arnoux, Pascal | Pignol, David | Blanchard, Laurence

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International audience. Exposure to harmful conditions such as radiation and desiccation induce oxidative stress and DNA damage. In radiation-resistant Deinococcus bacteria, the radiation/desiccation response is controlled by two proteins: the XRE family transcriptional repres-sor DdrO and the COG2856 metalloprotease IrrE. The latter cleaves and inactivates DdrO. Here, we report the biochemical characterization and crystal structure of DdrO, which is the first structure of a XRE protein targeted by a COG2856 protein. DdrO is composed of two domains that fold independently and are separated by a flexible linker. The N-terminal domain corresponds to the DNA-binding domain. The C-terminal domain, containing three alpha helices arranged in a novel fold, is required for DdrO dimeriza-tion. Cleavage by IrrE occurs in the loop between the last two helices of DdrO and abolishes dimeriza-tion and DNA binding. The cleavage site is hidden in the DdrO dimer structure, indicating that IrrE cleaves DdrO monomers or that the interaction with IrrE induces a structural change rendering accessible the cleavage site. Predicted COG2856/XRE regulatory protein pairs are found in many bacteria, and available data suggest two different molecular mechanisms for stress-induced gene expression: COG2856 protein-mediated cleavage or inhibition of oligomer-ization without cleavage of the XRE repressor.

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