Biological Assembly 1  

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Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 66166.93 
• Atom Count: 4571 
• Residue Count: 590 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1CIY

INSECTICIDAL TOXIN: STRUCTURE AND CHANNEL FORMATION

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1CIY/pdb

• Classification: TOXIN
• Organism(s): Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki
• Expression System: Escherichia coli


• Deposited: 1995-06-01 Released: 1997-01-27 
• Deposition Author(s): Grochulski, P., Cygler, M.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.25 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.248 
• R-Value Work: 0.163 

Literature

Bacillus thuringiensis CryIA(a) insecticidal toxin: crystal structure and channel formation.

Grochulski, P., Masson, L., Borisova, S., Pusztai-Carey, M., Schwartz, J.L., Brousseau, R., Cygler, M.

(1995) J.Mol.Biol. 254: 447-464

• PubMed: 7490762 


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

The activated 65 kDa lepidopteran-specific CryIA(a) toxin from the commercially most important strain Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki HD-1 has been investigated by X-ray diffraction and for its ability to form channels in planar lipid bilayers. Its three-dimensional structure has been determined by a multiple isomorphous replacement method and refined at 2.25 A resolution to an R-factor of 0.168 for data with I > 2 delta (I). The toxin is made of three distinct domains. The N-terminal domain is a bundle of eight alpha-helices with the central, relatively hydrophobic helix surrounded by amphipathic helices. The middle and C-terminal domains contain mostly beta-sheets. Comparison with the structure of CryIIIA, a coleopteran-specific toxin, shows that although the fold of these two proteins is similar, there are significant structural differences within domain II. This finding supports the conclusions from genetic studies that domain II is involved in recognition and binding to cell surface receptors. The distribution of electrostatic potential on the surface of the molecule is non-uniform and identifies one side of the alpha-helical domain as negatively charged. The predominance of arginine residues as basic residues ensures that the observed positive charge distribution is also maintained in the highly alkaline environment found in the lepidopteran midgut. Structurally important salt bridges that are conserved across Cry sequences were identified and their possible role in toxin action was postulated. In planar lipid bilayers, CryIA(a) forms cation-selective channels, whose conductance is significantly smaller than that reported for CryIIIA but similar to those of other Cry toxins.

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Related Citations: 

• Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Lepidopteran-Specific Insecticidal Crystal Protein Cryla(A)
  Borisova, S.,Grochulski, P.,Van Faassen, H.,Pusztai-Carey, M.,Masson, L.,Cygler, M.
  (1994) J.Mol.Biol. 243: 530
• Crystal Structure of Insecticidal Delta-Endotoxin from Bacillus Thuringiensis at 2.5 A Resolution
  Li, J.D.,Carroll, J.,Ellar, D.J.
  (1991) Nature 353: 815




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Organizational Affiliation: 

Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Québec, Canada.

Macromolecules

Find similar proteins by: Sequence  |  Structure

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
CRYIA(A)	A	590	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: cry1Aa (cry-1-1, cry1A(a), cryA, crybns3-1, cryIA(a), icp)
Find proteins for P0A366 (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki) Go to UniProtKB:  P0A366

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.25 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.248 
• R-Value Work: 0.163 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 54.000	α = 90.00
b = 111.500	β = 90.00
c = 154.600	γ = 90.00

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	refinement
X-PLOR	phasing
R-AXIS	data reduction
X-PLOR	model building

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1995-06-01 
• Released Date: 1997-01-27 
• Deposition Author(s): Grochulski, P., Cygler, M.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 1997-01-27
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.3: 2018-03-21
  Type: Advisory, Data collection, Other