4LGJ

Crystal structure and mechanism of a type III secretion protease


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.55 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.194 
  • R-Value Work: 0.171 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 

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Literature

Structure and mechanism of a type III secretion protease, NleC

Li, W.Liu, Y.Sheng, X.Yin, P.Hu, F.Liu, Y.Chen, C.Li, Q.Yan, C.Wang, J.

(2014) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 70: 40-47

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1399004713024619
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4LGI, 4LGJ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    NleC is one of the virulence factors that is injected into infected host cells by enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and EHEC) via a needle-like protein complex called the type III secretion system (T3SS). The cytosolic NleC specifically cleaves the p65 subunit of NF-κB in the p65-p50 heterodimeric complex just after the Cys38 site in its N-terminal domain. The degradation of the remainder of the p65 C-terminal domain by the proteasome disrupts the NF-κB signalling pathway, thus dampening the host inflammatory response. Here, the crystal structure of NleC is reported at 1.55 Å resolution. In conjunction with biochemical analyses, the structure reveals that NleC is a member of the zincin zinc protease family and that the configuration of the NleC active site resembles that of the metzincin clan of metallopeptidases but without the canonical Met turn of astacin. The extended zinc-binding motif of NleC (HEXXHXXTXXXD) includes three metal ligands. The fifth zinc ligand, a conserved tyrosine (a bound water molecule is the fourth ligand), lies 45 residues downstream of the zincin motif. Furthermore, the electrostatic potential complementarity between NleC and p65 also contributes to the cleavage activity of the protease. These results not only provide important insights into the mechanism of how NleC recognizes its substrates, but also shed light on the design of new antibiotics for the food-borne diseases arising from EPEC and EHEC.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Uncharacterized protein271Escherichia coli O157:H7Mutation(s): 3 
Gene Names: ECs0847Z0986
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8X834 (Escherichia coli O157:H7)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q8X834
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupQ8X834
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
ZN
Query on ZN

Download Ideal Coordinates CCD File 
B [auth A]ZINC ION
Zn
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.55 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.194 
  • R-Value Work: 0.171 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 45.091α = 90
b = 67.55β = 90
c = 81.046γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
PHASERphasing
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: 2014-01-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-02-25
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-11-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description