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  • Title: Neisseria gonorrhoeae FitA interacts with FitB to bind DNA through its ribbon-helix-helix motif.
    Author: Wilbur JS, Chivers PT, Mattison K, Potter L, Brennan RG, So M.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 2005 Sep 20; 44(37):12515-24. PubMed ID: 16156663.
    Abstract:
    The fit locus, encoding two proteins, FitA and FitB, was identified in a genetic screen for Neisseria gonorrhoeae determinants that affect trafficking across polarized epithelial cells. To better understand how the locus may control these activities, we have undertaken a biochemical analysis of FitA and FitB. FitA is a DNA-binding protein with a putative ribbon-helix-helix (RHH) motif. Purified FitA forms a homodimer that binds a 150 bp fit promoter sequence containing the translational start site. A putative beta strand mutant of FitA, FitA(R7A), is unable to bind this DNA, supporting further that FitA is a RHH protein. FitB interacts with FitA to form a 98 kDa complex. FitA/B binds DNA with a 38-fold higher affinity than the FitA homodimer. In DNase I footprint assays, FitA/B protects a 62-bp region within the fit promoter containing the predicted -10 sequence and an 8-bp inverted repeat, TGCTATCA-N(12)-TGATAGCA. FitA/B(His) is able to bind to either half-site alone with high affinity.
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