[BTUB_ECOLI] Involved in the active translocation of vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) across the outer membrane to the periplasmic space. It derives its energy for transport by interacting with the trans-periplasmic membrane protein TonB. Is also a receptor for bacteriophages BF23 and C1, and for A and E colicins.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01531]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Successful macromolecular crystallography requires solution conditions that may alter the conformational sampling of a macromolecule. Here, site-directed spin labeling is used to examine a conformational equilibrium within BtuB, the Escherichia coli outer membrane transporter for vitamin B(12). Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra from a spin label placed within the N-terminal energy coupling motif (Ton box) of BtuB indicate that this segment is in equilibrium between folded and unfolded forms. In bilayers, substrate binding shifts this equilibrium toward the unfolded form; however, EPR spectra from this same spin-labeled mutant indicate that this unfolding transition is blocked in protein crystals. Moreover, crystal structures of this spin-labeled mutant are consistent with the EPR result. When the free energy difference between substates is estimated from the EPR spectra, the crystal environment is found to alter this energy by 3 kcal/mol when compared to the bilayer state. Approximately half of this energy change is due to solutes or osmolytes in the crystallization buffer, and the remainder is contributed by the crystal lattice. These data provide a quantitative measure of how a conformational equilibrium in BtuB is modified in the crystal environment, and suggest that more-compact, less-hydrated substates will be favored in protein crystals.
Conformational exchange in a membrane transport protein is altered in protein crystals.,Freed DM, Horanyi PS, Wiener MC, Cafiso DS Biophys J. 2010 Sep 8;99(5):1604-10. PMID:20816073[1]
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References
↑Freed DM, Horanyi PS, Wiener MC, Cafiso DS. Conformational exchange in a membrane transport protein is altered in protein crystals. Biophys J. 2010 Sep 8;99(5):1604-10. PMID:20816073 doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2010.06.026
