1qj8

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OMPX FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI

spinqualitylabelsall models 1qj8, resolution 1.90Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1qj8 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.9Å Ligands: C8E, PCL Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function OMPX_ECOLI 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 BACKGROUND: The integral outer membrane protein X (OmpX) from Escherichia coli belongs to a family of highly conserved bacterial proteins that promote bacterial adhesion to and entry into mammalian cells. Moreover, these proteins have a role in the resistance against attack by the human complement system. Here we present the first crystal structure of a member of this family. RESULTS: The crystal structure of OmpX from E. coli was determined at 1.9 A resolution using multiple isomorphous replacement. OmpX consists of an eight-stranded antiparallel all-next-neighbor beta barrel. The structure shows two girdles of aromatic amino acid residues and a ribbon of nonpolar residues that attach to the membrane interior. The core of the barrel consists of an extended hydrogen-bonding network of highly conserved residues. OmpX thus resembles an inverse micelle. The structure explains the dramatically improved crystal quality of OmpX containing the mutation His100-->Asn, which made the X-ray analysis possible. The coordination spheres of two bound platinum ions are described. CONCLUSIONS: The OmpX structure shows that within a family of virulence-related membrane proteins, the membrane-spanning part of the protein is much better conserved than the extracellular loops. Moreover, these loops form a protruding beta sheet, the edge of which presumably binds to external proteins. It is suggested that this type of binding promotes cell adhesion and invasion and helps defend against the complement system. Although OmpX has the same beta-sheet topology as the structurally related outer membrane protein A (OmpA), their barrels differ with respect to the shear numbers and internal hydrogen-bonding networks. The structure of the outer membrane protein OmpX from Escherichia coli reveals possible mechanisms of virulence.,Vogt J, Schulz GE Structure. 1999 Oct 15;7(10):1301-9. PMID:10545325 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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