Polymorphic Protective Dps-DNA Co-Crystals by Cryo Electron Tomography and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering.
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Abstract
Rapid increase of intracellular synthesis of specific histone-like Dps protein that binds DNA to protect the genome against deleterious factors leads to in cellulo crystallization-one of the most curious processes in the area of life science at the moment. However, the actual structure of the Dps-DNA co-crystals remained uncertain in the details for more than two decades. Cryo-electron tomography and small-angle X-ray scattering revealed polymorphous modifications of the co-crystals depending on the buffer parameters. Two different types of the Dps-DNA co-crystals are formed in vitro: triclinic and cubic. Three-dimensional reconstruction revealed DNA and Dps molecules in cubic co-crystals, and the unit cell parameters of cubic lattice were determined consistently by both methods.
Affiliation
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, 123182 Moscow, Russia.
External References
- PubMed ID:
- 31888079
- DOI:
- 10.3390/biom10010039
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