cAMP receptor protein (CRP), allosterically activated by cAMP, regulates the expression of several genes in Escherichia coli. As binding of cAMP leads to undefined conformational changes in CRP, we performed a steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence study to show how the binding of the ligand influences the structure and dynamics of the protein. We used CRP mutants containing a single tryptophan residue at position 85 or 13, and fluorescently labeled with 1,5-I-AEDANS attached to Cys178. Binding of cAMP in the CRP-(cAMP)2 complex leads to changes in the Trp13 microenvironment, whereas its binding in the CRP-(cAMP)4 complex alters the surroundings of Trp85. Time-resolved anisotropy measurements indicated that cAMP binding in the CRP-(cAMP)2 complex led to a substantial increase in the rotational mobility of the Trp13 residue. Measurement of fluorescence energy transfer (FRET) between labeled Cys178 and Trp85 showed that the binding of cAMP in the CRP-(cAMP)2 complex caused a substantial increase in FRET efficiency. This indicates a decrease in the distance between the two domains of the protein from 26.6 A in apo-CRP to 18.7 A in the CRP-(cAMP)2 complex. The binding of cAMP in the CRP-(cAMP)4 complex resulted in only a very small increase in FRET efficiency. The average distance between the two domains in CRP-DNA complexes, possessing lac, gal or ICAP sequences, shows an increase, as evidenced by the increase in the average distance between Cys178 and Trp85 to approximately 20 A. The spectral changes observed provide new structural information about the cAMP-induced allosteric activation of the protein.

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