Journal
PROTEIN SCIENCE
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 227-241Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/pro.3072
Keywords
SSB; RecG; RecO; OB-fold; SH3 domain; PXXP motif
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- National Institutes of Health [GM100156]
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The E. coli single strand DNA binding protein (SSB) is essential to viability where it functions in two seemingly disparate roles: it binds to single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and to target proteins that comprise the SSB interactome. The link between these roles resides in a previously under-appreciated region of the protein known as the intrinsically disordered linker (IDL). We present a model wherein the IDL is responsible for mediating protein-protein interactions critical to each role. When interactions occur between SSB tetramers, cooperative binding to ssDNA results. When binding occurs between SSB and an interactome partner, storage or loading of that protein onto the DNA takes place. The properties of the IDL that facilitate these interactions include the presence of repeats, a putative polyproline type II helix and, PXXP motifs that may facilitate direct binding to the OB-fold in a manner similar to that observed for SH3 domain binding of PXXP ligands in eukaryotic systems.
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