3O9P

The structure of the Escherichia coli murein tripeptide binding protein MppA

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.07 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.218 
  • R-Value Work: 0.172 

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Literature

Compensating Stereochemical Changes Allow Murein Tripeptide to Be Accommodated in a Conventional Peptide-binding Protein.

Maqbool, A., Levdikov, V.M., Blagova, E.V., Herve, M., Horler, R.S., Wilkinson, A.J., Thomas, G.H.

(2011) J.Biol.Chem. 286: 31512-31521

  • DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.267179

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The oligopeptide permease (Opp) of Escherichia coli is an ATP-binding cassette transporter that uses the substrate-binding protein (SBP) OppA to bind peptides and deliver them to the membrane components (OppBCDF) for transport. OppA binds conventiona ...

    The oligopeptide permease (Opp) of Escherichia coli is an ATP-binding cassette transporter that uses the substrate-binding protein (SBP) OppA to bind peptides and deliver them to the membrane components (OppBCDF) for transport. OppA binds conventional peptides 2-5 residues in length regardless of their sequence, but does not facilitate transport of the cell wall component murein tripeptide (Mtp, L-Ala-γ-D-Glu-meso-Dap), which contains a D-amino acid and a γ-peptide linkage. Instead, MppA, a homologous substrate-binding protein, forms a functional transporter with OppBCDF for uptake of this unusual tripeptide. Here we have purified MppA and demonstrated biochemically that it binds Mtp with high affinity (K(D) ∼ 250 nM). The crystal structure of MppA in complex with Mtp has revealed that Mtp is bound in a relatively extended conformation with its three carboxylates projecting from one side of the molecule and its two amino groups projecting from the opposite face. Specificity for Mtp is conferred by charge-charge and dipole-charge interactions with ionic and polar residues of MppA. Comparison of the structure of MppA-Mtp with structures of conventional tripeptides bound to OppA, reveals that the peptide ligands superimpose remarkably closely given the profound differences in their structures. Strikingly, the effect of the D-stereochemistry, which projects the side chain of the D-Glu residue at position 2 in the direction of the main chain in a conventional tripeptide, is compensated by the formation of a γ-linkage to the amino group of diaminopimelic acid, mimicking the peptide bond between residues 2 and 3 of a conventional tripeptide.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Biology (Area 10), University of York, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Periplasmic murein peptide-binding protein
A
519Escherichia coli (strain K12)Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: mppA (ynaH)
Find proteins for P77348 (Escherichia coli (strain K12))
Go to UniProtKB:  P77348
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
ZN
Query on ZN
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A
ZINC ION
Zn
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
MHI
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A
L-ALA-GAMMA-D-GLU-MESO-DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID
C15 H26 N4 O8
FMNCPUGORYYCEM-QCLAVDOMSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
External Ligand Annotations 
IDBinding Affinity (Sequence Identity %)
MHIKd: 300 nM BINDINGMOAD
MHIKd: 300 nM PDBBIND
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.07 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.218 
  • R-Value Work: 0.172 
  • Space Group: P 6
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 165.074α = 90.00
b = 165.074β = 90.00
c = 38.167γ = 120.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data scaling
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data collection
MOLREPphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2011-07-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-09-14
    Type: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2011-09-21
    Type: Database references