3g66

The crystal structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae Sortase C provides novel insights into catalysis as well as pilin substrate specificity

spinqualitylabelsall models 3g66, resolution 1.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3g66 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.7Å Ligands: MES Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function A7KT63_STREE Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed The respiratory tract pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Pili enhance initial adhesion as well as the capacity of pneumococci to cause pneumonia and bacteremia. Pilus-associated sortases (SrtB, SrtC, and SrtD) are involved in the biogenesis of pneumococcal pili, composed of repeating units of RrgB that create the stalk to which the RrgA adhesin and the preferential pilus tip subunit RrgC are covalently associated. Using single sortase-expressing strains, we demonstrate that both pilin-polymerizing sortases SrtB and SrtC can covalently link pili to the peptidoglycan cell wall, a property shared with the non-pilus-polymerizing enzyme SrtD and the housekeeping sortase SrtA. Comparative analysis of the crystal structures of S. pneumoniae SrtC and SrtB revealed structural differences explaining the incapacity of SrtC, but not of SrtB, to incorporate RrgC into the pilus. Accordingly, site-directed mutagenesis of Thr(160) in SrtB to an arginine as in SrtC (Arg(160)) partially converted its substrate specificity into that of SrtC. Solving two crystal structures for SrtC suggests that an opening of a flexible lid and a concomitant cysteine rotation are important for catalysis and the activation of the catalytic cysteine of pilus-associated sortases. Two crystal structures of pneumococcal pilus sortase C provide novel insights into catalysis and substrate specificity.,Neiers F, Madhurantakam C, Falker S, Manzano C, Dessen A, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B, Achour A J Mol Biol. 2009 Oct 30;393(3):704-16. Epub 2009 Aug 31. PMID:19729023 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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