3JBL

Cryo-EM Structure of the Activated NAIP2/NLRC4 Inflammasome Reveals Nucleated Polymerization


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 4.70 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Cryo-EM structure of the activated NAIP2-NLRC4 inflammasome reveals nucleated polymerization.

Zhang, L.Chen, S.Ruan, J.Wu, J.Tong, A.B.Yin, Q.Li, Y.David, L.Lu, A.Wang, W.L.Marks, C.Ouyang, Q.Zhang, X.Mao, Y.Wu, H.

(2015) Science 350: 404-409

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac5789
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3JBL

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The NLR family apoptosis inhibitory proteins (NAIPs) bind conserved bacterial ligands, such as the bacterial rod protein PrgJ, and recruit NLR family CARD-containing protein 4 (NLRC4) as the inflammasome adapter to activate innate immunity. We found that the PrgJ-NAIP2-NLRC4 inflammasome is assembled into multisubunit disk-like structures through a unidirectional adenosine triphosphatase polymerization, primed with a single PrgJ-activated NAIP2 per disk. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstruction at subnanometer resolution revealed a ~90° hinge rotation accompanying NLRC4 activation. Unlike in the related heptameric Apaf-1 apoptosome, in which each subunit needs to be conformationally activated by its ligand before assembly, a single PrgJ-activated NAIP2 initiates NLRC4 polymerization in a domino-like reaction to promote the disk assembly. These insights reveal the mechanism of signal amplification in NAIP-NLRC4 inflammasomes.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
NLR family CARD domain-containing protein 4932Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Nlrc4Card12Ipaf
UniProt
Find proteins for Q3UP24 (Mus musculus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q3UP24
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Small Molecules
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 4.70 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
RECONSTRUCTIONEMAN2
RECONSTRUCTIONRELION
RECONSTRUCTIONSPIDER

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2015-10-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-11-04
    Changes: Database references, Other
  • Version 1.2: 2018-07-18
    Changes: Data collection