Protein Family Models

PAS domains are involved in many signalling proteins where they are used as a signal sensor domain [1]. PAS domains appear in archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes. Several PAS-domain proteins are known to detect their signal by way of an associated cofactor. Heme, flavin, and a 4-hydroxycinnamyl chromophore are used in different proteins. This domain recognises oxygen and CO (Matilla et al., FEMS Microbiology Reviews, fuab043, 45, 2021, 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab043). [1]. 10357859. PAS domains: internal sensors of oxygen, redox potential, and light. Taylor BL, Zhulin IB;. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 1999;63:479-506. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

This domain is found in many signalling proteins in which it functions as a sensor domain. It recognises FMN, Zn(II), FAD and riboflavin (MAtilla et. al., FEMS Microbiology Reviews, fuab043, 45, 2021, 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab043). (from Pfam)

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2024-08-14

The PAS fold corresponds to the structural domain that has previously been defined as PAS and PAC motifs [4]. The PAS fold appears in archaea, eubacteria and eukarya. This domain is associated to signalling systems and works as a signal sensor domain. It recognises differently substituted aromatic hydrocarbons, oxygen, different dodecanoic acids, autoinducers, 3,5-dimethyl-pyrazin-2-ol and N-alanyl-aminoacetone (Matilla et. al., FEMS Microbiology Reviews, fuab043, 45, 2021, 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab043). [1]. 9301332. PAS domain S-boxes in archaea, bacteria and sensors for oxygen and redox. Zhulin IB, Taylor BL, Dixon R;. Trends Biochem Sci 1997;22:331-333. [2]. 7756254. 1.4 A structure of photoactive yellow protein, a cytosolic photoreceptor: unusual fold, active site, and chromophore. Borgstahl GE, Williams DR, Getzoff ED;. Biochemistry 1995;34:6278-6287. [3]. 9382818. PAS: a multifunctional domain family comes to light. Ponting CP, Aravind L;. Curr Biol 1997;7:674-677. [4]. 15009198. The PAS fold: a redefination of the PAS domain based upon structural prediction. Hefti MH, Francoijs KJ, de Vries SC, Dixon R, Vervoort J;. Eur J Biochem 2004;271:1198-1208. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

This domain is found linked to a wide range of non-homologous domains in a variety of bacteria. It has been shown to be homologous to the adenylyl cyclase catalytic domain [1] and has diguanylate cyclase activity [4]. This observation correlates with the functional information available on two GGDEF-containing proteins, namely diguanylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase A of Acetobacter xylinum, both of which regulate the turnover of cyclic diguanosine monophosphate. In the WspR protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the GGDEF domain acts as a diguanylate cyclase, PDB:3bre, when the whole molecule appears to form a tetramer consisting of two symmetrically-related dimers representing a biological unit. The active site is the GGD/EF motif, buried in the structure, and the cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) bind to the inhibitory-motif RxxD on the surface. The enzyme thus catalyses the cyclisation of two guanosine triphosphate (GTP) molecules to one c-di-GMP molecule [6,7,8]. [1]. 11119645. GGDEF domain is homologous to adenylyl cyclase. Pei J, Grishin NV;. Proteins 2001;42:210-216. [2]. 11557134. Novel domains of the prokaryotic two-component signal transduction systems. Galperin MY, Nikolskaya AN, Koonin EV;. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001;203:11-21. [3]. 15063857. Cyclic di-guanosine-monophosphate comes of age: a novel secondary messenger involved in modulating cell surface structures in bacteria?. Jenal U;. Curr Opin Microbiol 2004;7:185-191. [4]. 15075296. Cell cycle-dependent dynamic localization of a bacterial response regulator with a novel di-guanylate cyclase output domain. Paul R, Weiser S, Amiot NC, Chan C, Sch. TRUNCATED at 1650 bytes (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

GGDEF domain-containing protein may have diguanylate cyclase (DGC) activity, similar to Escherichia coli DgcT (YcdT) and to E. coli CdgI (YeaI), a c-di-GMP-binding effector with a degenerate GGDEF domain which binds c-di-GMP

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2024-04-21

Gene:

dgcM

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2019-01-03

The GGDEF domain is named for the motif GG[DE]EF shared by many proteins carrying the domain. There is evidence that the domain has diguanylate cyclase activity [1][3]. Several proteins carrying this domain also carry domains with functions relating to environmental sensing. These include PleD, a response regulator protein involved in the swarmer-to-stalked cell transition in Caulobacter crescentus[2], and FixL, a heme-containing oxygen sensor protein.

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2021-04-27

The PAS domain was previously described. This sensory box, or S-box domain occupies the central portion of the PAS domain but is more widely distributed. It is often tandemly repeated. Known prosthetic groups bound in the S-box domain include heme in the oxygen sensor FixL, FAD in the redox potential sensor NifL, and a 4-hydroxycinnamyl chromophore in photoactive yellow protein. Proteins containing the domain often contain other regulatory domains such as response regulator or sensor histidine kinase domains. Other S-box proteins include phytochromes and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator.

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2021-10-27