1KHI

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF HEX1

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.78 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.239 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 

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Literature

A HEX-1 crystal lattice required for Woronin body function in Neurospora crassa

Yuan, P., Jedd, G., Kumaran, D., Swaminathan, S., Shio, H., Hewitt, D., Chua, N.-H., Swaminathan, K.

(2003) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 10: 264-270

  • DOI: 10.1038/nsb910

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The Woronin body is a dense-core vesicle specific to filamentous ascomycetes (Euascomycetes), where it functions to seal the septal pore in response to cellular damage. The HEX-1 protein self-assembles to form this solid core of the vesicle. Here, we ...

    The Woronin body is a dense-core vesicle specific to filamentous ascomycetes (Euascomycetes), where it functions to seal the septal pore in response to cellular damage. The HEX-1 protein self-assembles to form this solid core of the vesicle. Here, we solve the crystal structure of HEX-1 at 1.8 A, which provides the structural basis of its self-assembly. The structure reveals the existence of three intermolecular interfaces that promote the formation of a three-dimensional protein lattice. Consistent with these data, self-assembly is disrupted by mutations in intermolecular contact residues and expression of an assembly-defective HEX-1 mutant results in the production of aberrant Woronin bodies, which possess a soluble noncrystalline core. This mutant also fails to complement a hex-1 deletion in Neurospora crassa, demonstrating that the HEX-1 protein lattice is required for Woronin body function. Although both the sequence and the tertiary structure of HEX-1 are similar to those of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A), the amino acids required for HEX-1 self-assembly and peroxisomal targeting are absent in eIF-5A. Thus, we propose that a new function has evolved following duplication of an ancestral eIF-5A gene and that this may define an important step in fungal evolution.

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    • A new self-assembled peroxisomal vesicle required for efficient resealing of the plasma membrane
      Jedd, G.,Chua, N.-H.
      (2000) NAT.CELL BIOL. 2: 226

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 30 Medical Drive, The National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117609.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Hex1
A
176Neurospora crassa (strain ATCC 24698 / 74-OR23-1A / CBS 708.71 / DSM 1257 / FGSC 987)Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: hex-1
Find proteins for P87252 (Neurospora crassa (strain ATCC 24698 / 74-OR23-1A / CBS 708.71 / DSM 1257 / FGSC 987))
Go to UniProtKB:  P87252
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.78 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.239 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • Space Group: P 65 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 57.427α = 90.00
b = 57.427β = 90.00
c = 196.975γ = 120.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SOLVEphasing
SCALEPACKdata scaling
CNSrefinement

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2002-11-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance