Download MendeleyInsights into the Mode of Action of a Putative Zinc Transporter CzrB in Thermus thermophilus
Cherezov, V., Hofer, N., Szebenyi, D.M., Kolaj, O., Wall, J.G., Gillilan, R., Srinivasan, V., Jaroniec, C.P., Caffrey, M.(2008) Structure 16: 1378-1388
- PubMed: 18786400
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2008.05.014
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
3BYP, 3BYR - PubMed Abstract:
The crystal structures of the cytoplasmic domain of the putative zinc transporter CzrB in the apo and zinc-bound forms reported herein are consistent with the protein functioning in vivo as a homodimer. NMR, X-ray scattering, and size-exclusion chromatography provide support for dimer formation. Full-length variants of CzrB in the apo and zinc-loaded states were generated by homology modeling with the Zn2+/H+ antiporter YiiP. The model suggests a way in which zinc binding to the cytoplasmic fragment creates a docking site to which a metallochaperone can bind for delivery and transport of its zinc cargo. Because the cytoplasmic domain may exist in the cell as an independent, soluble protein, a proposal is advanced that it functions as a metallochaperone and that it regulates the zinc-transporting activity of the full-length protein. The latter requires that zinc binding becomes uncoupled from the creation of a metallochaperone-docking site on CzrB.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
