4HEB

The Crystal structure of Maf protein of Bacillus subtilis

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.26 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.250 
  • R-Value Work: 0.215 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.215 

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Literature

Biochemical and structural studies of conserved maf proteins revealed nucleotide pyrophosphatases with a preference for modified nucleotides.

Tchigvintsev, A., Tchigvintsev, D., Flick, R., Popovic, A., Dong, A., Xu, X., Brown, G., Lu, W., Wu, H., Cui, H., Dombrowski, L., Joo, J.C., Beloglazova, N., Min, J., Savchenko, A., Caudy, A.A., Rabinowitz, J.D., Murzin, A.G., Yakunin, A.F.

(2013) Chem Biol 20: 1386-1398

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.09.011
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2P5X, 4HEB, 4JHC, 4LU1

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Maf (for multicopy associated filamentation) proteins represent a large family of conserved proteins implicated in cell division arrest but whose biochemical activity remains unknown. Here, we show that the prokaryotic and eukaryotic Maf proteins exhibit nucleotide pyrophosphatase activity against 5-methyl-UTP, pseudo-UTP, 5-methyl-CTP, and 7-methyl-GTP, which represent the most abundant modified bases in all organisms, as well as against canonical nucleotides dTTP, UTP, and CTP ...

    Maf (for multicopy associated filamentation) proteins represent a large family of conserved proteins implicated in cell division arrest but whose biochemical activity remains unknown. Here, we show that the prokaryotic and eukaryotic Maf proteins exhibit nucleotide pyrophosphatase activity against 5-methyl-UTP, pseudo-UTP, 5-methyl-CTP, and 7-methyl-GTP, which represent the most abundant modified bases in all organisms, as well as against canonical nucleotides dTTP, UTP, and CTP. Overexpression of the Maf protein YhdE in E. coli cells increased intracellular levels of dTMP and UMP, confirming that dTTP and UTP are the in vivo substrates of this protein. Crystal structures and site-directed mutagenesis of Maf proteins revealed the determinants of their activity and substrate specificity. Thus, pyrophosphatase activity of Maf proteins toward canonical and modified nucleotides might provide the molecular mechanism for a dual role of these proteins in cell division arrest and house cleaning.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E5, Canada.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Septum formation protein MafA, B210Bacillus subtilisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: maf, BSU28050
EC: 3.6.1.9
UniProt
Find proteins for Q02169 (Bacillus subtilis (strain 168))
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UniProt GroupQ02169
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Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
UNX
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AA [auth B],
BA [auth B],
C [auth A],
CA [auth B],
D [auth A],
AA [auth B],
BA [auth B],
C [auth A],
CA [auth B],
D [auth A],
DA [auth B],
E [auth A],
EA [auth B],
F [auth A],
FA [auth B],
G [auth A],
GA [auth B],
H [auth A],
I [auth A],
J [auth A],
K [auth A],
L [auth A],
M [auth A],
N [auth A],
O [auth A],
P [auth A],
Q [auth A],
R [auth A],
S [auth A],
T [auth A],
U [auth A],
V [auth A],
W [auth A],
X [auth A],
Y [auth B],
Z [auth B]
UNKNOWN ATOM OR ION
X
 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.26 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.250 
  • R-Value Work: 0.215 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.215 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 61.55α = 90
b = 85.95β = 90
c = 95.03γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data scaling
MOLREPphasing
BUSTERrefinement
Cootmodel building

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2012-10-24
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2013-11-20
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2013-12-11
    Changes: Database references