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  • 1
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 2009-03-21
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Parren, Paul W H I -- Burton, Dennis R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Mar 20;323(5921):1567-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1172253.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Genmab, Yalelaan 60, 3584 CM Utrecht, Netherlands. p.parren@genmab.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299606" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies, Bispecific/chemistry/*immunology/therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/genetics/*immunology/therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; Antibody Affinity ; Antibody Specificity ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Epitopes ; Genetic Engineering ; Humans ; Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy ; Receptor, ErbB-2/*immunology ; Trastuzumab ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/*immunology
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: Simocyclinones are bifunctional antibiotics that inhibit bacterial DNA gyrase by preventing DNA binding to the enzyme. We report the crystal structure of the complex formed between the N-terminal domain of the Escherichia coli gyrase A subunit and simocyclinone D8, revealing two binding pockets that separately accommodate the aminocoumarin and polyketide moieties of the antibiotic. These are close to, but distinct from, the quinolone-binding site, consistent with our observations that several mutations in this region confer resistance to both agents. Biochemical studies show that the individual moieties of simocyclinone D8 are comparatively weak inhibitors of gyrase relative to the parent compound, but their combination generates a more potent inhibitor. Our results should facilitate the design of drug molecules that target these unexploited binding pockets.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Edwards, Marcus J -- Flatman, Ruth H -- Mitchenall, Lesley A -- Stevenson, Clare E M -- Le, Tung B K -- Clarke, Thomas A -- McKay, Adam R -- Fiedler, Hans-Peter -- Buttner, Mark J -- Lawson, David M -- Maxwell, Anthony -- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Dec 4;326(5958):1415-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1179123.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965760" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Coumarins/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA Gyrase/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Escherichia coli/drug effects/*enzymology/genetics ; Glycosides/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Weight ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Mutation ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2009-07-18
    Description: Amino acid, polyamine, and organocation (APC) transporters are secondary transporters that play essential roles in nutrient uptake, neurotransmitter recycling, ionic homeostasis, and regulation of cell volume. Here, we present the crystal structure of apo-ApcT, a proton-coupled broad-specificity amino acid transporter, at 2.35 angstrom resolution. The structure contains 12 transmembrane helices, with the first 10 consisting of an inverted structural repeat of 5 transmembrane helices like the leucine transporter LeuT. The ApcT structure reveals an inward-facing, apo state and an amine moiety of lysine-158 located in a position equivalent to the sodium ion site Na2 of LeuT. We propose that lysine-158 is central to proton-coupled transport and that the amine group serves the same functional role as the Na2 ion in LeuT, thus demonstrating common principles among proton- and sodium-coupled transporters.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851542/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851542/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shaffer, Paul L -- Goehring, April -- Shankaranarayanan, Aruna -- Gouaux, Eric -- R01 MH070039/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- R01 MH070039-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008281/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008281-17/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM075026/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM075026-040002/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Aug 21;325(5943):1010-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1176088. Epub 2009 Jul 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19608859" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Transport Systems/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Amino Acids/metabolism ; Antiporters/chemistry ; Apoproteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Archaeal Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry ; Methanococcus/*chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protons ; Sodium/metabolism ; Substrate Specificity
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2009-05-30
    Description: Transcribing RNA polymerases oscillate between three stable states, two of which, pre- and posttranslocated, were previously subjected to x-ray crystal structure determination. We report here the crystal structure of RNA polymerase II in the third state, the reverse translocated, or "backtracked" state. The defining feature of the backtracked structure is a binding site for the first backtracked nucleotide. This binding site is occupied in case of nucleotide misincorporation in the RNA or damage to the DNA, and is termed the "P" site because it supports proofreading. The predominant mechanism of proofreading is the excision of a dinucleotide in the presence of the elongation factor SII (TFIIS). Structure determination of a cocrystal with TFIIS reveals a rearrangement whereby cleavage of the RNA may take place.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2718261/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2718261/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, Dong -- Bushnell, David A -- Huang, Xuhui -- Westover, Kenneth D -- Levitt, Michael -- Kornberg, Roger D -- GM036559/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM041455/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM049985/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- K99 GM085136/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- K99 GM085136-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R00 GM085136/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM036659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM041455/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM049985/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM049985-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM036659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM036659-22/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM041455/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM041455-20/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM072970/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 May 29;324(5931):1203-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1168729.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478184" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Pair Mismatch ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Guanosine Monophosphate/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligoribonucleotides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA/chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA Polymerase II/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*enzymology ; *Transcription, Genetic ; Transcriptional Elongation Factors/chemistry/*metabolism
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2009-06-13
    Description: Rotavirus outer-layer protein VP7 is a principal target of protective antibodies. Removal of free calcium ions (Ca2+) dissociates VP7 trimers into monomers, releasing VP7 from the virion, and initiates penetration-inducing conformational changes in the other outer-layer protein, VP4. We report the crystal structure at 3.4 angstrom resolution of VP7 bound with the Fab fragment of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody. The Fab binds across the outer surface of the intersubunit contact, which contains two Ca2+ sites. Mutations that escape neutralization by other antibodies suggest that the same region bears the epitopes of most neutralizing antibodies. The monovalent Fab is sufficient to neutralize infectivity. We propose that neutralizing antibodies against VP7 act by stabilizing the trimer, thereby inhibiting the uncoating trigger for VP4 rearrangement. A disulfide-linked trimer is a potential subunit immunogen.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995306/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995306/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Aoki, Scott T -- Settembre, Ethan C -- Trask, Shane D -- Greenberg, Harry B -- Harrison, Stephen C -- Dormitzer, Philip R -- AI-21362/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA-13202/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- DK-56339/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R37 CA013202/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R37 CA013202-38/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jun 12;324(5933):1444-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1170481.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19520960" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Antibodies, Viral/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Antigens, Viral/*chemistry/genetics/*immunology/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Calcium/metabolism ; Capsid Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*immunology/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Epitopes/immunology ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Neutralization Tests ; Protein Folding ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry ; Rotavirus/*chemistry/immunology ; Serotyping
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2009-03-28
    Description: P-glycoprotein (P-gp) detoxifies cells by exporting hundreds of chemically unrelated toxins but has been implicated in multidrug resistance (MDR) in the treatment of cancers. Substrate promiscuity is a hallmark of P-gp activity, thus a structural description of poly-specific drug-binding is important for the rational design of anticancer drugs and MDR inhibitors. The x-ray structure of apo P-gp at 3.8 angstroms reveals an internal cavity of approximately 6000 angstroms cubed with a 30 angstrom separation of the two nucleotide-binding domains. Two additional P-gp structures with cyclic peptide inhibitors demonstrate distinct drug-binding sites in the internal cavity capable of stereoselectivity that is based on hydrophobic and aromatic interactions. Apo and drug-bound P-gp structures have portals open to the cytoplasm and the inner leaflet of the lipid bilayer for drug entry. The inward-facing conformation represents an initial stage of the transport cycle that is competent for drug binding.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720052/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720052/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Aller, Stephen G -- Yu, Jodie -- Ward, Andrew -- Weng, Yue -- Chittaboina, Srinivas -- Zhuo, Rupeng -- Harrell, Patina M -- Trinh, Yenphuong T -- Zhang, Qinghai -- Urbatsch, Ina L -- Chang, Geoffrey -- F32 GM078914/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- F32 GM078914-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM073197/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM078914/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM61905/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P50 GM073197/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P50 GM073197-050002/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061905/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061905-09/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Mar 27;323(5922):1718-22. doi: 10.1126/science.1168750.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, CB105, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19325113" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Apoproteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Cell Membrane/chemistry ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Lipid Bilayers/chemistry ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; P-Glycoprotein/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Peptides, Cyclic/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Stereoisomerism ; Verapamil/metabolism/pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2009-04-18
    Description: Genes are not simply turned on or off, but instead their expression is fine-tuned to meet the needs of a cell. How genes are modulated so precisely is not well understood. The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulates target genes by associating with specific DNA binding sites, the sequences of which differ between genes. Traditionally, these binding sites have been viewed only as docking sites. Using structural, biochemical, and cell-based assays, we show that GR binding sequences, differing by as little as a single base pair, differentially affect GR conformation and regulatory activity. We therefore propose that DNA is a sequence-specific allosteric ligand of GR that tailors the activity of the receptor toward specific target genes.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777810/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777810/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Meijsing, Sebastiaan H -- Pufall, Miles A -- So, Alex Y -- Bates, Darren L -- Chen, Lin -- Yamamoto, Keith R -- GM08537/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA020535/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA020535-31/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Apr 17;324(5925):407-10. doi: 10.1126/science.1164265.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19372434" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Humans ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Isoforms/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Rats ; Receptors, Glucocorticoid/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: Primordial organisms of the putative RNA world would have required polymerase ribozymes able to replicate RNA. Known ribozymes with polymerase activity best approximating that needed for RNA replication contain at their catalytic core the class I RNA ligase, an artificial ribozyme with a catalytic rate among the fastest of known ribozymes. Here we present the 3.0 angstrom crystal structure of this ligase. The architecture resembles a tripod, its three legs converging near the ligation junction. Interacting with this tripod scaffold through a series of 10 minor-groove interactions (including two A-minor triads) is the unpaired segment that contributes to and organizes the active site. A cytosine nucleobase and two backbone phosphates abut the ligation junction; their location suggests a model for catalysis resembling that of proteinaceous polymerases.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978776/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978776/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shechner, David M -- Grant, Robert A -- Bagby, Sarah C -- Koldobskaya, Yelena -- Piccirilli, Joseph A -- Bartel, David P -- GM61835/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061835/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Nov 27;326(5957):1271-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1174676.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965478" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Pairing ; Base Sequence ; Catalysis ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/chemistry/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Magnesium/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Polynucleotide Ligases/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Ribonucleotides/chemistry/metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 2009-03-28
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sheps, Jonathan A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Mar 27;323(5922):1679-80. doi: 10.1126/science.1172428.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, BC Cancer Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3 Canada. jsheps@bccrc.ca〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19325102" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Biological Transport ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Drug Design ; Lipid Bilayers/chemistry ; Models, Biological ; Oligopeptides/chemistry/metabolism ; P-Glycoprotein/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Peptides, Cyclic/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Stereoisomerism
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    Publication Date: 2009-05-02
    Description: All canonical transfer RNAs (tRNAs) have a uridine at position 8, involved in maintaining tRNA tertiary structure. However, the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri harbors 30 (out of 34) tRNA genes with cytidine at position 8. Here, we demonstrate C-to-U editing at this location in the tRNA's tertiary core, and present the crystal structure of a tRNA-specific cytidine deaminase, CDAT8, which has the cytidine deaminase domain linked to a tRNA-binding THUMP domain. CDAT8 is specific for C deamination at position 8, requires only the acceptor stem hairpin for activity, and belongs to a unique family within the "cytidine deaminase-like" superfamily. The presence of this C-to-U editing enzyme guarantees the proper folding and functionality of all M. kandleri tRNAs.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857566/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857566/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Randau, Lennart -- Stanley, Bradford J -- Kohlway, Andrew -- Mechta, Sarah -- Xiong, Yong -- Soll, Dieter -- AI078831/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM22854/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM022854/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM022854-33/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R33 AI078831/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 May 1;324(5927):657-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1170123.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. lennart.randau@yale.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19407206" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cytidine Deaminase/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Deamination ; Euryarchaeota/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism ; Genes, Archaeal ; Models, Chemical ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; *RNA Editing ; RNA, Archaeal/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; RNA, Transfer/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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  • 11
    Publication Date: 2009-04-25
    Description: Polyphosphate (polyP) occurs ubiquitously in cells, but its functions are poorly understood and its synthesis has only been characterized in bacteria. Using x-ray crystallography, we identified a eukaryotic polyphosphate polymerase within the membrane-integral vacuolar transporter chaperone (VTC) complex. A 2.6 angstrom crystal structure of the catalytic domain grown in the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) reveals polyP winding through a tunnel-shaped pocket. Nucleotide- and phosphate-bound structures suggest that the enzyme functions by metal-assisted cleavage of the ATP gamma-phosphate, which is then in-line transferred to an acceptor phosphate to form polyP chains. Mutational analysis of the transmembrane domain indicates that VTC may integrate cytoplasmic polymer synthesis with polyP membrane translocation. Identification of the polyP-synthesizing enzyme opens the way to determine the functions of polyP in lower eukaryotes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hothorn, Michael -- Neumann, Heinz -- Lenherr, Esther D -- Wehner, Mark -- Rybin, Vladimir -- Hassa, Paul O -- Uttenweiler, Andreas -- Reinhardt, Monique -- Schmidt, Andrea -- Seiler, Jeanette -- Ladurner, Andreas G -- Herrmann, Christian -- Scheffzek, Klaus -- Mayer, Andreas -- G0500367/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Apr 24;324(5926):513-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1168120.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19390046" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Biological Transport ; Catalysis ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Membrane Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Phosphotransferases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Polyphosphates/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism
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  • 12
    Publication Date: 2009-10-17
    Description: Elongation factor G (EF-G) is a guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) that plays a crucial role in the translocation of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and messenger RNA (mRNA) during translation by the ribosome. We report a crystal structure refined to 3.6 angstrom resolution of the ribosome trapped with EF-G in the posttranslocational state using the antibiotic fusidic acid. Fusidic acid traps EF-G in a conformation intermediate between the guanosine triphosphate and guanosine diphosphate forms. The interaction of EF-G with ribosomal elements implicated in stimulating catalysis, such as the L10-L12 stalk and the L11 region, and of domain IV of EF-G with the tRNA at the peptidyl-tRNA binding site (P site) and with mRNA shed light on the role of these elements in EF-G function. The stabilization of the mobile stalks of the ribosome also results in a more complete description of its structure.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763468/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763468/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gao, Yong-Gui -- Selmer, Maria -- Dunham, Christine M -- Weixlbaumer, Albert -- Kelley, Ann C -- Ramakrishnan, V -- 082086/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- MC_U105184332/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 30;326(5953):694-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1179709.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19833919" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Catalysis ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Fusidic Acid/chemistry/pharmacology ; Models, Molecular ; Peptide Elongation Factor G/*chemistry ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/chemistry/pharmacology ; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry ; RNA, Transfer/chemistry ; Ribosomes/*chemistry ; Thermus thermophilus
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  • 13
    Publication Date: 2009-05-30
    Description: Virulent enteric pathogens such as Escherichia coli strain O157:H7 rely on acid-resistance (AR) systems to survive the acidic environment in the stomach. A major component of AR is an arginine-dependent arginine:agmatine antiporter that expels intracellular protons. Here, we report the crystal structure of AdiC, the arginine:agmatine antiporter from E. coli O157:H7 and a member of the amino acid/polyamine/organocation (APC) superfamily of transporters at 3.6 A resolution. The overall fold is similar to that of several Na+-coupled symporters. AdiC contains 12 transmembrane segments, forms a homodimer, and exists in an outward-facing, open conformation in the crystals. A conserved, acidic pocket opens to the periplasm. Structural and biochemical analysis reveals the essential ligand-binding residues, defines the transport route, and suggests a conserved mechanism for the antiporter activity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gao, Xiang -- Lu, Feiran -- Zhou, Lijun -- Dang, Shangyu -- Sun, Linfeng -- Li, Xiaochun -- Wang, Jiawei -- Shi, Yigong -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jun 19;324(5934):1565-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1173654. Epub 2009 May 28.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉State Key Laboratory of Bio-membrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478139" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Agmatine/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Transport Systems/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism/physiology ; Antiporters/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism/physiology ; Arginine/metabolism ; Conserved Sequence ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli O157/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism/physiology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 2009-03-03
    Description: beta-lactam antibiotics are ineffective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, being rapidly hydrolyzed by the chromosomally encoded blaC gene product. The carbapenem class of beta-lactams are very poor substrates for BlaC, allowing us to determine the three-dimensional structure of the covalent BlaC-meropenem covalent complex at 1.8 angstrom resolution. When meropenem was combined with the beta-lactamase inhibitor clavulanate, potent activity against laboratory strains of M. tuberculosis was observed [minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC(meropenem)) less than 1 microgram per milliliter], and sterilization of aerobically grown cultures was observed within 14 days. In addition, this combination exhibited inhibitory activity against anaerobically grown cultures that mimic the "persistent" state and inhibited the growth of 13 extensively drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis at the same levels seen for drug-susceptible strains. Meropenem and clavulanate are Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs and could potentially be used to treat patients with currently untreatable disease.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679150/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679150/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hugonnet, Jean-Emmanuel -- Tremblay, Lee W -- Boshoff, Helena I -- Barry, Clifton E 3rd -- Blanchard, John S -- AI33696/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Z01 AI000693-15/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Feb 27;323(5918):1215-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1167498.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19251630" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acylation ; Antibiotics, Antitubercular/*pharmacology ; Catalytic Domain ; Clavulanic Acid/*pharmacology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Drug Combinations ; *Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis/*microbiology ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Mass Spectrometry ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/*drug effects/enzymology/growth & development ; Thienamycins/metabolism/*pharmacology ; beta-Lactamase Inhibitors ; beta-Lactamases/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-11-07
    Description: The LKB1 tumor suppressor is a protein kinase that controls the activity of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK). LKB1 activity is regulated by the pseudokinase STRADalpha and the scaffolding protein MO25alpha through an unknown, phosphorylation-independent, mechanism. We describe the structure of the core heterotrimeric LKB1-STRADalpha-MO25alpha complex, revealing an unusual allosteric mechanism of LKB1 activation. STRADalpha adopts a closed conformation typical of active protein kinases and binds LKB1 as a pseudosubstrate. STRADalpha and MO25alpha promote the active conformation of LKB1, which is stabilized by MO25alpha interacting with the LKB1 activation loop. This previously undescribed mechanism of kinase activation may be relevant to understanding the evolution of other pseudokinases. The structure also reveals how mutations found in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and in various sporadic cancers impair LKB1 function.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518268/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518268/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zeqiraj, Elton -- Filippi, Beatrice Maria -- Deak, Maria -- Alessi, Dario R -- van Aalten, Daan M F -- 087590/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- C33794/A10969/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- G0900138/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- MC_U127070193/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Dec 18;326(5960):1707-11. doi: 10.1126/science.1178377. Epub 2009 Nov 5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19892943" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/*chemistry/metabolism ; Allosteric Regulation ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enzyme Activation ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Multiprotein Complexes/chemistry/metabolism ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Mutation ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-11-11
    Description: Compared with the enormous arsenal of catalysts used to produce organic compounds, complementary species that are able to mediate sophisticated organometallic transformations are virtually nonexistent. We found that stable N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) can mediate unusual organometallic transformations in solution at room temperature. Depending on the choice of NHC initiator, stoichiometric or catalytic reactions of bis(cyclooctatetraene)iron [Fe(COT)2] ensue. The stoichiometric reaction leads to the isolation of a previously unknown mixed-valent species, featuring distinct and directly bonded Fe(0) and Fe(I) centers. In the catalytic process, three iron atoms are fused to afford the tri-iron cluster Fe3(COT)3, which is a hydrocarbon analog of Dewar's classic Fe3(CO)12 complex. The key step in both of these processes is proposed to involve the NHC's ability to induce metal-metal bond formation. These NHC-mediated reactions provide a foundation on which to develop future organometallic transformations that are catalyzed by organic species.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841742/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841742/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lavallo, Vincent -- Grubbs, Robert H -- 5R01 GM31332/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- F32 GM085916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- F32 GM085916-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- F32 GM085916-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM031332/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM031332-25/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 23;326(5952):559-62. doi: 10.1126/science.1178919.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratory of Chemical Synthesis, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19900894" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Catalysis ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Ferrous Compounds/*chemical synthesis/chemistry ; Heterocyclic Compounds/*chemistry ; Iron/*chemistry ; Ligands ; Methane/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry ; Models, Chemical ; Molecular Structure ; Organometallic Compounds/*chemical synthesis/chemistry ; Physicochemical Processes ; Temperature
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  • 17
    Publication Date: 2009-01-20
    Description: Vaults are among the largest cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein particles and are found in numerous eukaryotic species. Roles in multidrug resistance and innate immunity have been suggested, but the cellular function remains unclear. We have determined the x-ray structure of rat liver vault at 3.5 angstrom resolution and show that the cage structure consists of a dimer of half-vaults, with each half-vault comprising 39 identical major vault protein (MVP) chains. Each MVP monomer folds into 12 domains: nine structural repeat domains, a shoulder domain, a cap-helix domain, and a cap-ring domain. Interactions between the 42-turn-long cap-helix domains are key to stabilizing the particle. The shoulder domain is structurally similar to a core domain of stomatin, a lipid-raft component in erythrocytes and epithelial cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tanaka, Hideaki -- Kato, Koji -- Yamashita, Eiki -- Sumizawa, Tomoyuki -- Zhou, Yong -- Yao, Min -- Iwasaki, Kenji -- Yoshimura, Masato -- Tsukihara, Tomitake -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jan 16;323(5912):384-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1164975.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19150846" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Liver/*chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Rats ; Vault Ribonucleoprotein Particles/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-19
    Description: Inward-rectifier potassium (K+) channels conduct K+ ions most efficiently in one direction, into the cell. Kir2 channels control the resting membrane voltage in many electrically excitable cells, and heritable mutations cause periodic paralysis and cardiac arrhythmia. We present the crystal structure of Kir2.2 from chicken, which, excluding the unstructured amino and carboxyl termini, is 90% identical to human Kir2.2. Crystals containing rubidium (Rb+), strontium (Sr2+), and europium (Eu3+) reveal binding sites along the ion conduction pathway that are both conductive and inhibitory. The sites correlate with extensive electrophysiological data and provide a structural basis for understanding rectification. The channel's extracellular surface, with large structured turrets and an unusual selectivity filter entryway, might explain the relative insensitivity of eukaryotic inward rectifiers to toxins. These same surface features also suggest a possible approach to the development of inhibitory agents specific to each member of the inward-rectifier K+ channel family.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819303/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819303/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tao, Xiao -- Avalos, Jose L -- Chen, Jiayun -- MacKinnon, Roderick -- P30 EB009998/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-10/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-11/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-12/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-13/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-14/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-15/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-17/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-18/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-19/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM043949-20/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Dec 18;326(5960):1668-74. doi: 10.1126/science.1180310.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20019282" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Chickens ; Cloning, Molecular ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Europium/metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Potassium/metabolism ; Potassium Channel Blockers/pharmacology ; Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/antagonists & ; inhibitors/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry ; Rubidium/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment ; Strontium/metabolism ; Xenopus laevis
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    Publication Date: 2009-10-17
    Description: The ribosome selects a correct transfer RNA (tRNA) for each amino acid added to the polypeptide chain, as directed by messenger RNA. Aminoacyl-tRNA is delivered to the ribosome by elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), which hydrolyzes guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and releases tRNA in response to codon recognition. The signaling pathway that leads to GTP hydrolysis upon codon recognition is critical to accurate decoding. Here we present the crystal structure of the ribosome complexed with EF-Tu and aminoacyl-tRNA, refined to 3.6 angstrom resolution. The structure reveals details of the tRNA distortion that allows aminoacyl-tRNA to interact simultaneously with the decoding center of the 30S subunit and EF-Tu at the factor binding site. A series of conformational changes in EF-Tu and aminoacyl-tRNA suggests a communication pathway between the decoding center and the guanosine triphosphatase center of EF-Tu.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763470/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763470/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schmeing, T Martin -- Voorhees, Rebecca M -- Kelley, Ann C -- Gao, Yong-Gui -- Murphy, Frank V 4th -- Weir, John R -- Ramakrishnan, V -- 082086/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- MC_U105184332/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 30;326(5953):688-94. doi: 10.1126/science.1179700. Epub 2009 Oct 15.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19833920" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enzyme Activation ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/metabolism ; Genetic Code ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/*chemistry ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Bacterial/*chemistry ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/*chemistry ; RNA, Transfer, Phe/chemistry ; RNA, Transfer, Thr/chemistry ; Ribosomes/*chemistry ; Thermus thermophilus
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    Publication Date: 2009-07-18
    Description: Selenocysteine is the only genetically encoded amino acid in humans whose biosynthesis occurs on its cognate transfer RNA (tRNA). O-Phosphoseryl-tRNA:selenocysteinyl-tRNA synthase (SepSecS) catalyzes the final step of selenocysteine formation by a poorly understood tRNA-dependent mechanism. The crystal structure of human tRNA(Sec) in complex with SepSecS, phosphoserine, and thiophosphate, together with in vivo and in vitro enzyme assays, supports a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent mechanism of Sec-tRNA(Sec) formation. Two tRNA(Sec) molecules, with a fold distinct from other canonical tRNAs, bind to each SepSecS tetramer through their 13-base pair acceptor-TPsiC arm (where Psi indicates pseudouridine). The tRNA binding is likely to induce a conformational change in the enzyme's active site that allows a phosphoserine covalently attached to tRNA(Sec), but not free phosphoserine, to be oriented properly for the reaction to occur.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857584/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857584/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Palioura, Sotiria -- Sherrer, R Lynn -- Steitz, Thomas A -- Soll, Dieter -- Simonovic, Miljan -- R01 GM022854/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM022854-33/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jul 17;325(5938):321-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1173755.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19608919" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Biocatalysis ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Phosphates/chemistry/metabolism ; Phosphoserine/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific/*chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/*metabolism ; Selenocysteine/*biosynthesis/genetics
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: Previous x-ray crystal structures have given insight into the mechanism of transcription and the role of general transcription factors in the initiation of the process. A structure of an RNA polymerase II-general transcription factor TFIIB complex at 4.5 angstrom resolution revealed the amino-terminal region of TFIIB, including a loop termed the "B finger," reaching into the active center of the polymerase where it may interact with both DNA and RNA, but this structure showed little of the carboxyl-terminal region. A new crystal structure of the same complex at 3.8 angstrom resolution obtained under different solution conditions is complementary with the previous one, revealing the carboxyl-terminal region of TFIIB, located above the polymerase active center cleft, but showing none of the B finger. In the new structure, the linker between the amino- and carboxyl-terminal regions can also be seen, snaking down from above the cleft toward the active center. The two structures, taken together with others previously obtained, dispel long-standing mysteries of the transcription initiation process.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813267/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813267/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Xin -- Bushnell, David A -- Wang, Dong -- Calero, Guillermo -- Kornberg, Roger D -- AI21144/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM049985/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- K99 GM085136/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- K99 GM085136-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R00 GM085136/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI021144/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI021144-25/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM036659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM049985/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM049985-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Jan 8;327(5962):206-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1182015. Epub 2009 Nov 12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965383" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA Polymerase II/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/*chemistry/*metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: Tetrathiomolybdate (TM) is an orally active agent for treatment of disorders of copper metabolism. Here we describe how TM inhibits proteins that regulate copper physiology. Crystallographic results reveal that the surprising stability of the drug complex with the metallochaperone Atx1 arises from formation of a sulfur-bridged copper-molybdenum cluster reminiscent of those found in molybdenum and iron sulfur proteins. Spectroscopic studies indicate that this cluster is stable in solution and corresponds to physiological clusters isolated from TM-treated Wilson's disease animal models. Finally, mechanistic studies show that the drug-metallochaperone inhibits metal transfer functions between copper-trafficking proteins. The results are consistent with a model wherein TM can directly and reversibly down-regulate copper delivery to secreted metalloenzymes and suggest that proteins involved in metal regulation might be fruitful drug targets.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658115/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658115/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Alvarez, Hamsell M -- Xue, Yi -- Robinson, Chandler D -- Canalizo-Hernandez, Monica A -- Marvin, Rebecca G -- Kelly, Rebekah A -- Mondragon, Alfonso -- Penner-Hahn, James E -- O'Halloran, Thomas V -- GM38047/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM38784/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM54222/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM038047/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM038784/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM054111/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM038784/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Jan 15;327(5963):331-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1179907. Epub 2009 Nov 26.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965379" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Carrier Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/*metabolism ; Cation Transport Proteins/metabolism ; Copper/chemistry/*metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Ligands ; Metallochaperones/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Chemical ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Structure ; Molybdenum/chemistry/*metabolism/*pharmacology ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Physicochemical Processes ; Protein Conformation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-10-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Service, Robert F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 16;326(5951):346-7. doi: 10.1126/science.326_346.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19833925" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Chemistry/*history ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Great Britain ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Israel ; *Nobel Prize ; *Ribosomes/physiology/ultrastructure ; United States
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    Publication Date: 2009-03-03
    Description: Influenza virus presents an important and persistent threat to public health worldwide, and current vaccines provide immunity to viral isolates similar to the vaccine strain. High-affinity antibodies against a conserved epitope could provide immunity to the diverse influenza subtypes and protection against future pandemic viruses. Cocrystal structures were determined at 2.2 and 2.7 angstrom resolutions for broadly neutralizing human antibody CR6261 Fab in complexes with the major surface antigen (hemagglutinin, HA) from viruses responsible for the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic and a recent lethal case of H5N1 avian influenza. In contrast to other structurally characterized influenza antibodies, CR6261 recognizes a highly conserved helical region in the membrane-proximal stem of HA1 and HA2. The antibody neutralizes the virus by blocking conformational rearrangements associated with membrane fusion. The CR6261 epitope identified here should accelerate the design and implementation of improved vaccines that can elicit CR6261-like antibodies, as well as antibody-based therapies for the treatment of influenza.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2758658/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2758658/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ekiert, Damian C -- Bhabha, Gira -- Elsliger, Marc-Andre -- Friesen, Robert H E -- Jongeneelen, Mandy -- Throsby, Mark -- Goudsmit, Jaap -- Wilson, Ian A -- AI-058113/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P01 AI058113/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P01 AI058113-040002/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM074898/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM074898-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Y1-CO-1020/CO/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Y1-GM-1104/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Apr 10;324(5924):246-51. doi: 10.1126/science.1171491. Epub 2009 Feb 26.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19251591" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antibodies, Viral/chemistry/*immunology ; *Antibody Affinity ; Antigens, Viral/chemistry/*immunology ; *Binding Sites, Antibody ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Epitopes/immunology ; Glycosylation ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/chemistry/*immunology ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/chemistry/*immunology ; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/*immunology ; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype/*immunology ; Influenza Vaccines ; Membrane Fusion ; Models, Molecular ; Neutralization Tests ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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    Publication Date: 2009-09-12
    Description: Activation of Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) to the guanine triphosphate (GTP)-bound state is a critical event in their regulation of the cytoskeleton and cell signaling. Members of the DOCK family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) are important activators of Rho GTPases, but the mechanism of activation by their catalytic DHR2 domain is unknown. Through structural analysis of DOCK9-Cdc42 complexes, we identify a nucleotide sensor within the alpha10 helix of the DHR2 domain that contributes to release of guanine diphosphate (GDP) and then to discharge of the activated GTP-bound Cdc42. Magnesium exclusion, a critical factor in promoting GDP release, is mediated by a conserved valine residue within this sensor, whereas binding of GTP-Mg2+ to the nucleotide-free complex results in magnesium-inducing displacement of the sensor to stimulate discharge of Cdc42-GTP. These studies identify an unusual mechanism of GDP release and define the complete GEF catalytic cycle from GDP dissociation followed by GTP binding and discharge of the activated GTPase.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yang, Jing -- Zhang, Ziguo -- Roe, S Mark -- Marshall, Christopher J -- Barford, David -- 10433/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Sep 11;325(5946):1398-402. doi: 10.1126/science.1174468.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19745154" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enzyme Activation ; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Guanosine Diphosphate/*metabolism ; Guanosine Triphosphate/*metabolism ; Humans ; Magnesium/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein/*chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-06-06
    Description: All living organisms face a variety of environmental stresses that cause the misfolding and aggregation of proteins. To eliminate damaged proteins, cells developed highly efficient stress response and protein quality control systems. We performed a biochemical and structural analysis of the bacterial CtsR/McsB stress response. The crystal structure of the CtsR repressor, in complex with DNA, pinpointed key residues important for high-affinity binding to the promoter regions of heat-shock genes. Moreover, biochemical characterization of McsB revealed that McsB specifically phosphorylates arginine residues in the DNA binding domain of CtsR, thereby impairing its function as a repressor of stress response genes. Identification of the CtsR/McsB arginine phospho-switch expands the repertoire of possible protein modifications involved in prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcriptional regulation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fuhrmann, Jakob -- Schmidt, Andreas -- Spiess, Silvia -- Lehner, Anita -- Turgay, Kursad -- Mechtler, Karl -- Charpentier, Emmanuelle -- Clausen, Tim -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jun 5;324(5932):1323-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1170088.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohrgasse 7, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19498169" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Arginine/metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism ; Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Geobacillus stearothermophilus/genetics/*metabolism ; Heat-Shock Response/*genetics ; Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Phosphorylation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Kinases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Repressor Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: The site on HIV-1 gp120 that binds to the CD4 receptor is vulnerable to antibodies. However, most antibodies that interact with this site cannot neutralize HIV-1. To understand the basis of this resistance, we determined co-crystal structures for two poorly neutralizing, CD4-binding site (CD4BS) antibodies, F105 and b13, in complexes with gp120. Both antibodies exhibited approach angles to gp120 similar to those of CD4 and a rare, broadly neutralizing CD4BS antibody, b12. Slight differences in recognition, however, resulted in substantial differences in F105- and b13-bound conformations relative to b12-bound gp120. Modeling and binding experiments revealed these conformations to be poorly compatible with the viral spike. This incompatibility, the consequence of slight differences in CD4BS recognition, renders HIV-1 resistant to all but the most accurately targeted antibodies.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862588/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862588/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chen, Lei -- Kwon, Young Do -- Zhou, Tongqing -- Wu, Xueling -- O'Dell, Sijy -- Cavacini, Lisa -- Hessell, Ann J -- Pancera, Marie -- Tang, Min -- Xu, Ling -- Yang, Zhi-Yong -- Zhang, Mei-Yun -- Arthos, James -- Burton, Dennis R -- Dimitrov, Dimiter S -- Nabel, Gary J -- Posner, Marshall R -- Sodroski, Joseph -- Wyatt, Richard -- Mascola, John R -- Kwong, Peter D -- Z99 AI999999/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Nov 20;326(5956):1123-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1175868.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965434" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antibodies, Neutralizing/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Antigens, CD4/chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Epitopes ; HIV Antibodies/*chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Hiv-1 ; Humans ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; *Immune Evasion ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Protein Conformation
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    Publication Date: 2009-04-25
    Description: CRM1 mediates nuclear export of numerous unrelated cargoes, which may carry a short leucine-rich nuclear export signal or export signatures that include folded domains. How CRM1 recognizes such a variety of cargoes has been unknown up to this point. Here we present the crystal structure of the SPN1.CRM1.RanGTP export complex at 2.5 angstrom resolution (where SPN1 is snurportin1 and RanGTP is guanosine 5' triphosphate-bound Ran). SPN1 is a nuclear import adapter for cytoplasmically assembled, m(3)G-capped spliceosomal U snRNPs (small nuclear ribonucleoproteins). The structure shows how CRM1 can specifically return the cargo-free form of SPN1 to the cytoplasm. The extensive contact area includes five hydrophobic residues at the SPN1 amino terminus that dock into a hydrophobic cleft of CRM1, as well as numerous hydrophilic contacts of CRM1 to m(3)G cap-binding domain and carboxyl-terminal residues of SPN1. The structure suggests that RanGTP promotes cargo-binding to CRM1 solely through long-range conformational changes in the exportin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Monecke, Thomas -- Guttler, Thomas -- Neumann, Piotr -- Dickmanns, Achim -- Gorlich, Dirk -- Ficner, Ralf -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 May 22;324(5930):1087-91. doi: 10.1126/science.1173388. Epub 2009 Apr 23.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Abteilung fur Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Genetik, GZMB, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Gottingen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19389996" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Karyopherins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA Cap-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*chemistry/metabolism ; beta Karyopherins/metabolism ; ran GTP-Binding Protein/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-08-22
    Description: Protein biosynthesis on the ribosome requires repeated cycles of ratcheting, which couples rotation of the two ribosomal subunits with respect to each other, and swiveling of the head domain of the small subunit. However, the molecular basis for how the two ribosomal subunits rearrange contacts with each other during ratcheting while remaining stably associated is not known. Here, we describe x-ray crystal structures of the intact Escherichia coli ribosome, either in the apo-form (3.5 angstrom resolution) or with one (4.0 angstrom resolution) or two (4.0 angstrom resolution) anticodon stem-loop tRNA mimics bound, that reveal intermediate states of intersubunit rotation. In the structures, the interface between the small and large ribosomal subunits rearranges in discrete steps along the ratcheting pathway. Positioning of the head domain of the small subunit is controlled by interactions with the large subunit and with the tRNA bound in the peptidyl-tRNA site. The intermediates observed here provide insight into how tRNAs move into the hybrid state of binding that precedes the final steps of mRNA and tRNA translocation.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919209/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919209/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Wen -- Dunkle, Jack A -- Cate, Jamie H D -- CA92584/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM65050/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065050/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065050-08/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR-15301/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Aug 21;325(5943):1014-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1175275.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19696352" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Anticodon/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli/chemistry/metabolism/*ultrastructure ; Escherichia coli Proteins/biosynthesis/chemistry/metabolism ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; *Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein Conformation ; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Met/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Phe/chemistry/metabolism ; Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Ribosome Subunits, Large, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Ribosomes/chemistry/*metabolism/*ultrastructure
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sussman, Michael R -- Phillips, George N Jr -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Dec 4;326(5958):1356-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1184135.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biotechnology Center and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. msussman@wisc.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965746" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Abscisic Acid/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Membrane Transport Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; *Plant Physiological Phenomena ; Plant Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Multimerization ; Seeds/growth & development/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 2009-08-08
    Description: Protein synthesis involves the accurate attachment of amino acids to their matching transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules. Mistranslating the amino acids serine or glycine for alanine is prevented by the function of independent but collaborative aminoacylation and editing domains of alanyl-tRNA synthetases (AlaRSs). We show that the C-Ala domain plays a key role in AlaRS function. The C-Ala domain is universally tethered to the editing domain both in AlaRS and in many homologous free-standing editing proteins. Crystal structure and functional analyses showed that C-Ala forms an ancient single-stranded nucleic acid binding motif that promotes cooperative binding of both aminoacylation and editing domains to tRNA(Ala). In addition, C-Ala may have played an essential role in the evolution of AlaRSs by coupling aminoacylation to editing to prevent mistranslation.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559334/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559334/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Guo, Min -- Chong, Yeeting E -- Beebe, Kirk -- Shapiro, Ryan -- Yang, Xiang-Lei -- Schimmel, Paul -- GM 15539/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM015539/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Aug 7;325(5941):744-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1174343.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, BCC-379, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19661429" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alanine-tRNA Ligase/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacteria/enzymology ; Base Sequence ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Evolution, Molecular ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Phylogeny ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Ala/*chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/chemistry/metabolism ; *Transfer RNA Aminoacylation
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    Publication Date: 2009-03-21
    Description: The interface between antibody and antigen is often depicted as a lock and key, suggesting that an antibody surface can accommodate only one antigen. Here, we describe an antibody with an antigen binding site that binds two distinct proteins with high affinity. We isolated a variant of Herceptin, a therapeutic monoclonal antibody that binds the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), on the basis of its ability to simultaneously interact with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Crystallographic and mutagenesis studies revealed that distinct amino acids of this antibody, called bH1, engage HER2 and VEGF energetically, but there is extensive overlap between the antibody surface areas contacting the two antigens. An affinity-improved version of bH1 inhibits both HER2- and VEGF-mediated cell proliferation in vitro and tumor progression in mouse models. Such "two-in-one" antibodies challenge the monoclonal antibody paradigm of one binding site, one antigen. They could also provide new opportunities for antibody-based therapy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bostrom, Jenny -- Yu, Shang-Fan -- Kan, David -- Appleton, Brent A -- Lee, Chingwei V -- Billeci, Karen -- Man, Wenyan -- Peale, Franklin -- Ross, Sarajane -- Wiesmann, Christian -- Fuh, Germaine -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Mar 20;323(5921):1610-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1165480.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299620" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies, Bispecific/chemistry/genetics/*immunology/therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/genetics/*immunology/therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; Antibody Affinity ; Antibody Specificity ; Binding Sites, Antibody/genetics ; Cell Proliferation/drug effects ; Complementarity Determining Regions/genetics/immunology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Epitopes/immunology/metabolism ; Genetic Engineering ; Humans ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Mutagenesis ; Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Receptor, ErbB-2/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Thermodynamics ; Trastuzumab ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important human pathogen, yet neither a vaccine nor effective therapies are available to treat infection. To help elucidate the replication mechanism of this RNA virus, we determined the three-dimensional (3D) crystal structure at 3.3 A resolution of a decameric, annular ribonucleoprotein complex of the RSV nucleoprotein (N) bound to RNA. This complex mimics one turn of the viral helical nucleocapsid complex, which serves as template for viral RNA synthesis. The RNA wraps around the protein ring, with seven nucleotides contacting each N subunit, alternating rows of four and three stacked bases that are exposed and buried within a protein groove, respectively. Combined with electron microscopy data, this structure provides a detailed model for the RSV nucleocapsid, in which the bases are accessible for readout by the viral polymerase. Furthermore, the nucleoprotein structure highlights possible key sites for drug targeting.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tawar, Rajiv G -- Duquerroy, Stephane -- Vonrhein, Clemens -- Varela, Paloma F -- Damier-Piolle, Laurence -- Castagne, Nathalie -- MacLellan, Kirsty -- Bedouelle, Hugues -- Bricogne, Gerard -- Bhella, David -- Eleouet, Jean-Francois -- Rey, Felix A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Nov 27;326(5957):1279-83. doi: 10.1126/science.1177634.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut Pasteur, Unite de Virologie Structurale, Departement de Virologie and CNRS Unite de Recherche Associee (URA) 3015, 25 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965480" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Nucleocapsid Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Viral/*chemistry/metabolism ; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-08-22
    Description: Elongation factor P (EF-P) is an essential protein that stimulates the formation of the first peptide bond in protein synthesis. Here we report the crystal structure of EF-P bound to the Thermus thermophilus 70S ribosome along with the initiator transfer RNA N-formyl-methionyl-tRNA(i) (fMet-tRNA(i)(fMet)) and a short piece of messenger RNA (mRNA) at a resolution of 3.5 angstroms. EF-P binds to a site located between the binding site for the peptidyl tRNA (P site) and the exiting tRNA (E site). It spans both ribosomal subunits with its amino-terminal domain positioned adjacent to the aminoacyl acceptor stem and its carboxyl-terminal domain positioned next to the anticodon stem-loop of the P site-bound initiator tRNA. Domain II of EF-P interacts with the ribosomal protein L1, which results in the largest movement of the L1 stalk that has been observed in the absence of ratcheting of the ribosomal subunits. EF-P facilitates the proper positioning of the fMet-tRNA(i)(fMet) for the formation of the first peptide bond during translation initiation.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296453/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296453/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blaha, Gregor -- Stanley, Robin E -- Steitz, Thomas A -- GM22778/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P01 GM022778/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P01 GM022778-36/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Aug 21;325(5943):966-70. doi: 10.1126/science.1175800.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19696344" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Models, Molecular ; *Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational ; Peptide Elongation Factors/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Met/chemistry/metabolism ; Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism ; Ribosome Subunits, Large, Bacterial/metabolism ; Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial/metabolism ; Ribosomes/*metabolism ; Thermus thermophilus/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-11-26
    Description: The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) acts in seed dormancy, plant development, drought tolerance, and adaptive responses to environmental stresses. Structural mechanisms mediating ABA receptor recognition and signaling remain unknown but are essential for understanding and manipulating abiotic stress resistance. Here, we report structures of pyrabactin resistance 1 (PYR1), a prototypical PYR/PYR1-like (PYL)/regulatory component of ABA receptor (RCAR) protein that functions in early ABA signaling. The crystallographic structure reveals an alpha/beta helix-grip fold and homodimeric assembly, verified in vivo by coimmunoprecipitation. ABA binding within a large internal cavity switches structural motifs distinguishing ABA-free "open-lid" from ABA-bound "closed-lid" conformations. Small-angle x-ray scattering suggests that ABA signals by converting PYR1 to a more compact, symmetric closed-lid dimer. Site-directed PYR1 mutants designed to disrupt hormone binding lose ABA-triggered interactions with type 2C protein phosphatase partners in planta.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835493/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835493/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nishimura, Noriyuki -- Hitomi, Kenichi -- Arvai, Andrew S -- Rambo, Robert P -- Hitomi, Chiharu -- Cutler, Sean R -- Schroeder, Julian I -- Getzoff, Elizabeth D -- ES010337/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- GM060396/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM37684/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P42 ES010337/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- P42 ES010337-10S20008/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM060396/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM060396-08/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Dec 4;326(5958):1373-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1181829. Epub 2009 Oct 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19933100" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Abscisic Acid/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Immunoprecipitation ; Membrane Transport Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; Scattering, Small Angle ; *Signal Transduction ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
    Description: Nuclear export of microRNAs (miRNAs) by exportin-5 (Exp-5) is an essential step in miRNA biogenesis. Here, we present the 2.9 angstrom structure of the pre-miRNA nuclear export machinery formed by pre-miRNA complexed with Exp-5 and a guanine triphosphate (GTP)-bound form of the small nuclear guanine triphosphatase (GTPase) Ran (RanGTP). The x-ray structure shows that Exp-5:RanGTP recognizes the 2-nucleotide 3' overhang structure and the double-stranded stem of the pre-miRNA. Exp-5:RanGTP shields the pre-miRNA stem from degradation in a baseball mitt-like structure where it is held by broadly distributed weak interactions, whereas a tunnel-like structure of Exp-5 interacts strongly with the 2-nucleotide 3' overhang through hydrogen bonds and ionic interactions. RNA recognition by Exp-5:RanGTP does not depend on RNA sequence, implying that Exp-5:RanGTP can recognize a variety of pre-miRNAs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Okada, Chimari -- Yamashita, Eiki -- Lee, Soo Jae -- Shibata, Satoshi -- Katahira, Jun -- Nakagawa, Atsushi -- Yoneda, Yoshihiro -- Tsukihara, Tomitake -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Nov 27;326(5957):1275-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1178705.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965479" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dogs ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Karyopherins/*chemistry/metabolism ; MicroRNAs/*chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Physicochemical Processes ; Protein Conformation ; ran GTP-Binding Protein/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2009-01-20
    Description: Bacterial multidrug tolerance is largely responsible for the inability of antibiotics to eradicate infections and is caused by a small population of dormant bacteria called persisters. HipA is a critical Escherichia coli persistence factor that is normally neutralized by HipB, a transcription repressor, which also regulates hipBA expression. Here, we report multiple structures of HipA and a HipA-HipB-DNA complex. HipA has a eukaryotic serine/threonine kinase-like fold and can phosphorylate the translation factor EF-Tu, suggesting a persistence mechanism via cell stasis. The HipA-HipB-DNA structure reveals the HipB-operator binding mechanism, approximately 70 degrees DNA bending, and unexpected HipA-DNA contacts. Dimeric HipB interacts with two HipA molecules to inhibit its kinase activity through sequestration and conformational inactivation. Combined, these studies suggest mechanisms for HipA-mediated persistence and its neutralization by HipB.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2764309/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2764309/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schumacher, Maria A -- Piro, Kevin M -- Xu, Weijun -- Hansen, Sonja -- Lewis, Kim -- Brennan, Richard G -- AI048593/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM061162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM074815/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061162-09/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jan 16;323(5912):396-401. doi: 10.1126/science.1163806.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000, Houston, TX 77030, USA. maschuma@mdanderson.org〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19150849" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Dimerization ; *Drug Tolerance ; Escherichia coli/chemistry/*drug effects/genetics/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Operator Regions, Genetic ; Operon ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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    Publication Date: 2008-02-23
    Description: The carboxysome is a bacterial microcompartment that functions as a simple organelle by sequestering enzymes involved in carbon fixation. The carboxysome shell is roughly 800 to 1400 angstroms in diameter and is assembled from several thousand protein subunits. Previous studies have revealed the three-dimensional structures of hexameric carboxysome shell proteins, which self-assemble into molecular layers that most likely constitute the facets of the polyhedral shell. Here, we report the three-dimensional structures of two proteins of previously unknown function, CcmL and OrfA (or CsoS4A), from the two known classes of carboxysomes, at resolutions of 2.4 and 2.15 angstroms. Both proteins assemble to form pentameric structures whose size and shape are compatible with formation of vertices in an icosahedral shell. Combining these pentamers with the hexamers previously elucidated gives two plausible, preliminary atomic models for the carboxysome shell.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tanaka, Shiho -- Kerfeld, Cheryl A -- Sawaya, Michael R -- Cai, Fei -- Heinhorst, Sabine -- Cannon, Gordon C -- Yeates, Todd O -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Feb 22;319(5866):1083-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1151458.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18292340" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/physiology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cytoplasmic Structures/*chemistry/ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Synechocystis/*chemistry/ultrastructure
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    Publication Date: 2008-01-12
    Description: The analysis of natural contact interfaces between protein subunits and between proteins has disclosed some general rules governing their association. We have applied these rules to produce a number of novel assemblies, demonstrating that a given protein can be engineered to form contacts at various points of its surface. Symmetry plays an important role because it defines the multiplicity of a designed contact and therefore the number of required mutations. Some of the proteins needed only a single side-chain alteration in order to associate to a higher-order complex. The mobility of the buried side chains has to be taken into account. Four assemblies have been structurally elucidated. Comparisons between the designed contacts and the results will provide useful guidelines for the development of future architectures.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Grueninger, Dirk -- Treiber, Nora -- Ziegler, Mathias O P -- Koetter, Jochen W A -- Schulze, Monika-Sarah -- Schulz, Georg E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jan 11;319(5860):206-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1150421.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18187656" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aldehyde-Lyases/*chemistry/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cysteine Synthase/*chemistry/genetics ; Dimerization ; Glycoside Hydrolases/*chemistry/genetics ; Models, Molecular ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry ; Point Mutation ; Porins/*chemistry/genetics ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Engineering ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/*chemistry/genetics ; Urocanate Hydratase/*chemistry/genetics
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    Publication Date: 2008-03-01
    Description: The blue-emissive antibody EP2-19G2 that has been elicited against trans-stilbene has unprecedented ability to produce bright luminescence and has been used as a biosensor in various applications. We show that the prolonged luminescence is not stilbene fluorescence. Instead, the emissive species is a charge-transfer excited complex of an anionic stilbene and a cationic, parallel pi-stacked tryptophan. Upon charge recombination, this complex generates exceptionally bright blue light. Complex formation is enabled by a deeply penetrating ligand-binding pocket, which in turn results from a noncanonical interface between the two variable domains of the antibody.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Debler, Erik W -- Kaufmann, Gunnar F -- Meijler, Michael M -- Heine, Andreas -- Mee, Jenny M -- Pljevaljcic, Goran -- Di Bilio, Angel J -- Schultz, Peter G -- Millar, David P -- Janda, Kim D -- Wilson, Ian A -- Gray, Harry B -- Lerner, Richard A -- DK19038/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM38273/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM56528/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM038273/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Feb 29;319(5867):1232-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1153445.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18309081" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antibodies, Monoclonal/*chemistry/genetics/immunology ; Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Binding Sites, Antibody ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; *Electrons ; Fluorescence ; Fluorescence Polarization ; Haptens/chemistry/immunology ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region/*chemistry/immunology ; Ligands ; Luminescence ; Mutation ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; Spectrum Analysis ; Stilbenes/*chemistry/immunology ; Tryptophan/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2008-04-05
    Description: Group II introns are self-splicing ribozymes that catalyze their own excision from precursor transcripts and insertion into new genetic locations. Here we report the crystal structure of an intact, self-spliced group II intron from Oceanobacillus iheyensis at 3.1 angstrom resolution. An extensive network of tertiary interactions facilitates the ordered packing of intron subdomains around a ribozyme core that includes catalytic domain V. The bulge of domain V adopts an unusual helical structure that is located adjacent to a major groove triple helix (catalytic triplex). The bulge and catalytic triplex jointly coordinate two divalent metal ions in a configuration that is consistent with a two-metal ion mechanism for catalysis. Structural and functional analogies support the hypothesis that group II introns and the spliceosome share a common ancestor.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406475/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406475/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Toor, Navtej -- Keating, Kevin S -- Taylor, Sean D -- Pyle, Anna Marie -- GM50313/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM050313/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T15 LM07056/LM/NLM NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Apr 4;320(5872):77-82. doi: 10.1126/science.1153803.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, Bass Building, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. navtej.toor@yale.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18388288" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Allosteric Regulation ; Bacillaceae/chemistry/*genetics ; Base Pairing ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Evolution, Molecular ; *Introns ; Ligands ; Magnesium/chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Phylogeny ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Bacterial/*chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Spliceosomes/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-10-11
    Description: Vibrio cholerae RTX (repeats in toxin) is an actin-disrupting toxin that is autoprocessed by an internal cysteine protease domain (CPD). The RTX CPD is efficiently activated by the eukaryote-specific small molecule inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6), and we present the 2.1 angstrom structure of the RTX CPD in complex with InsP6. InsP6 binds to a conserved basic cleft that is distant from the protease active site. Biochemical and kinetic analyses of CPD mutants indicate that InsP6 binding induces an allosteric switch that leads to the autoprocessing and intracellular release of toxin-effector domains.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272704/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272704/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lupardus, Patrick J -- Shen, Aimee -- Bogyo, Matthew -- Garcia, K Christopher -- R01 AI078947/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI078947-04/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 EB005011/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/ -- R01 EB005011-06/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/ -- R01 EB005011-07/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/ -- U54RR020843/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 10;322(5899):265-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1162403.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18845756" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acyltransferases/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Allosteric Regulation ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Bacterial Toxins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Enzyme Activation ; Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/*metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; Phytic Acid/*metabolism ; Point Mutation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Surface Plasmon Resonance ; Vibrio cholerae/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2008-04-19
    Description: Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) recognizes double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), a molecular signature of most viruses, and triggers inflammatory responses that prevent viral spread. TLR3 ectodomains (ECDs) dimerize on oligonucleotides of at least 40 to 50 base pairs in length, the minimal length required for signal transduction. To establish the molecular basis for ligand binding and signaling, we determined the crystal structure of a complex between two mouse TLR3-ECDs and dsRNA at 3.4 angstrom resolution. Each TLR3-ECD binds dsRNA at two sites located at opposite ends of the TLR3 horseshoe, and an intermolecular contact between the two TLR3-ECD C-terminal domains coordinates and stabilizes the dimer. This juxtaposition could mediate downstream signaling by dimerizing the cytoplasmic Toll interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domains. The overall shape of the TLR3-ECD does not change upon binding to dsRNA.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761030/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761030/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Lin -- Botos, Istvan -- Wang, Yan -- Leonard, Joshua N -- Shiloach, Joseph -- Segal, David M -- Davies, David R -- Z01 BC009254-33/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Apr 18;320(5874):379-81. doi: 10.1126/science.1155406.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18420935" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Humans ; Ligands ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; NF-kappa B/metabolism ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Double-Stranded/*chemistry/*metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; Toll-Like Receptor 3/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-11-01
    Description: Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) facilitate nucleocytoplasmic transport. These massive assemblies comprise an eightfold symmetric scaffold of architectural proteins and central-channel phenylalanine-glycine-repeat proteins forming the transport barrier. We determined the nucleoporin 85 (Nup85)*Seh1 structure, a module in the heptameric Nup84 complex, at 3.5 angstroms resolution. Structural, biochemical, and genetic analyses position the Nup84 complex in two peripheral NPC rings. We establish a conserved tripartite element, the ancestral coatomer element ACE1, that reoccurs in several nucleoporins and vesicle coat proteins, providing structural evidence of coevolution from a common ancestor. We identified interactions that define the organization of the Nup84 complex on the basis of comparison with vesicle coats and confirmed the sites by mutagenesis. We propose that the NPC scaffold, like vesicle coats, is composed of polygons with vertices and edges forming a membrane-proximal lattice that provides docking sites for additional nucleoporins.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680690/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680690/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Brohawn, Stephen G -- Leksa, Nina C -- Spear, Eric D -- Rajashankar, Kanagalaghatta R -- Schwartz, Thomas U -- GM68762/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM77537/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM077537/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM077537-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Nov 28;322(5906):1369-73. doi: 10.1126/science.1165886. Epub 2008 Oct 30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974315" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Coated Vesicles/*chemistry ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Evolution, Molecular ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis ; Nuclear Pore/*chemistry ; Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Vesicular Transport Proteins/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2008-03-22
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Service, Robert F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 21;319(5870):1612. doi: 10.1126/science.319.5870.1612.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18356502" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Computational Biology ; *Computer Simulation ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; *Models, Molecular ; *Protein Conformation ; Proteins/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2008-03-22
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Service, Robert F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 21;319(5870):1610-3. doi: 10.1126/science.319.5870.1610.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18356501" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography, X-Ray ; Databases, Protein ; Financing, Government ; *National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.)/economics ; *Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Proteins/*chemistry ; Proteomics ; United States
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    Publication Date: 2008-10-04
    Description: A commonly used strategy by microorganisms to survive multiple stresses involves a signal transduction cascade that increases the expression of stress-responsive genes. Stress signals can be integrated by a multiprotein signaling hub that responds to various signals to effect a single outcome. We obtained a medium-resolution cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the 1.8-megadalton "stressosome" from Bacillus subtilis. Fitting known crystal structures of components into this reconstruction gave a pseudoatomic structure, which had a virus capsid-like core with sensory extensions. We suggest that the different sensory extensions respond to different signals, whereas the conserved domains in the core integrate the varied signals. The architecture of the stressosome provides the potential for cooperativity, suggesting that the response could be tuned dependent on the magnitude of chemophysical insult.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marles-Wright, Jon -- Grant, Tim -- Delumeau, Olivier -- van Duinen, Gijs -- Firbank, Susan J -- Lewis, Peter J -- Murray, James W -- Newman, Joseph A -- Quin, Maureen B -- Race, Paul R -- Rohou, Alexis -- Tichelaar, Willem -- van Heel, Marin -- Lewis, Richard J -- BB/D000521/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- BB/F001533/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 3;322(5898):92-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1159572.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18832644" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacillus subtilis/*chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Multiprotein Complexes/*chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Phosphoproteins/*chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Sigma Factor/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction
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    Publication Date: 2008-12-17
    Description: Dynein motors move various cargos along microtubules within the cytoplasm and power the beating of cilia and flagella. An unusual feature of dynein is that its microtubule-binding domain (MTBD) is separated from its ring-shaped AAA+ adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) domain by a 15-nanometer coiled-coil stalk. We report the crystal structure of the mouse cytoplasmic dynein MTBD and a portion of the coiled coil, which supports a mechanism by which the ATPase domain and MTBD may communicate through a shift in the heptad registry of the coiled coil. Surprisingly, functional data suggest that the MTBD, and not the ATPase domain, is the main determinant of the direction of dynein motility.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2663340/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2663340/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Carter, Andrew P -- Garbarino, Joan E -- Wilson-Kubalek, Elizabeth M -- Shipley, Wesley E -- Cho, Carol -- Milligan, Ronald A -- Vale, Ronald D -- Gibbons, I R -- GM30401-29/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM52468/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P01 AR042895/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- P01 AR042895-15/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- P01-AR42895/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- P41 RR-17573/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM097312/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 12;322(5908):1691-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1164424.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074350" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Dyneins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Mice ; Microscopy, Electron ; Microtubules/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Movement ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-07-16
    Description: Secretory and membrane proteins carry amino-terminal signal sequences that, in cotranslational targeting, are recognized by the signal recognition particle protein SRP54 without sequence specificity. The most abundant membrane proteins on Earth are the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins (LHCPs). They are synthesized in the cytoplasm, imported into the chloroplast, and posttranslationally targeted to the thylakoid membrane by cpSRP, a heterodimer formed by cpSRP54 and cpSRP43. We present the 1.5 angstrom crystal structure of cpSRP43 characterized by a unique arrangement of chromodomains and ankyrin repeats. The overall shape and charge distribution of cpSRP43 resembles the SRP RNA, which is absent in chloroplasts. The complex with the internal signal sequence of LHCPs reveals that cpSRP43 specifically recognizes a DPLG peptide motif. We describe how cpSPR43 adapts the universally conserved SRP system to posttranslational targeting and insertion of the LHCP family of membrane proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stengel, Katharina F -- Holdermann, Iris -- Cain, Peter -- Robinson, Colin -- Wild, Klemens -- Sinning, Irmgard -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jul 11;321(5886):253-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1158640.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biochemie-Zentrum der Universitat Heidelberg, INF328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18621669" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Ankyrin Repeat ; Arabidopsis/chemistry/*metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Calorimetry ; Chloroplast Proteins ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits ; RNA, Plant/chemistry/metabolism ; Signal Recognition Particle/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Thylakoids/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-07-05
    Description: Membrane transporters that use energy stored in sodium gradients to drive nutrients into cells constitute a major class of proteins. We report the crystal structure of a member of the solute sodium symporters (SSS), the Vibrio parahaemolyticus sodium/galactose symporter (vSGLT). The approximately 3.0 angstrom structure contains 14 transmembrane (TM) helices in an inward-facing conformation with a core structure of inverted repeats of 5 TM helices (TM2 to TM6 and TM7 to TM11). Galactose is bound in the center of the core, occluded from the outside solutions by hydrophobic residues. Surprisingly, the architecture of the core is similar to that of the leucine transporter (LeuT) from a different gene family. Modeling the outward-facing conformation based on the LeuT structure, in conjunction with biophysical data, provides insight into structural rearrangements for active transport.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654663/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654663/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Faham, Salem -- Watanabe, Akira -- Besserer, Gabriel Mercado -- Cascio, Duilio -- Specht, Alexandre -- Hirayama, Bruce A -- Wright, Ernest M -- Abramson, Jeff -- DK19567/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DK44602/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM07844/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM078844/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM078844-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM078844-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM078844-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Aug 8;321(5890):810-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1160406. Epub 2008 Jul 3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18599740" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Biological Transport ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Galactose/chemistry/*metabolism ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Lipid Bilayers/chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Sodium/chemistry/*metabolism ; Sodium-Glucose Transport Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Vibrio parahaemolyticus/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-10-18
    Description: DNA is thought to behave as a stiff elastic rod with respect to the ubiquitous mechanical deformations inherent to its biology. To test this model at short DNA lengths, we measured the mean and variance of end-to-end length for a series of DNA double helices in solution, using small-angle x-ray scattering interference between gold nanocrystal labels. In the absence of applied tension, DNA is at least one order of magnitude softer than measured by single-molecule stretching experiments. Further, the data rule out the conventional elastic rod model. The variance in end-to-end length follows a quadratic dependence on the number of base pairs rather than the expected linear dependence, indicating that DNA stretching is cooperative over more than two turns of the DNA double helix. Our observations support the idea of long-range allosteric communication through DNA structure.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684691/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684691/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mathew-Fenn, Rebecca S -- Das, Rhiju -- Harbury, Pehr A B -- DP OD000429-01/OD/NIH HHS/ -- DP1 OD000429-01/OD/NIH HHS/ -- GM068126-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM068126-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 17;322(5900):446-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1158881.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18927394" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Pairing ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/*chemistry ; Gold ; Mathematics ; Metal Nanoparticles ; Models, Molecular ; *Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry ; Scattering, Small Angle ; Static Electricity ; X-Ray Diffraction
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    Publication Date: 2008-11-08
    Description: The termination of protein synthesis occurs through the specific recognition of a stop codon in the A site of the ribosome by a release factor (RF), which then catalyzes the hydrolysis of the nascent protein chain from the P-site transfer RNA. Here we present, at a resolution of 3.5 angstroms, the crystal structure of RF2 in complex with its cognate UGA stop codon in the 70S ribosome. The structure provides insight into how RF2 specifically recognizes the stop codon; it also suggests a model for the role of a universally conserved GGQ motif in the catalysis of peptide release.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642913/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642913/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weixlbaumer, Albert -- Jin, Hong -- Neubauer, Cajetan -- Voorhees, Rebecca M -- Petry, Sabine -- Kelley, Ann C -- Ramakrishnan, Venki -- 082086/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- MC_U105184332/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- U.1051.04.018(78935)/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):953-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1164840.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18988853" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Biocatalysis ; *Codon, Terminator/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Models, Molecular ; *Peptide Chain Termination, Translational ; Peptide Termination Factors/*chemistry/metabolism ; Peptides/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA, Bacterial/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer/metabolism ; Ribosome Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; Ribosomes/chemistry/*metabolism ; Thermus thermophilus/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2008-09-06
    Description: 〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936446/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936446/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Smith, Janet L -- Sherman, David H -- R01 DK042303/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK042303-20/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Sep 5;321(5894):1304-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1163785.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. janetsmith@umich.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18772425" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Evolution, Molecular ; Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Fatty Acids/biosynthesis ; Peptide Synthases/*chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Swine/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-03-08
    Description: Antigenically variable M proteins are major virulence factors and immunogens of the human pathogen group A Streptococcus (GAS). Here, we report the approximately 3 angstrom resolution structure of a GAS M1 fragment containing the regions responsible for eliciting type-specific, protective immunity and for binding fibrinogen, which promotes M1 proinflammatory and antiphagocytic functions. The structure revealed substantial irregularities and instabilities throughout the coiled coil of the M1 fragment. Similar structural irregularities occur in myosin and tropomyosin, explaining the patterns of cross-reactivity seen in autoimmune sequelae of GAS infection. Sequence idealization of a large segment of the M1 coiled coil enhanced stability but diminished fibrinogen binding, proinflammatory effects, and antibody cross-reactivity, whereas it left protective immunogenicity undiminished. Idealized M proteins appear to have promise as vaccine immunogens.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2288698/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2288698/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McNamara, Case -- Zinkernagel, Annelies S -- Macheboeuf, Pauline -- Cunningham, Madeleine W -- Nizet, Victor -- Ghosh, Partho -- R01 AI048694/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI052453/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI052453-08/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R21 AI071167/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R21 AI071167-01A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008326/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 7;319(5868):1405-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1154470.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18323455" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Animals ; Antibodies, Bacterial/immunology ; Antigens, Bacterial/*chemistry/genetics/immunology/metabolism ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/immunology/metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/immunology/metabolism ; Circular Dichroism ; Cross Reactions ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Fibrinogen/metabolism ; Humans ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid ; Streptococcal Infections/immunology/microbiology ; Streptococcus pyogenes/*chemistry/immunology/*pathogenicity ; Virulence
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    Publication Date: 2008-02-23
    Description: Transcriptional regulation of the galactose-metabolizing genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on three core proteins: Gal4p, the transcriptional activator that binds to upstream activating DNA sequences (UAS(GAL)); Gal80p, a repressor that binds to the carboxyl terminus of Gal4p and inhibits transcription; and Gal3p, a cytoplasmic transducer that, upon binding galactose and adenosine 5'-triphosphate, relieves Gal80p repression. The current model of induction relies on Gal3p sequestering Gal80p in the cytoplasm. However, the rapid induction of this system implies that there is a missing factor. Our structure of Gal80p in complex with a peptide from the carboxyl-terminal activation domain of Gal4p reveals the existence of a dinucleotide that mediates the interaction between the two. Biochemical and in vivo experiments suggests that nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) plays a key role in the initial induction event.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726985/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726985/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kumar, P Rajesh -- Yu, Yao -- Sternglanz, Rolf -- Johnston, Stephen Albert -- Joshua-Tor, Leemor -- GM074075/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM55641/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA045508/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM074075/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM074075-04/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Feb 22;319(5866):1090-2. doi: 10.1126/science.1151903.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY11724, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18292341" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Dimerization ; Galactokinase/metabolism ; Galactose/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal ; Models, Molecular ; NADP/*metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Repressor Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription Factors/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2008-01-12
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Janin, Joel -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jan 11;319(5860):165-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1152930.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Yeast Structural Genomics, Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Bat. 430 UMR 8619 CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France. joel.janin@u-psud.fr〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18187645" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Evolution, Molecular ; Molecular Weight ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry ; Point Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Engineering ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Subunits/*chemistry/genetics
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    Publication Date: 2008-03-08
    Description: The creation of enzymes capable of catalyzing any desired chemical reaction is a grand challenge for computational protein design. Using new algorithms that rely on hashing techniques to construct active sites for multistep reactions, we designed retro-aldolases that use four different catalytic motifs to catalyze the breaking of a carbon-carbon bond in a nonnatural substrate. Of the 72 designs that were experimentally characterized, 32, spanning a range of protein folds, had detectable retro-aldolase activity. Designs that used an explicit water molecule to mediate proton shuffling were significantly more successful, with rate accelerations of up to four orders of magnitude and multiple turnovers, than those involving charged side-chain networks. The atomic accuracy of the design process was confirmed by the x-ray crystal structure of active designs embedded in two protein scaffolds, both of which were nearly superimposable on the design model.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431203/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431203/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jiang, Lin -- Althoff, Eric A -- Clemente, Fernando R -- Doyle, Lindsey -- Rothlisberger, Daniela -- Zanghellini, Alexandre -- Gallaher, Jasmine L -- Betker, Jamie L -- Tanaka, Fujie -- Barbas, Carlos F 3rd -- Hilvert, Donald -- Houk, Kendall N -- Stoddard, Barry L -- Baker, David -- R01 CA097328/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM049857/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 7;319(5868):1387-91. doi: 10.1126/science.1152692.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18323453" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aldehyde-Lyases/*chemistry/metabolism ; *Algorithms ; Binding Sites ; Catalysis ; Catalytic Domain ; Computer Simulation ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Engineering
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    Publication Date: 2008-06-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ringe, Dagmar -- Petsko, Gregory A -- R37 GM032415/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jun 13;320(5882):1428-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1159747.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA. petsko@brandeis.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18556536" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Catalysis ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enzymes/chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Muramidase/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Substrate Specificity
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    Publication Date: 2008-07-16
    Description: The crystal structure of the high-affinity Escherichia coli MetNI methionine uptake transporter, a member of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette (ABC) family, has been solved to 3.7 angstrom resolution. The overall architecture of MetNI reveals two copies of the adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) MetN in complex with two copies of the transmembrane domain MetI, with the transporter adopting an inward-facing conformation exhibiting widely separated nucleotide binding domains. Each MetI subunit is organized around a core of five transmembrane helices that correspond to a subset of the helices observed in the larger membrane-spanning subunits of the molybdate (ModBC) and maltose (MalFGK) ABC transporters. In addition to the conserved nucleotide binding domain of the ABC family, MetN contains a carboxyl-terminal extension with a ferredoxin-like fold previously assigned to a conserved family of regulatory ligand-binding domains. These domains separate the nucleotide binding domains and would interfere with their association required for ATP binding and hydrolysis. Methionine binds to the dimerized carboxyl-terminal domain and is shown to inhibit ATPase activity. These observations are consistent with an allosteric regulatory mechanism operating at the level of transport activity, where increased intracellular levels of the transported ligand stabilize an inward-facing, ATPase-inactive state of MetNI to inhibit further ligand translocation into the cell.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527972/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527972/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kadaba, Neena S -- Kaiser, Jens T -- Johnson, Eric -- Lee, Allen -- Rees, Douglas C -- GM45162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM045162/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM045162-18/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jul 11;321(5886):250-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1157987.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Mail Code 114-96, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18621668" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/*chemistry/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphatases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Allosteric Regulation ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Membrane Transport Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Methionine/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-08-30
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gandhi, Chris S -- Rees, Douglas C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Aug 29;321(5893):1166-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1162963.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755963" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Substitution ; Cell Membrane/*chemistry/physiology ; *Cell Membrane Permeability ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli/*chemistry/physiology ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; *Ion Channel Gating ; Ion Channels/*chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Lipid Bilayers ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary
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    Publication Date: 2008-10-25
    Description: The ESCRT (endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery is required for the scission of membrane necks in processes including the budding of HIV-1 and cytokinesis. An essential step in cytokinesis is recruitment of the ESCRT-I complex and the ESCRT-associated protein ALIX to the midbody (the structure that tethers two daughter cells) by the protein CEP55. Biochemical experiments show that peptides from ALIX and the ESCRT-I subunit TSG101 compete for binding to the ESCRT and ALIX-binding region (EABR) of CEP55. We solved the crystal structure of EABR bound to an ALIX peptide at a resolution of 2.0 angstroms. The structure shows that EABR forms an aberrant dimeric parallel coiled coil. Bulky and charged residues at the interface of the two central heptad repeats create asymmetry and a single binding site for an ALIX or TSG101 peptide. Both ALIX and ESCRT-I are required for cytokinesis, which suggests that multiple CEP55 dimers are required for function.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720046/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720046/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, Hyung Ho -- Elia, Natalie -- Ghirlando, Rodolfo -- Lippincott-Schwartz, Jennifer -- Hurley, James H -- Z01 DK036125-01/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 24;322(5901):576-80. doi: 10.1126/science.1162042.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18948538" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Cell Cycle Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Cellular Structures/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; *Cytokinesis ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport ; Endosomes/metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Nuclear Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 2008-06-28
    Description: Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are modular multidomain enzymes that act as an assembly line to catalyze the biosynthesis of complex natural products. The crystal structure of the 144-kilodalton Bacillus subtilis termination module SrfA-C was solved at 2.6 angstrom resolution. The adenylation and condensation domains of SrfA-C associate closely to form a catalytic platform, with their active sites on the same side of the platform. The peptidyl carrier protein domain is flexibly tethered to this platform and thus can move with its substrate-loaded 4'-phosphopantetheine arm between the active site of the adenylation domain and the donor side of the condensation domain. The SrfA-C crystal structure has implications for the rational redesign of NRPSs as a means of producing novel bioactive peptides.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tanovic, Alan -- Samel, Stefan A -- Essen, Lars-Oliver -- Marahiel, Mohamed A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Aug 1;321(5889):659-63. doi: 10.1126/science.1159850. Epub 2008 Jun 26.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D35032 Marburg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18583577" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacillus subtilis/*enzymology ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Synthases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Engineering ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-03-29
    Description: Many viruses go through a maturation step in the final stages of assembly before being transmitted to another host. The maturation process of flaviviruses is directed by the proteolytic cleavage of the precursor membrane protein (prM), turning inert virus into infectious particles. We have determined the 2.2 angstrom resolution crystal structure of a recombinant protein in which the dengue virus prM is linked to the envelope glycoprotein E. The structure represents the prM-E heterodimer and fits well into the cryo-electron microscopy density of immature virus at neutral pH. The pr peptide beta-barrel structure covers the fusion loop in E, preventing fusion with host cell membranes. The structure provides a basis for identifying the stages of its pH-directed conformational metamorphosis during maturation, ending with release of pr when budding from the host.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Li, Long -- Lok, Shee-Mei -- Yu, I-Mei -- Zhang, Ying -- Kuhn, Richard J -- Chen, Jue -- Rossmann, Michael G -- 1-U54-AI-057153/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI055672/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 28;319(5871):1830-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1153263.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18369147" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dengue Virus/*chemistry/growth & development ; Dimerization ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Precursors/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Viral Envelope Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Viral Matrix Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Virus Assembly
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    Publication Date: 2008-11-15
    Description: Archaea are prokaryotic organisms that lack endomembrane structures. However, a number of hyperthermophilic members of the Kingdom Crenarchaea, including members of the Sulfolobus genus, encode homologs of the eukaryotic endosomal sorting system components Vps4 and ESCRT-III (endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III). We found that Sulfolobus ESCRT-III and Vps4 homologs underwent regulation of their expression during the cell cycle. The proteins interacted and we established the structural basis of this interaction. Furthermore, these proteins specifically localized to the mid-cell during cell division. Overexpression of a catalytically inactive mutant Vps4 in Sulfolobus resulted in the accumulation of enlarged cells, indicative of failed cell division. Thus, the archaeal ESCRT system plays a key role in cell division.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121953/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121953/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Samson, Rachel Y -- Obita, Takayuki -- Freund, Stefan M -- Williams, Roger L -- Bell, Stephen D -- 083639/Z/07/Z/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- MC_U105184308/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 12;322(5908):1710-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1165322. Epub 2008 Nov 13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medical Research Council (MRC) Cancer Cell Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19008417" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Archaeal Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Biological Evolution ; Cell Cycle ; *Cell Division ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptides/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Sequence Alignment ; Sulfolobus/*cytology/genetics/*metabolism ; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius/*cytology/genetics/*metabolism ; Vesicular Transport Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-11-08
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liljas, Anders -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):863-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1166913.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics, Lund University, Sweden. anders.liljas@mbfys.lu.se〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18988828" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Codon, Terminator ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrogen Bonding ; *Peptide Chain Termination, Translational ; Peptide Termination Factors/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer/chemistry/metabolism ; Ribosomes/*metabolism ; Thermus thermophilus/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-02-16
    Description: Staphylococcus aureus produces hospital- and community-acquired infections, with methicillin-resistant S. aureus posing a serious public health threat. The golden carotenoid pigment of S. aureus, staphyloxanthin, promotes resistance to reactive oxygen species and host neutrophil-based killing, and early enzymatic steps in staphyloxanthin production resemble those for cholesterol biosynthesis. We determined the crystal structures of S. aureus dehydrosqualene synthase (CrtM) at 1.58 angstrom resolution, finding structural similarity to human squalene synthase (SQS). We screened nine SQS inhibitors and determined the structures of three, bound to CrtM. One, previously tested for cholesterol-lowering activity in humans, blocked staphyloxanthin biosynthesis in vitro (median inhibitory concentration approximately 100 nM), resulting in colorless bacteria with increased susceptibility to killing by human blood and to innate immune clearance in a mouse infection model. This finding represents proof of principle for a virulence factor-based therapy against S. aureus.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2747771/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2747771/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Chia-I -- Liu, George Y -- Song, Yongcheng -- Yin, Fenglin -- Hensler, Mary E -- Jeng, Wen-Yih -- Nizet, Victor -- Wang, Andrew H-J -- Oldfield, Eric -- AI07482/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM073216/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM65307/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HD051796/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065307/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM065307-07/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM073216/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM073216-29/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 7;319(5868):1391-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1153018. Epub 2008 Feb 14.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18276850" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Bacterial Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/isolation & ; purification/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cell Proliferation/drug effects ; Cholesterol/biosynthesis ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemical synthesis/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Humans ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Organothiophosphorus Compounds/chemical ; synthesis/metabolism/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Polyisoprenyl Phosphates/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Sesquiterpenes/chemistry/metabolism ; Staphylococcal Infections/*drug therapy/microbiology ; Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects/growth & development/metabolism/*pathogenicity ; Virulence/drug effects ; Xanthophylls/biosynthesis
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    Publication Date: 2008-12-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Diallinas, George -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 12;322(5908):1644-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1168107.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15781, Athens, Greece. diallina@biol.uoa.gr〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074336" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Transport System X-AG/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Transport Systems/chemistry/metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Cation Transport Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Computer Simulation ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Ion Channel Gating ; Membrane Transport Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Sodium-Glucose Transport Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Symporters/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-09-06
    Description: Mammalian fatty acid synthase is a large multienzyme that catalyzes all steps of fatty acid synthesis. We have determined its crystal structure at 3.2 angstrom resolution covering five catalytic domains, whereas the flexibly tethered terminal acyl carrier protein and thioesterase domains remain unresolved. The structure reveals a complex architecture of alternating linkers and enzymatic domains. Substrate shuttling is facilitated by flexible tethering of the acyl carrier protein domain and by the limited contact between the condensing and modifying portions of the multienzyme, which are mainly connected by linkers rather than direct interaction. The structure identifies two additional nonenzymatic domains: (i) a pseudo-ketoreductase and (ii) a peripheral pseudo-methyltransferase that is probably a remnant of an ancestral methyltransferase domain maintained in some related polyketide synthases. The structural comparison of mammalian fatty acid synthase with modular polyketide synthases shows how their segmental construction allows the variation of domain composition to achieve diverse product synthesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maier, Timm -- Leibundgut, Marc -- Ban, Nenad -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Sep 5;321(5894):1315-22. doi: 10.1126/science.1161269.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18772430" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acyl Carrier Protein/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Evolution, Molecular ; Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I/*chemistry ; Fatty Acids/biosynthesis ; Methyltransferases/chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NADP/chemistry/metabolism ; Polyketide Synthases/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Swine/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-09-27
    Description: Variable lymphocyte receptors (VLRs) rather than antibodies play the primary role in recognition of antigens in the adaptive immune system of jawless vertebrates. Combinatorial assembly of leucine-rich repeat (LRR) gene segments achieves the required repertoire for antigen recognition. We have determined a crystal structure for a VLR-antigen complex, VLR RBC36 in complex with the H-antigen trisaccharide from human blood type O erythrocytes, at 1.67 angstrom resolution. RBC36 binds the H-trisaccharide on the concave surface of the LRR modules of the solenoid structure where three key hydrophilic residues, multiple van der Waals interactions, and the highly variable insert of the carboxyl-terminal LRR module determine antigen recognition and specificity. The concave surface assembled from the most highly variable regions of the LRRs, along with diversity in the sequence and length of the highly variable insert, can account for the recognition of diverse antigens by VLRs.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2581502/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2581502/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Han, Byung Woo -- Herrin, Brantley R -- Cooper, Max D -- Wilson, Ian A -- AI072435/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI42266/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI042266/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI042266-11/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Sep 26;321(5897):1834-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1162484.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18818359" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: ABO Blood-Group System/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Lampreys/*immunology ; Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Receptors, Antigen/*chemistry/*immunology/metabolism ; Trisaccharides/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-09-20
    Description: FtsZ is an essential bacterial guanosine triphosphatase and homolog of mammalian beta-tubulin that polymerizes and assembles into a ring to initiate cell division. We have created a class of small synthetic antibacterials, exemplified by PC190723, which inhibits FtsZ and prevents cell division. PC190723 has potent and selective in vitro bactericidal activity against staphylococci, including methicillin- and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The putative inhibitor-binding site of PC190723 was mapped to a region of FtsZ that is analogous to the Taxol-binding site of tubulin. PC190723 was efficacious in an in vivo model of infection, curing mice infected with a lethal dose of S. aureus. The data validate FtsZ as a target for antibacterial intervention and identify PC190723 as suitable for optimization into a new anti-staphylococcal therapy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Haydon, David J -- Stokes, Neil R -- Ure, Rebecca -- Galbraith, Greta -- Bennett, James M -- Brown, David R -- Baker, Patrick J -- Barynin, Vladimir V -- Rice, David W -- Sedelnikova, Sveta E -- Heal, Jonathan R -- Sheridan, Joseph M -- Aiwale, Sachin T -- Chauhan, Pramod K -- Srivastava, Anil -- Taneja, Amit -- Collins, Ian -- Errington, Jeff -- Czaplewski, Lloyd G -- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Sep 19;321(5896):1673-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1159961.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Prolysis, Begbroke Science Park, Oxfordshire OX5 1PF, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18801997" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Bacillus subtilis/chemistry/*drug effects/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cytoskeletal Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics ; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ; Ligands ; Methicillin Resistance ; Mice ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Pyridines/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Staphylococcal Infections/*drug therapy ; Staphylococcus aureus/chemistry/*drug effects ; Thiazoles/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Tubulin/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-12-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Amos, Linda A -- MC_U105184313/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 12;322(5908):1647-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1168178.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. laa@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074338" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dyneins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Microscopy, Electron ; Microtubules/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-10-25
    Description: Structural studies of the T7 bacteriophage DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (T7 RNAP) have shown that the conformation of the amino-terminal domain changes substantially between the initiation and elongation phases of transcription, but how this transition is achieved remains unclear. We report crystal structures of T7 RNAP bound to promoter DNA containing either a 7- or an 8-nucleotide (nt) RNA transcript that illuminate intermediate states along the transition pathway. The amino-terminal domain comprises the C-helix subdomain and the promoter binding domain (PBD), which consists of two segments separated by subdomain H. The structures of the intermediate complex reveal that the PBD and the bound promoter rotate by approximately 45 degrees upon synthesis of an 8-nt RNA transcript. This allows the promoter contacts to be maintained while the active site is expanded to accommodate a growing heteroduplex. The C-helix subdomain moves modestly toward its elongation conformation, whereas subdomain H remains in its initiation- rather than its elongation-phase location, more than 70 angstroms away.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892258/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892258/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Durniak, Kimberly J -- Bailey, Scott -- Steitz, Thomas A -- GM57510/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM057510/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM057510-10/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 24;322(5901):553-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1163433.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18948533" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacteriophage T7/*enzymology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/chemistry/metabolism ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Models, Genetic ; Models, Molecular ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; *Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; *Transcription, Genetic ; Viral Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-04-05
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Piccirilli, Joseph A -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Apr 4;320(5872):56-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1156721.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. jpicciri@uchicago.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18388278" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Bacillaceae/chemistry/*genetics ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; *Introns ; Magnesium/chemistry ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2008-06-28
    Description: Energy flow in biological structures often requires submillisecond charge transport over long molecular distances. Kinetics modeling suggests that charge-transfer rates can be greatly enhanced by multistep electron tunneling in which redox-active amino acid side chains act as intermediate donors or acceptors. We report transient optical and infrared spectroscopic experiments that quantify the extent to which an intervening tryptophan residue can facilitate electron transfer between distant metal redox centers in a mutant Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin. Cu(I) oxidation by a photoexcited Re(I)-diimine at position 124 on a histidine(124)-glycine(123)-tryptophan(122)-methionine(121) beta strand occurs in a few nanoseconds, fully two orders of magnitude faster than documented for single-step electron tunneling at a 19 angstrom donor-acceptor distance.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shih, Crystal -- Museth, Anna Katrine -- Abrahamsson, Malin -- Blanco-Rodriguez, Ana Maria -- Di Bilio, Angel J -- Sudhamsu, Jawahar -- Crane, Brian R -- Ronayne, Kate L -- Towrie, Mike -- Vlcek, Antonin Jr -- Richards, John H -- Winkler, Jay R -- Gray, Harry B -- DK19038/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jun 27;320(5884):1760-2. doi: 10.1126/science.1158241.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18583608" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Azurin/*chemistry ; Copper/*chemistry ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; *Electrons ; Energy Transfer ; Kinetics ; Ligands ; Models, Chemical ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Phenylalanine/chemistry ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/chemistry ; Rhenium/chemistry ; Spectrum Analysis ; Thermodynamics ; Tryptophan/*chemistry ; Tyrosine/chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2008-07-26
    Description: Biological formation and consumption of molecular hydrogen (H2) are catalyzed by hydrogenases, of which three phylogenetically unrelated types are known: [NiFe]-hydrogenases, [FeFe]-hydrogenases, and [Fe]-hydrogenase. We present a crystal structure of [Fe]-hydrogenase at 1.75 angstrom resolution, showing a mononuclear iron coordinated by the sulfur of cysteine 176, two carbon monoxide (CO) molecules, and the sp2-hybridized nitrogen of a 2-pyridinol compound with back-bonding properties similar to those of cyanide. The three-dimensional arrangement of the ligands is similar to that of thiolate, CO, and cyanide ligated to the low-spin iron in binuclear [NiFe]- and [FeFe]-hydrogenases, although the enzymes have evolved independently and the CO and cyanide ligands are not found in any other metalloenzyme. The related iron ligation pattern of hydrogenases exemplifies convergent evolution and presumably plays an essential role in H2 activation. This finding may stimulate the ongoing synthesis of catalysts that could substitute for platinum in applications such as fuel cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shima, Seigo -- Pilak, Oliver -- Vogt, Sonja -- Schick, Michael -- Stagni, Marco S -- Meyer-Klaucke, Wolfram -- Warkentin, Eberhard -- Thauer, Rudolf K -- Ermler, Ulrich -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jul 25;321(5888):572-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1158978.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max-Planck-Institut fur Terrestrische Mikrobiologie and Laboratorium fur Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany. shima@mpi-marburg.mpg.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18653896" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Apoenzymes/chemistry ; Binding Sites ; Carbon Monoxide/chemistry ; Catalytic Domain ; Coenzymes/chemistry ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cyanides/chemistry/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Evolution, Molecular ; Holoenzymes/chemistry ; Hydrogen/chemistry/*metabolism ; Hydrogenase/*chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Iron/chemistry ; Ligands ; Methane/biosynthesis ; Methanococcales/*enzymology ; Models, Molecular ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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    Publication Date: 2008-08-30
    Description: How ion channels are gated to regulate ion flux in and out of cells is the subject of intense interest. The Escherichia coli mechanosensitive channel, MscS, opens to allow rapid ion efflux, relieving the turgor pressure that would otherwise destroy the cell. We present a 3.45 angstrom-resolution structure for the MscS channel in an open conformation. This structure has a pore diameter of approximately 13 angstroms created by substantial rotational rearrangement of the three transmembrane helices. The structure suggests a molecular mechanism that underlies MscS gating and its decay of conductivity during prolonged activation. Support for this mechanism is provided by single-channel analysis of mutants with altered gating characteristics.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299565/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299565/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, Wenjian -- Black, Susan S -- Edwards, Michelle D -- Miller, Samantha -- Morrison, Emma L -- Bartlett, Wendy -- Dong, Changjiang -- Naismith, James H -- Booth, Ian R -- 040174/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 077564/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- BB/F003455/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0400277/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0400277(70731)/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- GR077564MA/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Aug 29;321(5893):1179-83. doi: 10.1126/science.1159262.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The North Haugh, University of St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, Scotland, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755969" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cell Membrane/*chemistry ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electric Conductivity ; Escherichia coli/*chemistry/physiology ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; *Ion Channel Gating ; Ion Channels/*chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Models, Molecular ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry ; Mutation ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Pressure ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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    Publication Date: 2008-07-26
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Armstrong, Fraser A -- Fontecilla-Camps, Juan C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jul 25;321(5888):498-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1161326.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK. fraser.armstrong@chem.ox.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18653870" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Carbon Dioxide/metabolism ; Carbon Monoxide/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cyanides/chemistry/metabolism ; Hydrogen/*metabolism ; Hydrogenase/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Iron/chemistry ; Ligands ; Methane/*biosynthesis ; Oxidation-Reduction
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  • 78
    Publication Date: 2008-12-17
    Description: Secondary transporters are workhorses of cellular membranes, catalyzing the movement of small molecules and ions across the bilayer and coupling substrate passage to ion gradients. However, the conformational changes that accompany substrate transport, the mechanism by which a substrate moves through the transporter, and principles of competitive inhibition remain unclear. We used crystallographic and functional studies on the leucine transporter (LeuT), a model for neurotransmitter sodium symporters, to show that various amino acid substrates induce the same occluded conformational state and that a competitive inhibitor, tryptophan (Trp), traps LeuT in an open-to-out conformation. In the Trp complex, the extracellular gate residues arginine 30 and aspartic acid 404 define a second weak binding site for substrates or inhibitors as they permeate from the extracellular solution to the primary substrate site, which demonstrates how residues that participate in gating also mediate permeation.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2832577/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2832577/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Singh, Satinder K -- Piscitelli, Chayne L -- Yamashita, Atsuko -- Gouaux, Eric -- K99 MH083050-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P30 EB009998/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/ -- R01 MH070039/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- R01 MH070039-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 12;322(5908):1655-61. doi: 10.1126/science.1166777.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074341" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Transport Systems/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Amino Acids/metabolism/pharmacology ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Binding, Competitive ; Biological Transport ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Kinetics ; Leucine/*metabolism ; Ligands ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Sodium/metabolism ; Symporters/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Tryptophan/metabolism/*pharmacology
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  • 79
    Publication Date: 2008-01-19
    Description: Mammalian telomeres are protected by a six-protein complex: shelterin. Shelterin contains two closely related proteins (TRF1 and TRF2), which recruit various proteins to telomeres. We dissect the interactions of TRF1 and TRF2 with their shared binding partner (TIN2) and other shelterin accessory factors. TRF1 recognizes TIN2 using a conserved molecular surface in its TRF homology (TRFH) domain. However, this same surface does not act as a TIN2 binding site in TRF2, and TIN2 binding to TRF2 is mediated by a region outside the TRFH domain. Instead, the TRFH docking site of TRF2 binds a shelterin accessory factor (Apollo), which does not interact with the TRFH domain of TRF1. Conversely, the TRFH domain of TRF1, but not of TRF2, interacts with another shelterin-associated factor: PinX1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chen, Yong -- Yang, Yuting -- van Overbeek, Megan -- Donigian, Jill R -- Baciu, Paul -- de Lange, Titia -- Lei, Ming -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Feb 22;319(5866):1092-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1151804. Epub 2008 Jan 17.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18202258" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Nuclear Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Telomere-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 1/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2 ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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  • 80
    Publication Date: 2008-01-26
    Description: T cell receptor (TCR) and costimulatory receptor (CD28) signals cooperate in activating T cells, although understanding of how these pathways are themselves regulated is incomplete. We found that Homer2 and Homer3, members of the Homer family of cytoplasmic scaffolding proteins, are negative regulators of T cell activation. This is achieved through binding of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and by competing with calcineurin. Homer-NFAT binding was also antagonized by active serine-threonine kinase AKT, thereby enhancing TCR signaling via calcineurin-dependent dephosphorylation of NFAT. This corresponded with changes in cytokine expression and an increase in effector-memory T cell populations in Homer-deficient mice, which also developed autoimmune-like pathology. These results demonstrate a further means by which costimulatory signals are regulated to control self-reactivity.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3602998/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3602998/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huang, Guo N -- Huso, David L -- Bouyain, Samuel -- Tu, Jianchen -- McCorkell, Kelly A -- May, Michael J -- Zhu, Yuwen -- Lutz, Michael -- Collins, Samuel -- Dehoff, Marlin -- Kang, Shin -- Whartenby, Katharine -- Powell, Jonathan -- Leahy, Daniel -- Worley, Paul F -- DA00266/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- DA10309/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA006973/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA098109/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32 CA009140/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jan 25;319(5862):476-81. doi: 10.1126/science.1151227.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Program in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18218901" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD28/immunology ; Antigens, CD3/immunology ; Calcineurin/metabolism ; Calcium/metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Jurkat Cells ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; NFATC Transcription Factors/chemistry/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/metabolism
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  • 81
    Publication Date: 2008-10-18
    Description: The nucleobase-cation-symport-1 (NCS1) transporters are essential components of salvage pathways for nucleobases and related metabolites. Here, we report the 2.85-angstrom resolution structure of the NCS1 benzyl-hydantoin transporter, Mhp1, from Microbacterium liquefaciens. Mhp1 contains 12 transmembrane helices, 10 of which are arranged in two inverted repeats of five helices. The structures of the outward-facing open and substrate-bound occluded conformations were solved, showing how the outward-facing cavity closes upon binding of substrate. Comparisons with the leucine transporter LeuT(Aa) and the galactose transporter vSGLT reveal that the outward- and inward-facing cavities are symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of the membrane. The reciprocal opening and closing of these cavities is synchronized by the inverted repeat helices 3 and 8, providing the structural basis of the alternating access model for membrane transport.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885439/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885439/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weyand, Simone -- Shimamura, Tatsuro -- Yajima, Shunsuke -- Suzuki, Shun'ichi -- Mirza, Osman -- Krusong, Kuakarun -- Carpenter, Elisabeth P -- Rutherford, Nicholas G -- Hadden, Jonathan M -- O'Reilly, John -- Ma, Pikyee -- Saidijam, Massoud -- Patching, Simon G -- Hope, Ryan J -- Norbertczak, Halina T -- Roach, Peter C J -- Iwata, So -- Henderson, Peter J F -- Cameron, Alexander D -- 062164/Z/00/Z/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 079209/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- B17935/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- BB/C51725/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- BB/G020043/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 31;322(5902):709-13. doi: 10.1126/science.1164440. Epub 2008 Oct 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Membrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source Limited, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18927357" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actinomycetales/*chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Cations/chemistry/metabolism ; Cell Membrane/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydantoins/chemistry/metabolism ; Ion Transport ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nucleobase Transport Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Sodium/metabolism ; Symporters/*chemistry/metabolism
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  • 82
    Publication Date: 2008-06-17
    Description: Protein dynamics are essential for protein function, and yet it has been challenging to access the underlying atomic motions in solution on nanosecond-to-microsecond time scales. We present a structural ensemble of ubiquitin, refined against residual dipolar couplings (RDCs), comprising solution dynamics up to microseconds. The ensemble covers the complete structural heterogeneity observed in 46 ubiquitin crystal structures, most of which are complexes with other proteins. Conformational selection, rather than induced-fit motion, thus suffices to explain the molecular recognition dynamics of ubiquitin. Marked correlations are seen between the flexibility of the ensemble and contacts formed in ubiquitin complexes. A large part of the solution dynamics is concentrated in one concerted mode, which accounts for most of ubiquitin's molecular recognition heterogeneity and ensures a low entropic complex formation cost.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lange, Oliver F -- Lakomek, Nils-Alexander -- Fares, Christophe -- Schroder, Gunnar F -- Walter, Korvin F A -- Becker, Stefan -- Meiler, Jens -- Grubmuller, Helmut -- Griesinger, Christian -- de Groot, Bert L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jun 13;320(5882):1471-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1157092.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Gottingen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18556554" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Animals ; Anisotropy ; Chemistry, Physical ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Entropy ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Solutions ; Ubiquitin/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Xenopus laevis
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  • 83
    Publication Date: 2008-03-29
    Description: Intracellular cleavage of immature flaviviruses is a critical step in assembly that generates the membrane fusion potential of the E glycoprotein. With cryo-electron microscopy we show that the immature dengue particles undergo a reversible conformational change at low pH that renders them accessible to furin cleavage. At a pH of 6.0, the E proteins are arranged in a herringbone pattern with the pr peptides docked onto the fusion loops, a configuration similar to that of the mature virion. After cleavage, the dissociation of pr is pH-dependent, suggesting that in the acidic environment of the trans-Golgi network pr is retained on the virion to prevent membrane fusion. These results suggest a mechanism by which flaviviruses are processed and stabilized in the host cell secretory pathway.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yu, I-Mei -- Zhang, Wei -- Holdaway, Heather A -- Li, Long -- Kostyuchenko, Victor A -- Chipman, Paul R -- Kuhn, Richard J -- Rossmann, Michael G -- Chen, Jue -- 1-U54-AI-057153/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI055672/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Mar 28;319(5871):1834-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1153264.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, 915 West State Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18369148" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dengue Virus/*chemistry/growth & development/metabolism/*ultrastructure ; Dimerization ; Endoplasmic Reticulum/virology ; Furin/metabolism ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Membrane Fusion ; Protein Conformation ; Viral Envelope Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Viral Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Viral Matrix Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Virion/metabolism/ultrastructure ; trans-Golgi Network/metabolism/virology
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  • 84
    Publication Date: 2008-10-04
    Description: The adenosine class of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediates the important role of extracellular adenosine in many physiological processes and is antagonized by caffeine. We have determined the crystal structure of the human A2A adenosine receptor, in complex with a high-affinity subtype-selective antagonist, ZM241385, to 2.6 angstrom resolution. Four disulfide bridges in the extracellular domain, combined with a subtle repacking of the transmembrane helices relative to the adrenergic and rhodopsin receptor structures, define a pocket distinct from that of other structurally determined GPCRs. The arrangement allows for the binding of the antagonist in an extended conformation, perpendicular to the membrane plane. The binding site highlights an integral role for the extracellular loops, together with the helical core, in ligand recognition by this class of GPCRs and suggests a role for ZM241385 in restricting the movement of a tryptophan residue important in the activation mechanism of the class A receptors.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586971/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586971/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jaakola, Veli-Pekka -- Griffith, Mark T -- Hanson, Michael A -- Cherezov, Vadim -- Chien, Ellen Y T -- Lane, J Robert -- Ijzerman, Adriaan P -- Stevens, Raymond C -- GM075915/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P50 GM073197/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P50 GM073197-04/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM089857/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM074961/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM074961-04/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Y1-CO-1020/CO/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Y1-GM-1104/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Nov 21;322(5905):1211-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1164772. Epub 2008 Oct 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18832607" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine A2 Receptor Antagonists ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Ligands ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Receptor, Adenosine A2A/*chemistry ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Triazines/chemistry ; Triazoles/chemistry ; Tryptophan/chemistry ; Turkeys
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  • 85
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    Publication Date: 2008-06-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boehr, David D -- Wright, Peter E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jun 13;320(5882):1429-30. doi: 10.1126/science.1158818.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. boehr@scripps.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18556537" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography, X-Ray ; Evolution, Molecular ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; *Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Thermodynamics ; Ubiquitin/*chemistry/*metabolism
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  • 86
    Publication Date: 2008-05-31
    Description: Transport across cellular membranes is an essential process that is catalyzed by diverse membrane transport proteins. The turnover rates of certain transporters are inhibited by their substrates in a process termed trans-inhibition, whose structural basis is poorly understood. We present the crystal structure of a molybdate/tungstate ABC transporter (ModBC) from Methanosarcina acetivorans in a trans-inhibited state. The regulatory domains of the nucleotide-binding subunits are in close contact and provide two oxyanion binding pockets at the shared interface. By specifically binding to these pockets, molybdate or tungstate prevent adenosine triphosphatase activity and lock the transporter in an inward-facing conformation, with the catalytic motifs of the nucleotide-binding domains separated. This allosteric effect prevents the transporter from switching between the inward-facing and the outward-facing states, thus interfering with the alternating access and release mechanism.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gerber, Sabina -- Comellas-Bigler, Mireia -- Goetz, Birke A -- Locher, Kaspar P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jul 11;321(5886):246-50. doi: 10.1126/science.1156213. Epub 2008 May 29.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, HPK D14.3, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18511655" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/*antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Archaeal Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Methanosarcina/*chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molybdenum/*metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Tungsten Compounds/*metabolism
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 2007-09-29
    Description: The CCR5 co-receptor binds to the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein and facilitates HIV-1 entry into cells. Its N terminus is tyrosine-sulfated, as are many antibodies that react with the co-receptor binding site on gp120. We applied nuclear magnetic resonance and crystallographic techniques to analyze the structure of the CCR5 N terminus and that of the tyrosine-sulfated antibody 412d in complex with gp120 and CD4. The conformations of tyrosine-sulfated regions of CCR5 (alpha-helix) and 412d (extended loop) are surprisingly different. Nonetheless, a critical sulfotyrosine on CCR5 and on 412d induces similar structural rearrangements in gp120. These results now provide a framework for understanding HIV-1 interactions with the CCR5 N terminus during viral entry and define a conserved site on gp120, whose recognition of sulfotyrosine engenders posttranslational mimicry by the immune system.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2278242/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2278242/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huang, Chih-Chin -- Lam, Son N -- Acharya, Priyamvada -- Tang, Min -- Xiang, Shi-Hua -- Hussan, Syed Shahzad-Ul -- Stanfield, Robyn L -- Robinson, James -- Sodroski, Joseph -- Wilson, Ian A -- Wyatt, Richard -- Bewley, Carole A -- Kwong, Peter D -- P30 AI060354/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI067854/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI067854-03/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Z99 AI999999/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Sep 28;317(5846):1930-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17901336" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antigens, CD4/*chemistry/immunology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; HIV Antibodies/*chemistry/immunology ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; HIV-1/metabolism ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Mimicry ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism ; Receptors, CCR5/*chemistry/metabolism ; Sulfates/metabolism ; Tyrosine/metabolism ; Virus Internalization
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 2007-04-14
    Description: The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) serves as a checkpoint in B cell development. In the 2.7 angstrom structure of a human pre-BCR Fab-like fragment, consisting of an antibody heavy chain (HC) paired with the surrogate light chain, the "unique regions" of VpreB and lambda5 replace the complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) loop of an antibody light chain and appear to "probe" the HC CDR3, potentially influencing the selection of the antibody repertoire. Biochemical analysis indicates that the pre-BCR is impaired in its ability to recognize antigen, which, together with electron microscopic visualization of a pre-BCR dimer, suggests ligand-independent oligomerization as the likely signaling mechanism.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bankovich, Alexander J -- Raunser, Stefan -- Juo, Z Sean -- Walz, Thomas -- Davis, Mark M -- Garcia, K Christopher -- T32 AI007290/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Apr 13;316(5822):291-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Program in Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17431183" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Complementarity Determining Regions/chemistry/physiology ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/chemistry/physiology ; Immunoglobulin Light Chains/chemistry/physiology ; Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate ; Membrane Glycoproteins/*chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Pre-B Cell Receptors ; Protein Conformation ; Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/*chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure ; Recombinant Proteins ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 2007-08-04
    Description: BtuCD is an adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporter that translocates vitamin B12 from the periplasmic binding protein BtuF into the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. The 2.6 angstrom crystal structure of a complex BtuCD-F reveals substantial conformational changes as compared with the previously reported structures of BtuCD and BtuF. The lobes of BtuF are spread apart, and B12 is displaced from the binding pocket. The transmembrane BtuC subunits reveal two distinct conformations, and the translocation pathway is closed to both sides of the membrane. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of spin-labeled cysteine mutants reconstituted in proteoliposomes are consistent with the conformation of BtuCD-F that was observed in the crystal structure. A comparison with BtuCD and the homologous HI1470/71 protein suggests that the structure of BtuCD-F may reflect a posttranslocation intermediate.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hvorup, Rikki N -- Goetz, Birke A -- Niederer, Martina -- Hollenstein, Kaspar -- Perozo, Eduardo -- Locher, Kaspar P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Sep 7;317(5843):1387-90. Epub 2007 Aug 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, HPK D14.3, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17673622" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/*chemistry ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy ; Escherichia coli ; Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Periplasmic Binding Proteins/*chemistry ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
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  • 90
    Publication Date: 2007-08-19
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Service, Robert F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Aug 17;317(5840):884-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17702918" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aldosterone/metabolism ; Animals ; Computer Simulation ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Desoxycorticosterone/metabolism ; *Evolution, Molecular ; *Fishes ; Hydrocortisone/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Protein Conformation ; Receptors, Glucocorticoid/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Receptors, Mineralocorticoid/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Receptors, Steroid/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism
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  • 91
    Publication Date: 2007-03-24
    Description: The nucleoporins Nup58 and Nup45 are part of the central transport channel of the nuclear pore complex, which is thought to have a flexible diameter. In the crystal structure of an alpha-helical region of mammalian Nup58/45, we identified distinct tetramers, each consisting of two antiparallel hairpin dimers. The intradimeric interface is hydrophobic, whereas dimer-dimer association occurs through large hydrophilic residues. These residues are laterally displaced in various tetramer conformations, which suggests an intermolecular sliding by 11 angstroms. We propose that circumferential sliding plays a role in adjusting the diameter of the central transport channel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Melcak, Ivo -- Hoelz, Andre -- Blobel, Gunter -- R01 GM111461/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Mar 23;315(5819):1729-32.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17379812" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins/*chemistry ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry ; Rats ; Static Electricity
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    Publication Date: 2007-10-20
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Whetten, Robert L -- Price, Ryan C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Oct 19;318(5849):407-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. whetten@chemistry.gatech.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17947573" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Benzoates/*chemistry ; Chemistry, Physical ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Gold/*chemistry ; Macromolecular Substances/*chemistry ; Metal Nanoparticles/*chemistry ; Models, Chemical ; Molecular Structure ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Sulfhydryl Compounds/*chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2007-06-16
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fitzgerald, Katherine A -- Golenbock, Douglas T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Jun 15;316(5831):1574-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. kate.fitzgerald@umassmed.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17569850" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism ; Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/metabolism ; *Adjuvants, Immunologic ; Animals ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Glycolipids/chemistry/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Ligands ; Lipid A/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry/immunology/metabolism ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Lymphocyte Antigen 96/*chemistry/metabolism ; Mice ; Phosphates/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Receptors, Interleukin/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Toll-Like Receptor 4/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 2007-04-14
    Description: We report crystal structures of the 2.6-megadalton alpha6beta6 heterododecameric fatty acid synthase from Thermomyces lanuginosus at 3.1 angstrom resolution. The alpha and beta polypeptide chains form the six catalytic domains required for fatty acid synthesis and numerous expansion segments responsible for extensive intersubunit connections. Detailed views of all active sites provide insights into substrate specificities and catalytic mechanisms and reveal their unique characteristics, which are due to the integration into the multienzyme. The mode of acyl carrier protein attachment in the reaction chamber, together with the spatial distribution of active sites, suggests that iterative substrate shuttling is achieved by a relatively restricted circular motion of the carrier domain in the multifunctional enzyme.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jenni, Simon -- Leibundgut, Marc -- Boehringer, Daniel -- Frick, Christian -- Mikolasek, Bohdan -- Ban, Nenad -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Apr 13;316(5822):254-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17431175" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase/metabolism ; Acetyltransferases/metabolism ; Acyl Carrier Protein/chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Acyltransferases/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Ascomycota/*enzymology ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH)/metabolism ; Fatty Acid Synthases/*chemistry/metabolism ; Fungal Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Hydro-Lyases/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NADP/chemistry ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Subunits/chemistry ; Substrate Specificity
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 2007-04-21
    Description: We report the structures of three intermediates in the O2 activation and insertion reactions of an extradiol ring-cleaving dioxygenase. A crystal of Fe2+-containing homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase was soaked in the slow substrate 4-nitrocatechol in a low O2 atmosphere. The x-ray crystal structure shows that three different intermediates reside in different subunits of a single homotetrameric enzyme molecule. One of these is the key substrate-alkylperoxo-Fe2+ intermediate, which has been predicted, but not structurally characterized, in an oxygenase. The intermediates define the major chemical steps of the dioxygenase mechanism and point to a general mechanistic strategy for the diverse 2-His-1-carboxylate enzyme family.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720167/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720167/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kovaleva, Elena G -- Lipscomb, John D -- GM24689/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM024689/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM024689-27/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM024689-28/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM024689/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM024689-26/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Apr 20;316(5823):453-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17446402" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Binding Sites ; Brevibacterium/*enzymology ; Catalysis ; Catechols/chemistry/metabolism ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dioxygenases/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Ferric Compounds/*chemistry/metabolism ; Ferrous Compounds/chemistry ; Ligands ; Models, Chemical ; Models, Molecular ; Oxygen/chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; Superoxides/chemistry
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 2007-08-19
    Description: In Gram-negative bacteria and eukaryotic organelles, beta-barrel proteins of the outer membrane protein 85-two-partner secretion B (Omp85-TpsB) superfamily are essential components of protein transport machineries. The TpsB transporter FhaC mediates the secretion of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA). We report the 3.15 A crystal structure of FhaC. The transporter comprises a 16-stranded beta barrel that is occluded by an N-terminal alpha helix and an extracellular loop and a periplasmic module composed of two aligned polypeptide-transport-associated (POTRA) domains. Functional data reveal that FHA binds to the POTRA 1 domain via its N-terminal domain and likely translocates the adhesin-repeated motifs in an extended hairpin conformation, with folding occurring at the cell surface. General features of the mechanism obtained here are likely to apply throughout the superfamily.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Clantin, Bernard -- Delattre, Anne-Sophie -- Rucktooa, Prakash -- Saint, Nathalie -- Meli, Albano C -- Locht, Camille -- Jacob-Dubuisson, Francoise -- Villeret, Vincent -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Aug 17;317(5840):957-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉UMR8161 CNRS, Institut de Biologie de Lille, Universite de Lille 1, Universite de Lille 2, 1 rue du Prof. Calmette, F-59021 Lille cedex, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17702945" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adhesins, Bacterial/chemistry/*metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Bordetella pertussis/*chemistry/metabolism ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Lipid Bilayers/chemistry/metabolism ; Membrane Transport Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Models, Biological ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Transport ; Virulence Factors, Bordetella/chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2007-03-17
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Joyce, Gerald F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Mar 16;315(5818):1507-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Chemistry and of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. gjoyce@scripps.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17363651" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Catalysis ; Crystallization ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Directed Molecular Evolution ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA, Catalytic/*chemistry/metabolism ; Ribonucleotides/metabolism ; Templates, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 2007-03-10
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wright, Gerard D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Mar 9;315(5817):1373-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Antimicrobial Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5. wrightge@mcmaster.ca〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17347430" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aminoacyltransferases/chemistry/metabolism ; *Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry/metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism ; Oligosaccharides/chemistry/metabolism ; Penicillin-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism ; Peptidoglycan/biosynthesis/chemistry ; Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase/*chemistry/metabolism ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Staphylococcus aureus/*enzymology
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 2007-10-13
    Description: The catalytic (C) subunit of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKA) is inhibited by two classes of regulatory subunits, RI and RII. The RII subunits are substrates as well as inhibitors and do not require adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to form holoenzyme, which distinguishes them from RI subunits. To understand the molecular basis for isoform diversity, we solved the crystal structure of an RIIalpha holoenzyme and compared it to the RIalpha holoenzyme. Unphosphorylated RIIalpha(90-400), a deletion mutant, undergoes major conformational changes as both of the cAMP-binding domains wrap around the C subunit's large lobe. The hallmark of this conformational reorganization is the helix switch in domain A. The C subunit is in an open conformation, and its carboxyl-terminal tail is disordered. This structure demonstrates the conserved and isoform-specific features of RI and RII and the importance of ATP, and also provides a new paradigm for designing isoform-specific activators or antagonists for PKA.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036697/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036697/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wu, Jian -- Brown, Simon H J -- von Daake, Sventja -- Taylor, Susan S -- GM34921/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM034921/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM034921-23/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32-CA009524/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Oct 12;318(5848):274-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17932298" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIIalpha Subunit ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Holoenzymes/chemistry ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Isoenzymes/chemistry ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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  • 100
    Publication Date: 2007-08-25
    Description: Biotin-dependent multifunctional enzymes carry out metabolically important carboxyl group transfer reactions and are potential targets for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. These enzymes use a tethered biotin cofactor to carry an activated carboxyl group between distantly spaced active sites. The mechanism of this transfer has remained poorly understood. Here we report the complete structure of pyruvate carboxylase at 2.0 angstroms resolution, which shows its domain arrangement. The structure, when combined with mutagenic analysis, shows that intermediate transfer occurs between active sites on separate polypeptide chains. In addition, domain rearrangements associated with activator binding decrease the distance between active-site pairs, providing a mechanism for allosteric activation. This description provides insight into the function of biotin-dependent enzymes and presents a new paradigm for multifunctional enzyme catalysis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉St Maurice, Martin -- Reinhardt, Laurie -- Surinya, Kathy H -- Attwood, Paul V -- Wallace, John C -- Cleland, W Wallace -- Rayment, Ivan -- AR35186/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- GM070455/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Aug 24;317(5841):1076-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17717183" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Allosteric Regulation ; Binding Sites ; Biotin/*metabolism ; Catalytic Domain ; Coenzyme A/metabolism ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Dimerization ; Enzyme Activators/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Pyruvate Carboxylase/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Rhizobium etli/*enzymology
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