4CJ7

Structure of Crenactin, an archeal actin-like protein

• PDB DOI:  https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb4CJ7/pdb

• Classification: STRUCTURAL PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Pyrobaculum calidifontis JCM 11548
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2013-12-19 Released: 2014-01-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Izore, T., Duman, R.E., Kureisaite-Ciziene, D., Lowe, J.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 3.20 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.295 
• R-Value Work: 0.235 
• R-Value Observed: 0.238 

Literature

Crenactin from Pyrobaculum Calidifontis is Closely Related to Actin in Structure and Forms Steep Helical Filaments.

Izore, T., Duman, R., Kureisaite-Ciziene, D., Lowe, J.

(2014) FEBS Lett 588: 776

• PubMed: 24486010 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.029
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  4CJ7


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Polymerising proteins of the actin family are nearly ubiquitous. Crenactins, restricted to Crenarchaea, are more closely related to actin than bacterial MreB. Crenactins occur in gene clusters hinting at an unknown, but conserved function. We solved the crystal structure of crenactin at 3.2 Å resolution. The protein crystallises as a continuous right-handed helix with 8 subunits per complete turn, spanning 419 Å. The structure of crenactin shows several loops that are longer than in actin, but overall, crenactin is closely related to eukaryotic actin, with an RMSD of 1.6 Å. Crenactin filaments imaged by electron microscopy showed polymers with very similar helical parameters.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Structural Studies Division, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [e-mail].

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

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

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 97.71 kDa 
• Atom Count: 6,782 
• Modelled Residue Count: 852 
• Deposited Residue Count: 864 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
ACTIN/ACTIN FAMILY PROTEIN	A, B	432	Pyrobaculum calidifontis JCM 11548	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: cren-1, Pcal_1635
UniProt
Find proteins for A3MWN5 (Pyrobaculum calidifontis (strain DSM 21063 / JCM 11548 / VA1)) Explore A3MWN5  Go to UniProtKB:  A3MWN5

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
ADP	C [auth A], D [auth B]	ADENOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE C10 H15 N5 O10 P2 XTWYTFMLZFPYCI-KQYNXXCUSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 3.20 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.295 
• R-Value Work: 0.235 
• R-Value Observed: 0.238 
• Space Group: P 4₁ 2₁ 2

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 78.127	α = 90
b = 78.127	β = 90
c = 418.958	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
REFMAC	refinement
XDS	data reduction
SCALA	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2014-01-22 
Deposition Author(s): Izore, T., Duman, R.E., Kureisaite-Ciziene, D., Lowe, J.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2014-01-22
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2014-02-12
  Changes: Database references
• Version 1.2: 2014-03-05
  Changes: Database references