3E4O

Crystal structure of succinate bound state DctB


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.252 
  • R-Value Work: 0.200 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.203 

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Literature

C4-dicarboxylates sensing mechanism revealed by the crystal structures of DctB sensor domain.

Zhou, Y.F.Nan, B.Y.Nan, J.Ma, Q.J.Panjikar, S.Liang, Y.H.Wang, Y.P.Su, X.D.

(2008) J Mol Biol 383: 49-61

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.010
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3E4O, 3E4P, 3E4Q

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    C(4)-dicarboxylates are the major carbon and energy sources during the symbiotic growth of rhizobia. Responses to C(4)-dicarboxylates depend on typical two-component systems (TCS) consisting of a transmembrane sensor histidine kinase and a cytoplasmic response regulator. The DctB-DctD system is the first identified TCS for C(4)-dicarboxylates sensing. Direct ligand binding to the sensor domain of DctB is believed to be the first step of the sensing events. In this report, the water-soluble periplasmic sensor domain of Sinorhizobium meliloti DctB (DctBp) was studied, and three crystal structures were solved: the apo protein, a complex with C(4) succinate, and a complex with C(3) malonate. Different from the two structurally known CitA family of carboxylate sensor proteins CitA and DcuS, the structure of DctBp consists of two tandem Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domains and one N-terminal helical region. Only the membrane-distal PAS domain was found to bind the ligands, whereas the proximal PAS domain was empty. Comparison of DctB, CitA, and DcuS suggests a detailed stereochemistry of C(4)-dicarboxylates ligand perception. The structures of the different ligand binding states of DctBp also revealed a series of conformational changes initiated upon ligand binding and propagated to the N-terminal domain responsible for dimerization, providing insights into understanding the detailed mechanism of the signal transduction of TCS histidine kinases.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
C4-dicarboxylate transport sensor protein dctB
A, B
305Sinorhizobium melilotiMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: dctB
EC: 2.7.13.3
UniProt
Find proteins for P13633 (Rhizobium meliloti (strain 1021))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P13633
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UniProt GroupP13633
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.252 
  • R-Value Work: 0.200 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.203 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 101.892α = 90
b = 66.594β = 94.71
c = 93.602γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MLPHAREphasing
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-10-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-10-25
    Changes: Refinement description