3MH8

Crystal structure of LprG from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.995 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.278 
  • R-Value Work: 0.229 

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Literature

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG (Rv1411c) binds triacylated glycolipid agonists of Toll-like receptor 2.

Drage, M.G., Tsai, H.C., Pecora, N.D., Cheng, T.Y., Arida, A.R., Shukla, S., Rojas, R.E., Seshadri, C., Moody, D.B., Boom, W.H., Sacchettini, J.C., Harding, C.V.

(2010) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 17: 1088-1095

  • DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1869
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Knockout of lprG results in decreased virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in mice. MTB lipoprotein LprG has TLR2 agonist activity, which is thought to be dependent on its N-terminal triacylation. Unexpectedly, here we find that nonacylated ...

    Knockout of lprG results in decreased virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in mice. MTB lipoprotein LprG has TLR2 agonist activity, which is thought to be dependent on its N-terminal triacylation. Unexpectedly, here we find that nonacylated LprG retains TLR2 activity. Moreover, we show LprG association with triacylated glycolipid TLR2 agonists lipoarabinomannan, lipomannan and phosphatidylinositol mannosides (which share core structures). Binding of triacylated species was specific to LprG (not LprA) and increased LprG TLR2 agonist activity; conversely, association of glycolipids with LprG enhanced their recognition by TLR2. The crystal structure of LprG in complex with phosphatidylinositol mannoside revealed a hydrophobic pocket that accommodates the three alkyl chains of the ligand. In conclusion, we demonstrate a glycolipid binding function of LprG that enhances recognition of triacylated MTB glycolipids by TLR2 and may affect glycolipid assembly or transport for bacterial cell wall biogenesis.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Lipoprotein lprG
A, B
203Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv)Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: lprG (lpp-27)
Find proteins for P9WK45 (Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv))
Go to UniProtKB:  P9WK45
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.995 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.278 
  • R-Value Work: 0.229 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 95.296α = 90.00
b = 71.887β = 106.32
c = 61.266γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data scaling
PHENIXrefinement
SHARPphasing
CrystalCleardata collection
HKL-2000data reduction

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2010-09-01
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance