Biological Assembly 1  

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Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (3D View)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 35564.09 
• Atom Count: 2482 
• Residue Count: 298 
• Unique protein chains: 1

3D72

1.65 Angstrom crystal structure of the Cys71Val variant in the fungal photoreceptor VVD

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb3D72/pdb

• Classification: SIGNALING PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Neurospora crassa (strain ATCC 24698 / 74-OR23-1A / CBS 708.71 / DSM 1257 / FGSC 987)
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): 1 


• Deposited: 2008-05-20 Released: 2008-06-17 
• Deposition Author(s): Zoltowski, B.D., Crane, B.R.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.65 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.260 
• R-Value Work: 0.250 

Literature

Light activation of the LOV protein vivid generates a rapidly exchanging dimer.

Zoltowski, B.D., Crane, B.R.

(2008) Biochemistry 47: 7012-7019

• PubMed: 18553928 
• DOI: 10.1021/bi8007017


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

The fungal photoreceptor Vivid (VVD) plays an important role in the adaptation of blue-light responses in Neurospora crassa. VVD, an FAD-binding LOV (light, oxygen, voltage) protein, couples light-induced cysteinyl adduct formation at the flavin ring to conformational changes in the N-terminal cap (Ncap) of the VVD PAS domain. Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), equilibrium ultracentrifugation, and static and dynamic light scattering show that these conformational changes generate a rapidly exchanging VVD dimer, with an expanded hydrodynamic radius. A three-residue N-terminal beta-turn that assumes two different conformations in a crystal structure of a VVD C71V variant is essential for light-state dimerization. Residue substitutions at a critical hinge between the Ncap and PAS core can inhibit or enhance dimerization, whereas a Tyr to Trp substitution at the Ncap-PAS interface stabilizes the light-state dimer. Cross-linking through engineered disulfides indicates that the light-state dimer differs considerably from the dark-state dimer found in VVD crystal structures. These results verify the role of Ncap conformational changes in gating the photic response of N. crassa and indicate that LOV-LOV homo- or heterodimerization may be a mechanism for regulating light-activated gene expression.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
Vivid PAS protein VVD	A, B	149	Neurospora crassa (strain ATCC 24698 / 74-OR23-1A / CBS 708.71 / DSM 1257 / FGSC 987)	Mutation(s): 1  Gene Names: vvd
Find proteins for Q1K5Y8 (Neurospora crassa (strain ATCC 24698 / 74-OR23-1A / CBS 708.71 / DSM 1257 / FGSC 987)) Go to UniProtKB:  Q1K5Y8

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram & Interactions
FAD	A, B	FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE C27 H33 N9 O15 P2 VWWQXMAJTJZDQX-UYBVJOGSSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.65 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.260 
• R-Value Work: 0.250 
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 36.240	α = 90.00
b = 80.700	β = 95.16
c = 57.580	γ = 90.00

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
HKL-2000	data scaling
AMoRE	phasing
HKL-2000	data collection
CNS	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2008-05-20 
• Released Date: 2008-06-17 
• Deposition Author(s): Zoltowski, B.D., Crane, B.R.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2008-06-17
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2018-06-27
  Type: Data collection, Database references