Abstract
SarA, a pleiotropic transcription regulator, is encoded by Staphylococcus aureus, a pathogenic bacterium. The expression of many virulence and non-virulence genes in S. aureus is modulated by this regulator. Structural studies have shown it to be a winged-helix DNA-binding protein carrying two monomers. Each SarA monomer is composed of five α-helices (α1-α5), three β-strands (β1-β3) and multiple loops. The putative DNA binding region of SarA is constituted with α3, α4, β2, and β3, whereas, its dimerization seems to occur using α1, α2, and α5. Interestingly, many SarA-like proteins are dimeric and use three or more helices for their dimerization. To clearly understand the roles of helix α1 in the dimerization, we have constructed and purified a SarA mutant (Δα1) that lacks helix α1. Our in-depth studies with Δα1 indicate that the helix α1 is critical for preserving the structure, DNA binding activity and thermodynamic stability of SarA. However, the helix has little affected its dimerization ability. Possible reasons for such anomaly have been discussed at length.
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