Part:BBa_K352001

CooA from Rhodospirillum rubrum

CooA is a heme-containing transcriptional activator that enables Rhodospirillum rubrum to sense and grow on CO as a sole energy source.

CooA is a member of a family of transcriptional regulators similar to the cAMP receptor protein and fumavate nitrate reduction from Escherichia coli. The protein is active in sequence-specific DNA binding in the presence of CO, but not in the absence of CO. The protein to be a dimer in the absence of CO. The product, CooA, is 28% identical (51% similar) to CRP(cAMP receptor protein) and 18% identical (45% similar) to FNR(fumavate nitrate reduction) from Escherichia coli.

Inactive Fe(II) CooA structure adapted from that of the strain with PDB identification no. 1FT9. The protein consists of two monomers, shaded differently, which dimerize along the central C-helices of adjacent effector-binding domains. The solved structure is asymmetric, in which one monomer contains fused C- and D-helices. Nonetheless, both F-helices that interact with DNA in a sequence-specific manner are buried from the surface in the structure. The 4/5 loop is noted and so are the Pro2 and His77 heme Fe(II) ligands.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal AgeI site found at 448
  
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]