3BXZ

Crystal structure of the isolated DEAD motor domains from Escherichia coli SecA


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.305 
  • R-Value Work: 0.245 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.245 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Analysis of the isolated SecA DEAD motor suggests a mechanism for chemical-mechanical coupling.

Nithianantham, S.Shilton, B.H.

(2008) J Mol Biol 383: 380-389

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.022
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3BXZ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The preprotein cross-linking domain and C-terminal domains of Escherichia coli SecA were removed to create a minimal DEAD motor, SecA-DM. SecA-DM hydrolyzes ATP and has the same affinity for ADP as full-length SecA. The crystal structure of SecA-DM in complex with ADP was solved and shows the DEAD motor in a closed conformation. Comparison with the structure of the E. coli DEAD motor in an open conformation (Protein Data Bank ID 2FSI) indicates main-chain conformational changes in two critical sequences corresponding to Motif III and Motif V of the DEAD helicase family. The structures that the Motif III and Motif V sequences adopt in the DEAD motor open conformation are incompatible with the closed conformation. Therefore, when the DEAD motor makes the transition from open to closed, Motif III and Motif V are forced to change their conformations, which likely functions to regulate passage through the transition state for ATP hydrolysis. The transition state for ATP hydrolysis for the SecA DEAD motor was modeled based on the conformation of the Vasa helicase in complex with adenylyl imidodiphosphate and RNA (Protein Data Bank ID 2DB3). A mechanism for chemical-mechanical coupling emerges, where passage through the transition state for ATP hydrolysis is hindered by the conformational changes required in Motif III and Motif V, and may be promoted by binding interactions with the preprotein substrate and/or other translocase domains and subunits.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Preprotein translocase subunit secA
A, B
471Escherichia coliMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: secAazipeaprlD
EC: 7.4.2.8
UniProt
Find proteins for P10408 (Escherichia coli (strain K12))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P10408
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupP10408
Sequence Annotations
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Small Molecules
Binding Affinity Annotations 
IDSourceBinding Affinity
ADP PDBBind:  3BXZ Kd: 190 (nM) from 1 assay(s)
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.305 
  • R-Value Work: 0.245 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.245 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 177.823α = 90
b = 71.361β = 128.82
c = 119.536γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
MOLREPphasing
CNSrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
ADSCdata collection
MOSFLMdata reduction

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-09-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-08-23
    Changes: Refinement description, Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.3: 2021-10-20
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.4: 2023-08-30
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description