1OLP

Alpha Toxin from Clostridium Absonum


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.237 
  • R-Value Work: 0.178 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.181 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Clostridium Absonum Alpha-Toxin: New Insights Into Clostridial Phospholipase C Substrate Binding and Specificity

Clark, G.Briggs, D.C.Karasawa, T.Wang, X.Cole, A.Maegawa, T.Jayasekera, P.Naylor, C.Miller, J.Moss, D.Nakamura, S.Basak, A.K.Titball, R.

(2003) J Mol Biol 333: 759

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2003.07.016
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1OLP

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Clostridium absonum phospholipase C (Caa) is a 42.7 kDa protein, which shows 60% amino acid sequence identity with the Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C, or alpha-toxin (Cpa), and has been isolated from patients suffering from gas gangrene. We report the cloning and sequencing, purification, characterisation and crystal structure of the Caa enzyme. Caa had twice the phospholipid-hydrolysing (lecithinase) activity, 1.5 times the haemolytic activity and over seven times the activity towards phosphatidylcholine-based liposomes when compared with Cpa. However, the Caa enzyme had a lower activity than Cpa to the free (i.e. not in lipid bilayer) substrate para-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine, towards sphingomyelin-based liposomes and showed half the cytotoxicity. The lethal dose (LD(50)) of Caa in mice was approximately twice that of Cpa. The crystal structure of Caa shows that the 72-93 residue loop is in a conformation different from those of previously determined open-form alpha-toxin structures. This conformational change suggests a role for W84 in membrane binding and a possible route of entry into the active site along a hydrophobic channel created by the re-arrangement of this loop. Overall, the properties of Caa are compatible with a role as a virulence-determinant in gas gangrene caused by C.absonum.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
ALPHA-TOXIN
A, B, C, D
370Clostridium sardinienseMutation(s): 0 
EC: 3.1.4.3
Membrane Entity: Yes 
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8GCY3 (Clostridium sardiniense)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q8GCY3
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupQ8GCY3
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
ZN
Query on ZN

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G [auth A]
H [auth A]
I [auth A]
L [auth B]
M [auth B]
G [auth A],
H [auth A],
I [auth A],
L [auth B],
M [auth B],
N [auth B],
Q [auth C],
R [auth C],
S [auth C],
V [auth D],
W [auth D],
X [auth D]
ZINC ION
Zn
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CA
Query on CA

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E [auth A]
F [auth A]
J [auth B]
K [auth B]
O [auth C]
E [auth A],
F [auth A],
J [auth B],
K [auth B],
O [auth C],
P [auth C],
T [auth D],
U [auth D]
CALCIUM ION
Ca
BHPQYMZQTOCNFJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.237 
  • R-Value Work: 0.178 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.181 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 92.956α = 90
b = 193.592β = 90
c = 92.686γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
AMoREmodel building
REFMACrefinement
SCALAdata scaling
MOLREPphasing
CNSphasing
COMOphasing
AMoREphasing
EPMRphasing
XFITphasing
Ophasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2003-10-23
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2012-09-05
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations, Non-polymer description, Other, Source and taxonomy, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-12-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description