2VQI

Structure of the P pilus usher (PapC) translocation pore

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.20 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.259 
  • R-Value Observed: 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: 640-652

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.03.033
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2VQI

  • 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 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 ...

    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 LengthOrganismDetailsImage
OUTER MEMBRANE USHER PROTEIN PAPCA, B515Escherichia coliMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: papC
Membrane protein
Mpstruc		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)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P07110
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
C8E
Query on C8E
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 D [auth B], E [auth B](HYDROXYETHYLOXY)TRI(ETHYLOXY)OCTANE
C16 H34 O5
FEOZZFHAVXYAMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
LDA
Query on LDA
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 C [auth A], F [auth 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, BL-PEPTIDE LINKINGC5 H11 N O2 SeMET
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.20 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.259 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.259 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 166.5α = 90
b = 101.9β = 128.2
c = 113.7γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XSCALEdata scaling
SHARPphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-05-27
    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: 2019-01-16
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations