3KXE

A conserved mode of protein recognition and binding in a ParD-ParE toxin-antitoxin complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.292 
  • R-Value Work: 0.237 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.239 

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Literature

A Conserved Mode of Protein Recognition and Binding in a ParD-ParE Toxin-Antitoxin Complex.

Dalton, K.M.Crosson, S.

(2010) Biochemistry 49: 2205-2215

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi902133s
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3KXE

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems form a ubiquitous class of prokaryotic proteins with functional roles in plasmid inheritance, environmental stress response, and cell development. ParDE family TA systems are broadly conserved on plasmids and bacterial chromosomes and have been well characterized as genetic elements that promote stable plasmid inheritance. We present a crystal structure of a chromosomally encoded ParD-ParE complex from Caulobacter crescentus at 2.6 A resolution. This TA system forms an alpha(2)beta(2) heterotetramer in the crystal and in solution. The toxin-antitoxin binding interface reveals extensive polar and hydrophobic contacts of ParD antitoxin helices with a conserved recognition and binding groove on the ParE toxin. A cross-species comparison of this complex structure with related toxin structures identified an antitoxin recognition and binding subdomain that is conserved between distantly related members of the RelE/ParE toxin superfamily despite a low level of overall primary sequence identity. We further demonstrate that ParD antitoxin is dimeric, stably folded, and largely helical when not bound to ParE toxin. Thus, the paradigmatic model in which antitoxin undergoes a disorder-to-order transition upon toxin binding does not apply to this chromosomal ParD-ParE TA system.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Toxin protein parE-1
A, B
110Caulobacter vibrioides NA1000Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: CCNA_00916parD-1parE-1
UniProt
Find proteins for Q9A9T8 (Caulobacter vibrioides (strain ATCC 19089 / CB15))
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UniProt GroupQ9A9T8
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  • Reference Sequence
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Antitoxin protein parD-1
C, D
88Caulobacter vibrioides NA1000Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: CCNA_00917parD-1parE-1
UniProt
Find proteins for P58091 (Caulobacter vibrioides (strain ATCC 19089 / CB15))
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UniProt GroupP58091
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Modified Residues  1 Unique
IDChains TypeFormula2D DiagramParent
MSE
Query on MSE
A, B
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC5 H11 N O2 SeMET
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.292 
  • R-Value Work: 0.237 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.239 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 65.735α = 90
b = 72.707β = 90
c = 76.814γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
SOLVEphasing
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2010-02-23
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance