1JKY

Crystal Structure of the Anthrax Lethal Factor (LF): Wild-type LF Complexed with the N-terminal Sequence of MAPKK2


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.316 
  • R-Value Work: 0.296 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.296 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Crystal structure of the anthrax lethal factor.

Pannifer, A.D.Wong, T.Y.Schwarzenbacher, R.Renatus, M.Petosa, C.Bienkowska, J.Lacy, D.B.Collier, R.J.Park, S.Leppla, S.H.Hanna, P.Liddington, R.C.

(2001) Nature 414: 229-233

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/n35101998
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1J7N, 1JKY

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Lethal factor (LF) is a protein (relative molecular mass 90,000) that is critical in the pathogenesis of anthrax. It is a highly specific protease that cleaves members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) family near to their amino termini, leading to the inhibition of one or more signalling pathways. Here we describe the crystal structure of LF and its complex with the N terminus of MAPKK-2. LF comprises four domains: domain I binds the membrane-translocating component of anthrax toxin, the protective antigen (PA); domains II, III and IV together create a long deep groove that holds the 16-residue N-terminal tail of MAPKK-2 before cleavage. Domain II resembles the ADP-ribosylating toxin from Bacillus cereus, but the active site has been mutated and recruited to augment substrate recognition. Domain III is inserted into domain II, and seems to have arisen from a repeated duplication of a structural element of domain II. Domain IV is distantly related to the zinc metalloprotease family, and contains the catalytic centre; it also resembles domain I. The structure thus reveals a protein that has evolved through a process of gene duplication, mutation and fusion, into an enzyme with high and unusual specificity.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Biochemistry Department, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Lethal Factor776Bacillus anthracisMutation(s): 0 
EC: 3.4.24.83
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 216N/AMutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.7.1 (PDB Primary Data), 2.7.12.2 (UniProt)
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Find proteins for P36507 (Homo sapiens)
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PHAROS:  P36507
GTEx:  ENSG00000126934 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.316 
  • R-Value Work: 0.296 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.296 
  • Space Group: I 41 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 330.7α = 90
b = 330.7β = 90
c = 330.7γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
CCP4model building
REFMACrefinement
CNSrefinement
CCP4phasing
CNSphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2001-11-07
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-02-08
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.4: 2017-10-04
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.5: 2023-08-16
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description