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Protein Science, Vol 3, Issue 8 1276-1285, Copyright © 1994 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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A negative electrostatic determinant mediates the association between the Escherichia coli trp repressor and its operator DNA

J. GUENOT, R. J. FLETTERICK and P. A. KOLLMAN
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143

The electrostatic potential surfaces were characterized for trp repressor models that bind to DNA with sequence specificity, without specificity, and not at all. Comparisons among the surfaces were used to isolate protein surface features likely to be important in DNA binding. Models that differ in protein conformation and tryptophanan-alogue binding consistently showed positive potential associated with the protein surfaces that interact with the DNA major groove. However, negative potential is associated with the trp repressor surface that contacts the DNA minor groove. This negative potential is significantly neutralized in the protein conformation that is bound to DNA. Positive potential is also associated with the tryptophan binding-site surface, a consequence of the tryptophanor tryptophan analogue-induced allosteric change. This protein region is complementary to the strongest negative potential associated with the DNA phosphate backbone and is also present in the isolated protein structure from the protein-DNA complex. The effects of charge-change mutation, pH dependence, and salt dependence on the electrostatic potential surfaces were also examined with regard to their effects on protein-DNA binding constants. A consistent model is formed that defines a role for long-range electrostatics early in the protein-DNA association process and complements previous structural, molecular association, and mutagenesis studies.
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