2VQI

Structure of the P pilus usher (PapC) translocation pore

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.2 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.259 

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Literature

Fiber Formation Across the Bacterial Outer Membrane by the Chaperone/Usher Pathway.

Remaut, H., Tang, C., Henderson, N.S., Pinkner, J.S., Wang, T., Hultgren, S.J., Thanassi, D.G., Waksman, G., Li, H.

(2008) Cell 133: 640

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.03.033

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Gram-negative pathogens commonly exhibit adhesive pili on their surfaces that mediate specific attachment to the host. A major class of pili is assembled via the chaperone/usher pathway. Here, the structural basis for pilus fiber assembly and secreti ...

    Gram-negative pathogens commonly exhibit adhesive pili on their surfaces that mediate specific attachment to the host. A major class of pili is assembled via the chaperone/usher pathway. Here, the structural basis for pilus fiber assembly and secretion performed by the outer membrane assembly platform--the usher--is revealed by the crystal structure of the translocation domain of the P pilus usher PapC and single particle cryo-electron microscopy imaging of the FimD usher bound to a translocating type 1 pilus assembly intermediate. These structures provide molecular snapshots of a twinned-pore translocation machinery in action. Unexpectedly, only one pore is used for secretion, while both usher protomers are used for chaperone-subunit complex recruitment. The translocating pore itself comprises 24 beta strands and is occluded by a folded plug domain, likely gated by a conformationally constrained beta-hairpin. These structures capture the secretion of a virulence factor across the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Institute of Structural Molecular Biology, University College London and Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
OUTER MEMBRANE USHER PROTEIN PAPC
A, B
515Escherichia coliMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: papC
Membrane protein
mpstruct		Group: 
TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS: BETA-BARREL		Sub Group: 
Beta-Barrel Membrane Proteins: Monomeric/Dimeric		Protein: 
P pilus usher translocation domain, PapC130-640
Find proteins for P07110 (Escherichia coli)
Go to UniProtKB:  P07110
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
C8E
Query on C8E
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B
(HYDROXYETHYLOXY)TRI(ETHYLOXY)OCTANE
C16 H34 O5
FEOZZFHAVXYAMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
LDA
Query on LDA
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A, B
LAURYL DIMETHYLAMINE-N-OXIDE
C14 H31 N O
SYELZBGXAIXKHU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
Modified Residues  1 Unique
IDChainsTypeFormula2D DiagramParent
MSE
Query on MSE
A, B
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC5 H11 N O2 SeMET
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.2 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.259 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 166.500α = 90.00
b = 101.900β = 128.20
c = 113.700γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SHARPphasing
XDSdata reduction
CNSrefinement
XSCALEdata scaling

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2008-05-27
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance