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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 43, 期 5, 页码 2958-2967出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv120
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- Leibniz Graduate School on Ageing and Age-Related Diseases (LGSA)
- Fritz-Lipmann-Institut (FLI), Jena, Germany
- Federal Government of Germany
- State of Thuringia
The minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM) represents the replicative DNA helicase both in eukaryotes and archaea. Here, we describe the solution structure of the C-terminal domains of the archaeal MCMs of Sulfolobus solfataricus (Sso) and Methan-othermobacter thermautotrophicus (Mth). Those domains consist of a structurally conserved truncated winged helix (WH) domain lacking the two typical 'wings' of canonical WH domains. A less conserved N-terminal extension links this WH module to the MCM AAA+ domain forming the ATPase center. In the Sso MCM this linker contains a short alpha-helical element. Using Sso MCM mutants, including chimeric constructs containing Mth C-terminal domain elements, we show that the ATPase and helicase activity of the Sso MCM is significantly modulated by the short alpha-helical linker element and by N-terminal residues of the first alpha-helix of the truncated WH module. Finally, based on our structural and functional data, we present a docking-derived model of the Sso MCM, which implies an allosteric control of the ATPase center by the C-terminal domain.
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