Cryb from Rhodobacter Sphaeroides: A Unique Class of Cryptochromes with New Cofactors.
Geisselbrecht, Y., Fruhwirth, S., Schroeder, C., Pierik, A.J., Klug, G., Essen, L.-O.(2012) EMBO Rep 13: 223
- PubMed: 22290493 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2012.2
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3ZXS - PubMed Abstract: 
Cryptochromes and photolyases are structurally related but have different biological functions in signalling and DNA repair. Proteobacteria and cyanobacteria harbour a new class of cryptochromes, called CryPro. We have solved the 2.7 Å structure of one of its members, cryptochrome B from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, which is a regulator of photosynthesis gene expression. The structure reveals that, in addition to the photolyase-like fold, CryB contains two cofactors only conserved in the CryPro subfamily: 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityl-lumazine in the antenna-binding domain and a [4Fe-4S] cluster within the catalytic domain. The latter closely resembles the iron-sulphur cluster harbouring the large primase subunit PriL, indicating that PriL is evolutionarily related to the CryPro class of cryptochromes.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry-Institute of Biochemistry, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany.