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==Crystal structure of the Type-I signal peptidase from Staphylococcus aureus (SpsB) in complex with an inhibitor peptide (pep3).==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4wvj]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_K-12 Escherichia coli K-12], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus Staphylococcus aureus] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus_subsp._aureus_str._Newman Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus str. Newman]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4WVJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4WVJ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.95&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GLC:ALPHA-D-GLUCOSE'>GLC</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PRD_900001:alpha-maltose'>PRD_900001</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4wvj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4wvj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4wvj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4wvj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4wvj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4wvj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/LEP_STAAC LEP_STAAC] Essential for cell viability.[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/MALE_ECOLI MALE_ECOLI] Involved in the high-affinity maltose membrane transport system MalEFGK. Initial receptor for the active transport of and chemotaxis toward maltooligosaccharides.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Bacterial type I signal peptidases (SPases) are membrane-anchored serine proteases that process the signal peptides of proteins exported via the Sec and Tat secretion systems. Despite their crucial importance for bacterial virulence and their attractiveness as drug targets, only one such enzyme, LepB from Escherichia coli, has been structurally characterized, and the transient nature of peptide binding has stymied attempts to directly visualize SPase-substrate complexes. Here, the crystal structure of SpsB, the type I signal peptidase from the Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, is reported, and a peptide-tethering strategy that exploits the use of carrier-driven crystallization is described. This enabled the determination of the crystal structures of three SpsB-peptide complexes, both with cleavable substrates and with an inhibitory peptide. SpsB-peptide interactions in these complexes are almost exclusively limited to the canonical signal-peptide motif Ala-X-Ala, for which clear specificity pockets are found. Minimal contacts are made outside this core, with the variable side chains of the peptides accommodated in shallow grooves or exposed faces. These results illustrate how high fidelity is retained despite broad sequence diversity, in a process that is vital for cell survival.

Peptide binding to a bacterial signal peptidase visualized by peptide tethering and carrier-driven crystallization.,Ting YT, Harris PW, Batot G, Brimble MA, Baker EN, Young PG IUCrJ. 2016 Jan 1;3(Pt 1):10-9. doi: 10.1107/S2052252515019971. eCollection 2016 , Jan 1. PMID:26870377<ref>PMID:26870377</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Escherichia coli K-12]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Staphylococcus aureus]]
[[Category: Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus str. Newman]]
[[Category: Baker EN]]
[[Category: Ting YT]]
[[Category: Young PG]]