Biological Assembly 1  

 3D View: Structure | Electron Density

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (3D View)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA,PQS (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 11.10 kDa 
• Atom Count: 904 
• Residue Count: 90 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1R7J

Crystal structure of the DNA-binding protein Sso10a from Sulfolobus solfataricus

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1R7J/pdb

• Classification: DNA BINDING PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Saccharolobus solfataricus
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2003-10-21 Released: 2004-07-20 
• Deposition Author(s): Chen, L., Chen, L.R., Zhou, X.E., Wang, Y., Kahsai, M.A., Clark, A.T., Edmondson, S.P., Liu, Z.-J., Rose, J.P., Wang, B.C., Shriver, J.W., Meehan, E.J., Southeast Collaboratory for Structural Genomics (SECSG)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.47 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.244 
• R-Value Work: 0.232 
• R-Value Observed: 0.232 

Literature

The hyperthermophile protein Sso10a is a dimer of winged helix DNA-binding domains linked by an antiparallel coiled coil rod.

Chen, L., Chen, L.R., Zhou, X.E., Wang, Y., Kahsai, M.A., Clark, A.T., Edmondson, S.P., Liu, Z.J., Rose, J.P., Wang, B.C., Meehan, E.J., Shriver, J.W.

(2004) J Mol Biol 341: 73-91

• PubMed: 15312764 
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.05.044
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1R7J


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Sso10a is a member of a group of DNA-binding proteins thought to be important in chromatin structure and regulation in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. We have determined the structure of Sso10a to 1.47A resolution directly with unlabelled native crystals by a novel approach using sulfur single-wavelength anomalous scattering (SAS) from a chromium X-ray source. The 95 amino acid residue protein contains a winged helix DNA-binding domain with an extended C-terminal alpha-helix that leads to dimerization by forming a two-stranded, antiparallel coiled-coil rod. The winged helix domains are at opposite ends of the extended coiled coil with two putative DNA-recognition helices separated by 55A and rotated by 83 degrees. Formation of stable dimers in solution is demonstrated by both analytical ultracentrifugation and differential scanning calorimetry. With a T0 of 109 degrees C, Sso10a is one of the most stable two-stranded coiled coils known. The coiled coil contains a rare aspartate residue (D69) in the normally hydrophobic d position of the heptad repeat, with two aspartate-lysine (d-g') interhelical ion pairs in the symmetrical dimer. Mutation of D69 to alanine resulted in an increase in thermal stability, indicating that destabilization resulting from the partially buried aspartate residue cannot be offset by ion pair formation. Possible DNA-binding interactions are discussed on the basis of comparisons to other winged helix proteins. The structure of Sso10a provides insight into the structures of the conserved domain represented by COG3432, a group of more than 20 hypothetical transcriptional regulators coded in the genomic sequences of both crenarchaeota and euryarchaeota.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Laboratory for Structural Biology, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA. [e-mail]

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Conserved hypothetical protein Sso10a	A	95	Saccharolobus solfataricus	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: sso10a
Find proteins for Q5W1E8 (Saccharolobus solfataricus) Explore Q5W1E8  Go to UniProtKB:  Q5W1E8

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.47 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.244 
• R-Value Work: 0.232 
• R-Value Observed: 0.232 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 57.94	α = 90
b = 72.3	β = 90
c = 30.29	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
CNS	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
SCALEPACK	data scaling
SOLVE	phasing
RESOLVE	phasing
ISAS	phasing
ARP/wARP	model building

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2003-10-21 
• Released Date: 2004-07-20 
Deposition Author(s): Chen, L., Chen, L.R., Zhou, X.E., Wang, Y., Kahsai, M.A., Clark, A.T., Edmondson, S.P., Liu, Z.-J., Rose, J.P., Wang, B.C., Shriver, J.W., Meehan, E.J., Southeast Collaboratory for Structural Genomics (SECSG)

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2004-07-20
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2008-04-29
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Derived calculations, Version format compliance