1NKN

VISUALIZING AN UNSTABLE COILED COIL: THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN N-TERMINAL SEGMENT OF THE SCALLOP MYOSIN ROD


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.289 
  • R-Value Work: 0.243 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.247 

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Literature

Visualization of an unstable coiled coil from the scallop myosin rod

Li, Y.Brown, J.H.Reshetnikova, L.Blazsek, A.Farkas, L.Nyitray, L.Cohen, C.

(2003) Nature 424: 341-345

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01801
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1NKN

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Alpha-helical coiled coils in muscle exemplify simplicity and economy of protein design: small variations in sequence lead to remarkable diversity in cellular functions. Myosin II is the key protein in muscle contraction, and the molecule's two-chain alpha-helical coiled-coil rod region--towards the carboxy terminus of the heavy chain--has unusual structural and dynamic features. The amino-terminal subfragment-2 (S2) domains of the rods can swing out from the thick filament backbone at a hinge in the coiled coil, allowing the two myosin 'heads' and their motor domains to interact with actin and generate tension. Most of the S2 rod appears to be a flexible coiled coil, but studies suggest that the structure at the N-terminal region is unstable, and unwinding or bending of the alpha-helices near the head-rod junction seems necessary for many of myosin's functional properties. Here we show the physical basis of a particularly weak coiled-coil segment by determining the 2.5-A-resolution crystal structure of a leucine-zipper-stabilized fragment of the scallop striated-muscle myosin rod adjacent to the head-rod junction. The N-terminal 14 residues are poorly ordered; the rest of the S2 segment forms a flexible coiled coil with poorly packed core residues. The unusual absence of interhelical salt bridges here exposes apolar core atoms to solvent.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
S2N51-GCN4
A, B, C, D
89Argopecten irradiansSaccharomyces cerevisiae
This entity is chimeric
Mutation(s): 0 
UniProt
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Find proteins for Q17042 (Argopecten irradians)
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Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupsP03069Q17042
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.289 
  • R-Value Work: 0.243 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.247 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 54.034α = 90
b = 73.303β = 90
c = 102.975γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
AMoREphasing
CNSrefinement

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2003-07-22
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-29
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references