Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 20, Issue 8, Pages 1436-1446Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.06.002
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E002609/2]
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E002609/2] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/E002609/2] Funding Source: UKRI
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Phytochromes are photoreceptors in phototropic organisms that respond to light conditions by changing interactions between a response regulator and DNA. Bacterial phytochromes (BphPs) comprise an input photosensory core domain (PCD) and an output transducing domain (OTD). We report the structure of a BphP containing both PCD and the majority of its OTD, and demonstrate interaction with its cognate repressor. The OTD of RpBphP1, from Rhodopseudomonas palustris, is composed of a PAS/PAC domain and, to our knowledge, a hitherto unrecognized two-helix output sensor (HOS) domain. Unlike canonical BphPs, it does not transmit phosphorelay signals but forms a complex with the transcriptional repressor RpPpsR2 on photoconversion with far-red light. We show that HOS is essential for complex formation and that the anti-parallel dimer geometry is crucial in achieving HOS domain activation and protomer swapping under the control of light. These results provide insights into the steps taken by a two-component signaling system.
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