3NOP

Light-induced intermediate structure L1 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophytochrome


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å

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Literature

Temperature-scan cryocrystallography reveals reaction intermediates in bacteriophytochrome.

Yang, X.Ren, Z.Kuk, J.Moffat, K.

(2011) Nature 479: 428-432

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10506
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3NHQ, 3NOP, 3NOT, 3NOU

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Light is a fundamental signal that regulates important physiological processes such as development and circadian rhythm in living organisms. Phytochromes form a major family of photoreceptors responsible for red light perception in plants, fungi and bacteria. They undergo reversible photoconversion between red-absorbing (Pr) and far-red-absorbing (Pfr) states, thereby ultimately converting a light signal into a distinct biological signal that mediates subsequent cellular responses. Several structures of microbial phytochromes have been determined in their dark-adapted Pr or Pfr states. However, the structural nature of initial photochemical events has not been characterized by crystallography. Here we report the crystal structures of three intermediates in the photoreaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophytochrome (PaBphP). We used cryotrapping crystallography to capture intermediates, and followed structural changes by scanning the temperature at which the photoreaction proceeded. Light-induced conformational changes in PaBphP originate in ring D of the biliverdin (BV) chromophore, and E-to-Z isomerization about the C(15) = C(16) double bond between rings C and D is the initial photochemical event. As the chromophore relaxes, the twist of the C(15) methine bridge about its two dihedral angles is reversed. Structural changes extend further to rings B and A, and to the surrounding protein regions. These data indicate that absorption of a photon by the Pfr state of PaBphP converts a light signal into a structural signal via twisting and untwisting of the methine bridges in the linear tetrapyrrole within the confined protein cavity.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. xiaojingyang@uchicago.edu


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
BacteriophytochromeA [auth C]505Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: bphPPA4117
EC: 2.7.13.3
UniProt
Find proteins for Q9HWR3 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa (strain ATCC 15692 / DSM 22644 / CIP 104116 / JCM 14847 / LMG 12228 / 1C / PRS 101 / PAO1))
Explore Q9HWR3 
Go to UniProtKB:  Q9HWR3
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupQ9HWR3
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
BLA
Query on BLA

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B [auth C]BILIVERDINE IX ALPHA
C33 H34 N4 O6
GWZYPXHJIZCRAJ-SRVCBVSDSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • Space Group: C 2 2 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 154.38α = 90
b = 162.979β = 90
c = 436.098γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data collection
DynamiXrefinement
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: 2012-11-07
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2017-11-08
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.2: 2023-09-06
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description