4H8P

NEAT5 domain of IsdX2, a B. anthracis hemophore in complex with heme


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.05 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.223 
  • R-Value Work: 0.196 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.198 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

The Near-iron Transporter (NEAT) Domains of the Anthrax Hemophore IsdX2 Require a Critical Glutamine to Extract Heme from Methemoglobin.

Honsa, E.S.Owens, C.P.Goulding, C.W.Maresso, A.W.

(2013) J Biol Chem 288: 8479-8490

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.430009
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4H8P, 4H8Q

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Several gram-positive pathogenic bacteria employ near-iron transporter (NEAT) domains to acquire heme from hemoglobin during infection. However, the structural requirements and mechanism of action for NEAT-mediated heme extraction remains unknown. Bacillus anthracis exhibits a rapid growth rate during systemic infection, suggesting that the bacterium expresses efficient iron acquisition systems. To understand how B. anthracis acquires iron from heme sources, which account for 80% of mammalian iron stores, we investigated the properties of the five-NEAT domain hemophore IsdX2. Using a combination of bioinformatics and site-directed mutagenesis, we determined that the heme extraction properties of IsdX2 are dependent on an amino acid with an amide side chain within the 310-helix of the NEAT domain. Additionally, we used a spectroscopic analysis to show that IsdX2 NEAT domains only scavenge heme from methemoglobin (metHb) and that autoxidation of oxyhemoglobin to metHb must occur prior to extraction. We also report the crystal structures of NEAT5 wild type and a Q29T mutant and present surface plasmon resonance data that indicate that the loss of this amide side chain reduces the affinity of the NEAT domain for metHb. We propose a model whereby the amide side chain is first required to drive an interaction with metHb that destabilizes heme, which is subsequently extracted and coordinated in the aliphatic heme-binding environment of the NEAT domain. Because an amino acid with an amide side chain in this position is observed in NEAT domains of several genera of gram-positive pathogenic bacteria, these results suggest that specific targeting of this or nearby residues may be an entry point for inhibitor development aimed at blocking bacterial iron acquisition during infection.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Iron Transport-associated domain protein129Bacillus anthracisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: BA_4787BAS4442GBAA_4787
UniProt
Find proteins for A0A6L8PXZ2 (Bacillus anthracis)
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Go to UniProtKB:  A0A6L8PXZ2
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupA0A6L8PXZ2
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.05 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.223 
  • R-Value Work: 0.196 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.198 
  • Space Group: I 2 3
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 109.02α = 90
b = 109.02β = 90
c = 109.02γ = 90
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Web-Icedata collection
PHENIXmodel building
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MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling
PHENIXphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2013-02-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2013-05-01
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-15
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.3: 2023-09-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description