6QGY

Crystal structure of E.coli BamA beta-barrel in complex with nanobody B12


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.51 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.222 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.224 

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Literature

Identification of conformation-selective nanobodies against the membrane protein insertase BamA by an integrated structural biology approach.

Kaur, H.Hartmann, J.B.Jakob, R.P.Zahn, M.Zimmermann, I.Maier, T.Seeger, M.A.Hiller, S.

(2019) J Biomol NMR 73: 375-384

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-019-00250-8
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6QGW, 6QGX, 6QGY

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The insertase BamA is an essential protein of the bacterial outer membrane. Its 16-stranded transmembrane β-barrel contains a lateral gate as a key functional element. This gate is formed by the C-terminal half of the last β-strand. The BamA barrel was previously found to sample different conformations in aqueous solution, as well as different gate-open, gate-closed, and collapsed conformations in X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy structures. Here, we report the successful identification of conformation-selective nanobodies that stabilize BamA in specific conformations. While the initial candidate generation and selection protocol was based on established alpaca immunization and phage display selection procedures, the final selection of nanobodies was enhanced by a solution NMR-based screening step to shortlist the targets for crystallization. In this way, three crystal structures of BamA-nanobody complexes were efficiently obtained, showing two types of nanobodies that indeed stabilized BamA in two different conformations, i.e., with open and closed lateral gate, respectively. Then, by correlating the structural data with high resolution NMR spectra, we could for the first time assign the BamA conformational solution ensemble to defined structural states. The new nanobodies will be valuable tools towards understanding the client insertion mechanism of BamA and towards developing improved antibiotics.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Outer membrane protein assembly factor BamA
A, C
411Escherichia coli O157:H7Mutation(s): 2 
Gene Names: bamAyaeTZ0188ECs0179
Membrane Entity: Yes 
UniProt
Find proteins for P0A940 (Escherichia coli (strain K12))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P0A940
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UniProt GroupP0A940
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
NanoB12
B, D
124Lama glamaMutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.51 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.222 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.224 
  • Space Group: P 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 99.709α = 90
b = 86.664β = 105.26
c = 125.027γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
Aimlessdata scaling
MOLREPphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2019-06-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2019-08-21
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-01-24
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description