3T8R

Crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus CymR


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.217 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.221 

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Literature

Staphylococcus aureus CymR Is a New Thiol-based Oxidation-sensing Regulator of Stress Resistance and Oxidative Response.

Ji, Q.Zhang, L.Sun, F.Deng, X.Liang, H.Bae, T.He, C.

(2012) J Biol Chem 287: 21102-21109

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.359737
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3T8R, 3T8T

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    As a human pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus must cope with oxidative stress generated by the human immune system. Here, we report that CymR utilizes its sole Cys-25 to sense oxidative stress. Oxidation followed by thiolation of this cysteine residue leads to dissociation of CymR from its cognate promoter DNA. In contrast, the DNA binding of the CymRC25S mutant was insensitive to oxidation and thiolation, suggesting that CymR senses oxidative stress through oxidation of its sole cysteine to form a mixed disulfide with low molecular weight thiols. The determined crystal structures of the reduced and oxidized forms of CymR revealed that Cys-25 is oxidized to Cys-25-SOH in the presence of H(2)O(2). Deletion of cymR reduced the resistance of S. aureus to oxidative stresses, and the resistance was restored by expressing a C25S mutant copy of cymR. In a C25S substitution mutant, the expression of two genes, tcyP and mccB, was constitutively repressed and did not respond to hydrogen peroxide stress, whereas the expression of the genes were highly induced under oxidative stress in a wild-type strain, indicating the critical role of Cys-25 in redox signaling in vivo. Thus, CymR is another master regulator that senses oxidative stress and connects stress responses to virulence regulation in S. aureus.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Staphylococcus aureus CymR143Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus Mu50Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: SAV1626
UniProt
Find proteins for A0A0H3JRR0 (Staphylococcus aureus (strain Mu50 / ATCC 700699))
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Go to UniProtKB:  A0A0H3JRR0
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UniProt GroupA0A0H3JRR0
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.217 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.221 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 77.104α = 90
b = 52.504β = 98.52
c = 33.443γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data collection
PHASESphasing
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

  • Released Date: 2012-05-16 
  • Deposition Author(s): He, C., Ji, Q.

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2012-05-16
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2012-07-18
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-02-28
    Changes: Data collection, Database references