1GVN

Crystal Structure of the Plasmid Maintenance System epsilon/zeta: Meachnism of toxin inactivation and toxin function


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.95 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.237 
  • R-Value Work: 0.200 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 

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Literature

Crystal Structure of the Plasmid Maintenance System Epsilon /Zeta : Functional Mechanism of Toxin Zeta and Inactivation by Epsilon 2 Zeta 2 Complex Formation

Meinhart, A.Alonso, J.C.Strater, N.Saenger, W.

(2003) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100: 1661

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0434325100
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1GVN

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Programmed cell death in prokaryotes is frequently found as postsegregational killing. It relies on antitoxin/toxin systems that secure stable inheritance of low and medium copy number plasmids during cell division and kill cells that have lost the plasmid. The broad-host-range, low-copy-number plasmid pSM19035 from Streptococcus pyogenes carries the genes encoding the antitoxin/toxin system epsilon/zeta and antibiotic resistance proteins, among others. The crystal structure of the biologically nontoxic epsilon(2)zeta(2) protein complex at a 1.95-A resolution and site-directed mutagenesis showed that free zeta acts as phosphotransferase by using ATPGTP. In epsilon(2)zeta(2), the toxin zeta is inactivated because the N-terminal helix of the antitoxin epsilon blocks the ATPGTP-binding site. To our knowledge, this is the first prokaryotic postsegregational killing system that has been entirely structurally characterized.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institut für Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
EPSILON
A, C
90Streptococcus pyogenesMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
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UniProt GroupQ57231
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
ZETA
B, D
287Streptococcus pyogenesMutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.7.1.176
UniProt
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.95 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.237 
  • R-Value Work: 0.200 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 59.236α = 90
b = 79.847β = 90
c = 191.439γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
SOLVEphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2003-01-29
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2019-07-24
    Changes: Data collection
  • Version 1.4: 2024-05-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations