HK022 Nun Requires Arginine-Rich Motif Residues Distinct from λ N

Journal of Bacteriology
Caroline S TawkColin A Smith

Abstract

Bacteriophage λ N protein binds boxB RNA hairpins in the nut (N utilization) sites of immediate early λ transcripts and interacts with host factors to suppress transcriptional termination at downstream terminators. In opposition to λ N, the Nun protein of HK022 binds the boxBs of coinfecting λ transcripts, interacts with a similar or identical set of host factors, and terminates transcription to suppress λ replication. Comparison of N-boxB and Nun-boxB nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structural models suggests similar interactions, though limited mutagenesis of Nun is available. Here, libraries of Nun's arginine-rich motif (ARM) were screened for the ability to exclude λ coinfection, and mutants were assayed for Nun termination with a boxB plasmid reporter system. Several Nun ARM residues appear to be immutable: Asp26, Arg28, Arg29, Arg32, Trp33, and Arg36. Asp26 and Trp33 appear to be unable to contact boxB and are not found at equivalent positions in λ N ARM. To understand if the requirement of Asp26, Trp33, and Arg36 indicated differences between HK022 Nun termination and λ N antitermination complexes, the same Nun libraries were fused to the activation domain of λ N and screened for clones able to complement N-deficient λ....Continue Reading

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