Biological Assembly 1  

 3D View: Structure | Electron Density

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

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

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 31.79 kDa 
• Atom Count: 1913 
• Residue Count: 232 
• Unique protein chains: 1

3I4H

Crystal structure of Cas6 in Pyrococcus furiosus

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb3I4H/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Pyrococcus furiosus
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2009-07-01 Released: 2009-09-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Carte, J., Wang, R., Li, H., Terns, R.M., Terns, M.P.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.25 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.289 
• R-Value Work: 0.226 
• R-Value Observed: 0.230 

Literature

Cas6 is an endoribonuclease that generates guide RNAs for invader defense in prokaryotes

Carte, J., Wang, R., Li, H., Terns, R.M., Terns, M.P.

(2008) Genes Dev 22: 3489-3496

• PubMed: 19141480 
• DOI: 10.1101/gad.1742908
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  3I4H


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

An RNA-based gene silencing pathway that protects bacteria and archaea from viruses and other genome invaders is hypothesized to arise from guide RNAs encoded by CRISPR loci and proteins encoded by the cas genes. CRISPR loci contain multiple short invader-derived sequences separated by short repeats. The presence of virus-specific sequences within CRISPR loci of prokaryotic genomes confers resistance against corresponding viruses. The CRISPR loci are transcribed as long RNAs that must be processed to smaller guide RNAs. Here we identified Pyrococcus furiosus Cas6 as a novel endoribonuclease that cleaves CRISPR RNAs within the repeat sequences to release individual invader targeting RNAs. Cas6 interacts with a specific sequence motif in the 5' region of the CRISPR repeat element and cleaves at a defined site within the 3' region of the repeat. The 1.8 angstrom crystal structure of the enzyme reveals two ferredoxin-like folds that are also found in other RNA-binding proteins. The predicted active site of the enzyme is similar to that of tRNA splicing endonucleases, and concordantly, Cas6 activity is metal-independent. cas6 is one of the most widely distributed CRISPR-associated genes. Our findings indicate that Cas6 functions in the generation of CRISPR-derived guide RNAs in numerous bacteria and archaea.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
endoribonuclease	X	273	Pyrococcus furiosus	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: PF1131 EC: 3.1
Find proteins for Q8U1S4 (Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1)) Explore Q8U1S4  Go to UniProtKB:  Q8U1S4

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.25 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.289 
• R-Value Work: 0.226 
• R-Value Observed: 0.230 
• Space Group: P 3₂ 2 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 84.745	α = 90
b = 84.745	β = 90
c = 81.679	γ = 120

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
REFMAC	refinement
SOLVE	phasing
CNS	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
HKL-2000	data scaling
HKL-2000	data collection

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2009-07-01 
• Released Date: 2009-09-22 
Deposition Author(s): Carte, J., Wang, R., Li, H., Terns, R.M., Terns, M.P.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2009-09-22
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2019-07-24
  Changes: Data collection, Refinement description