4Z29

Crystal structure of the magnetobacterial protein MtxA C-terminal domain


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.03 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.227 
  • R-Value Work: 0.185 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.187 

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Literature

Crystal structure of the magnetobacterial protein MtxA C-terminal domain reveals a new sequence-structure relationship.

Davidov, G.Muller, F.D.Baumgartner, J.Bitton, R.Faivre, D.Schuler, D.Zarivach, R.

(2015) Front Mol Biosci 2: 25-25

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2015.00025
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4Z29

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a diverse group of aquatic bacteria that have the magnetotaxis ability to align themselves along the geomagnetic field lines and to navigate to a microoxic zone at the bottom of chemically stratified natural water. This special navigation is the result of a unique linear assembly of a specialized organelle, the magnetosome, which contains a biomineralized magnetic nanocrystal enveloped by a cytoplasmic membrane. The Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MtxA protein (MGR_0208) was suggested to play a role in bacterial magnetotaxis due to its gene location in an operon together with putative signal transduction genes. Since no homology is found for MtxA, and to better understand the role and function of MtxA in MTBés magnetotaxis, we initiated structural and functional studies of MtxA via X-ray crystallography and deletion mutagenesis. Here, we present the crystal structure of the MtxA C-terminal domain and provide new insights into its sequence-structure relationship.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Magnetotaxis protein MtxA
A, B
325Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldenseMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: mtxAMGR_0208
UniProt
Find proteins for A4TUL6 (Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense)
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Go to UniProtKB:  A4TUL6
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupA4TUL6
Sequence Annotations
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.03 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.227 
  • R-Value Work: 0.185 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.187 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 40.344α = 90
b = 88.954β = 90
c = 95.4γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data reduction
ARPphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-06-03
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-06-24
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-05-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description