ParB C-terminal lysine residues are essential for dimerization, in vitro DNA sliding and in vivo function
Aleshintsev, A.; Way, L. E.; Guerra, B.; Serwaa, L. A.; Molina, M.; Wang, X.; Kim, H.
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The broadly conserved ParB protein performs crucial functions in bacterial chromosome segregation and replication regulation. The cellular function of ParB requires it to dimerize, recognize parS DNA sequences, clamp on DNA, then slide to adjacent sequences through nonspecific DNA binding. How ParB coordinates nonspecific DNA binding and sliding remains elusive. Here, we combine multiple in vitro biophysical and computational tools and in vivo approaches to address this question. We found that the five conserved lysine residues in the C-terminal domain of ParB play distinct roles in proper positioning and sliding on DNA, and their integrity is crucial for ParBs in vivo functions. Many proteins with diverse cellular activities need to move on DNA while loosely bound. Our findings reveal the detailed molecular mechanism by which multiple flexible basic residues enable DNA binding proteins to efficiently slide along DNA.
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