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Primary Citation Related Structures:  6ZII, 6ZIL, 6ZIX, 6ZJ2
PubMed Abstract: 
RcsB is a transcriptional regulator that controls expression of numerous genes in enteric bacteria. RcsB accomplishes this role alone or in combination with auxiliary transcriptional factors independently or dependently of phosphorylation. To understand the mechanisms by which RcsB regulates such large number of genes, we performed structural studies as well as in vitro and in vivo functional studies with different RcsB variants. Our structural data reveal that RcsB binds promoters of target genes such as rprA and flhDC in a dimeric active conformation. In this state, the RcsB homodimer docks the DNA-binding domains into the major groove of the DNA, facilitating an initial weak read-out of the target sequence. Interestingly, comparative structural analyses also show that DNA binding may stabilize an active conformation in unphosphorylated RcsB. Furthermore, RNAseq performed in strains expressing wild-type or several RcsB variants provided new insights into the contribution of phosphorylation to gene regulation and assign a potential role of RcsB in controlling iron metabolism. Finally, we delimited the RcsB box for homodimeric active binding to DNA as the sequence TN(G/A)GAN4TC(T/C)NA. This RcsB box was found in promoter, intergenic and intragenic regions, facilitating both increased or decreased gene transcription.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València. Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
Instituto universitario de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), Universitat de València. Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
Laboratorio de Patógenos Bacterianos Intracelulares. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)-CSIC. Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid. Spain.
Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, E-28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Biotecnología y Biología Vegetal, ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politócnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CBMSO)-CSIC. Departamento de Biología Molecular. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Genomic and Proteomic, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), Jaume Roig 11, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Group 739 of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.