2N2E

NMR solution structure of the C-terminal domain of NisI, a lipoprotein from Lactococcus lactis which confers immunity against nisin


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 100 
  • Conformers Submitted: 20 
  • Selection Criteria: target function 

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Literature

The Solution Structure of the Lantibiotic Immunity Protein NisI and Its Interactions with Nisin.

Hacker, C.Christ, N.A.Duchardt-Ferner, E.Korn, S.Gobl, C.Berninger, L.Dusterhus, S.Hellmich, U.A.Madl, T.Kotter, P.Entian, K.D.Wohnert, J.

(2015) J Biol Chem 290: 28869-28886

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.679969
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2N2E, 2N32

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Many Gram-positive bacteria produce lantibiotics, genetically encoded and posttranslationally modified peptide antibiotics, which inhibit the growth of other Gram-positive bacteria. To protect themselves against their own lantibiotics these bacteria express a variety of immunity proteins including the LanI lipoproteins. The structural and mechanistic basis for LanI-mediated lantibiotic immunity is not yet understood. Lactococcus lactis produces the lantibiotic nisin, which is widely used as a food preservative. Its LanI protein NisI provides immunity against nisin but not against structurally very similar lantibiotics from other species such as subtilin from Bacillus subtilis. To understand the structural basis for LanI-mediated immunity and their specificity we investigated the structure of NisI. We found that NisI is a two-domain protein. Surprisingly, each of the two NisI domains has the same structure as the LanI protein from B. subtilis, SpaI, despite the lack of significant sequence homology. The two NisI domains and SpaI differ strongly in their surface properties and function. Additionally, SpaI-mediated lantibiotic immunity depends on the presence of a basic unstructured N-terminal region that tethers SpaI to the membrane. Such a region is absent from NisI. Instead, the N-terminal domain of NisI interacts with membranes but not with nisin. In contrast, the C-terminal domain specifically binds nisin and modulates the membrane affinity of the N-terminal domain. Thus, our results reveal an unexpected structural relationship between NisI and SpaI and shed light on the structural basis for LanI mediated lantibiotic immunity.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    From the Institute for Molecular Biosciences and the Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nisin immunity protein129Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: nisI
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 100 
  • Conformers Submitted: 20 
  • Selection Criteria: target function 

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-10-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-12-09
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2016-04-27
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.3: 2023-06-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other