3FHH

Crystal structure of the heme/hemoglobin outer membrane transporter ShuA from Shigella dysenteriae


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.286 
  • R-Value Work: 0.237 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.240 

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Literature

Structure of the heme/hemoglobin outer membrane receptor ShuA from Shigella dysenteriae: heme binding by an induced fit mechanism.

Cobessi, D.Meksem, A.Brillet, K.

(2010) Proteins 78: 286-294

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.22539
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3FHH

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Shigella dysentriae and other Gram-negative human pathogens are able to use iron from heme bound to hemoglobin for growing. We solved at 2.6 A resolution the 3D structure of the TonB-dependent heme/hemoglobin outer membrane receptor ShuA from S. dysenteriae. ShuA binds to hemoglobin and transports heme across the outer membrane. The structure consists of a C-terminal domain that folds into a 22-stranded transmembrane beta-barrel, which is filled by the N-terminal plug domain. One distal histidine ligand of heme is located at the apex of the plug, exposed to the solvent. His86 is situated 9.86 A apart from His420, the second histidine involved in the heme binding. His420 is in the extracellular loop L7. The heme coordination by His86 and His420 involves conformational changes. The comparisons with the hemophore receptor HasR of Serratia marcescens bound to HasA-Heme suggest an extracellular induced fit mechanism for the heme binding. The loop L7 contains hydrophobic residues which could interact with the hydrophobic porphyring ring of heme. The energy required for the transport by ShuA is derived from the proton motive force after interactions between the periplasmic N-terminal TonB-box of ShuA and the inner membrane protein, TonB. In ShuA, the TonB-box is buried and cannot interact with TonB. The structural comparisons with HasR suggest its conformational change upon the heme binding for interacting with TonB. The signaling of the heme binding could involve a hydrogen bond network going from His86 to the TonB-box.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, CEA-CNRS-Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 38027, France. david.cobessi@ibs.fr


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Outer membrane heme receptor ShuA640Shigella dysenteriaeMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: shuA
Membrane Entity: Yes 
UniProt
Find proteins for P72412 (Shigella dysenteriae)
Explore P72412 
Go to UniProtKB:  P72412
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UniProt GroupP72412
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  • Reference Sequence
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.286 
  • R-Value Work: 0.237 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.240 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 78.099α = 90
b = 114.217β = 90
c = 117.085γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
SHELXSphasing
REFMACrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XDSdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-07-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-06-28
    Changes: Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.3: 2020-07-29
    Type: Remediation
    Reason: Carbohydrate remediation
    Changes: Data collection, Derived calculations, Structure summary
  • Version 1.4: 2021-06-23
    Changes: Database references, Structure summary