One-dimensional diffusion of TrpR along DNA enhances its affinity for the operator by chemical ratchet mechanism

Abstract Several DNA-binding proteins show the affinities for their specific DNA sites that positively depend on the length of DNA harboring the sites, i. e. antenna effect. DNA looping can cause the effect for proteins with two or more DNA binding sites, i. e. the looping mechanism. One-dimensional...

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Autores principales: Takashi Kinebuchi, Nobuo Shimamoto
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario:Abstract Several DNA-binding proteins show the affinities for their specific DNA sites that positively depend on the length of DNA harboring the sites, i. e. antenna effect. DNA looping can cause the effect for proteins with two or more DNA binding sites, i. e. the looping mechanism. One-dimensional diffusion also has been suggested to cause the effect for proteins with single DNA sites, the diffusion mechanism, which could violate detailed balance. We addressed which mechanism is possible for E. coli TrpR showing 104-fold antenna effect with a single DNA binding site. When a trpO-harboring DNA fragment was connected to a nonspecific DNA with biotin-avidin connection, the otherwise sevenfold antenna effect disappeared. This result denies the looping mechanism with an unknown second DNA binding site. The 3.5-fold repression by TrpR in vivo disappeared when a tight LexA binding site was introduced at various sites near the trpO, suggesting that the binding of LexA blocks one-dimensional diffusion causing the antenna effect. These results are consistent with the chemical ratchet recently proposed for TrpR-trpO binding to solve the deviation from detailed balance, and evidence that the antenna effect due to one-dimensional diffusion exists in cells.