Protein Family Models

The accurate segregation of DNA is essential for the faithful inheritance of genetic information. Segregation of the prototypical P1 plasmid par system requires two proteins, ParA and ParB, and a centromere. When bound to ATP, ParA mediates segregation by interacting with centromere-bound ParB, but when bound to ADP, ParA fulfills a different function: DNA-binding transcription autoregulation. ParA consists of an elongated N-terminal alpha-helix which mediates dimerization, a winged-HTH and a Walker-box containing C-domain. This entry describes the N-terminal alpha helix domain combined with the winged HTH region [1]. [1]. 19461582. Structural basis for ADP-mediated transcriptional regulation by P1 and P7 ParA. Dunham TD, Xu W, Funnell BE, Schumacher MA;. EMBO J. 2009;28:1792-1802. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

This family includes a wide variety of AAA domains including some that have lost essential nucleotide binding residues in the P-loop. (from Pfam)

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2024-08-14

This family consists of various cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide synthases. These include CbiA Swiss:P29946 and CbiP Swiss:Q05597 from S.typhimurium [4], and CobQ Swiss:Q52686 from R. capsulatus [3]. These amidases catalyse amidations to various side chains of hydrogenobyrinic acid or cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide in the biosynthesis of cobalamin (vitamin B12) from uroporphyrinogen III. Vitamin B12 is an important cofactor and an essential nutrient for many plants and animals and is primarily produced by bacteria [4]. The family also contains dethiobiotin synthetases as well as the plasmid partitioning proteins of the MinD/ParA family [6]. [1]. 9742225. Cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis: identification and characterization of a Bacillus megaterium cobI operon. Raux E, Lanois A, Warren MJ, Rambach A, Thermes C;. Biochem J 1998;335:159-166. [2]. 9742226. Cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis: functional characterization of the Bacillus megaterium cbi genes required to convert uroporphyrinogen III into cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide. Raux E, Lanois A, Rambach A, Warren MJ, Thermes C;. Biochem J 1998;335:167-173. [3]. 7635831. Identification and sequence analysis of genes involved in late steps in cobalamin (vitamin B12) synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Pollich M, Klug G;. J Bacteriol 1995;177:4481-4487. [4]. 8501034. Characterization of the cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic genes of Salmonella typhimurium. Roth JR, Lawrence JG, Rubenfield M, Kieffer-Higgins S, Church GM;. J Bacteriol 1993;175:3303-3316. [5]. 10966576. The synthetase domains of cobalamin biosynthesis amidotransferases cobB and cobQ belong to a new family of AT. TRUNCATED at 1650 bytes (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16