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  • Title: Molecular strategies to replace the structural metal site in the prokaryotic zinc finger domain.
    Author: Baglivo I, Palmieri M, Rivellino A, Netti F, Russo L, Esposito S, Iacovino R, Farina B, Isernia C, Fattorusso R, Pedone PV, Malgieri G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 2014 Mar; 1844(3):497-504. PubMed ID: 24389235.
    Abstract:
    The specific arrangement of secondary elements in a local motif often totally relies on the formation of coordination bonds between metal ions and protein ligands. This is typified by the ~30 amino acid eukaryotic zinc finger motif in which a β-sheet and an α-helix are clustered around a zinc ion by various combinations of four ligands. The prokaryotic zinc finger domain (found in the Ros protein from Agrobacterium tumefaciens) is different from the eukaryotic counterpart as it consists of 58 amino acids arranged in a βββαα topology stabilized by a 15-residue hydrophobic core. Also, this domain tetrahedrally coordinates zinc and unfolds in the absence of the metal ion. The characterization of proteins belonging to the Ros homologs family has however shown that the prokaryotic zinc finger domain can overcome the metal requirement to achieve the same fold and DNA-binding activity. In the present work, two zinc-lacking Ros homologs (Ml4 and Ml5 proteins) have been thoroughly characterized using bioinformatics, biochemical and NMR techniques. We show how in these proteins a network of hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions surrogate the zinc coordination role in the achievement of the same functional fold.
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