3ub1

Ntf2 like protein involved in plasmid conjugation

spinqualitylabelsall models 3ub1, resolution 1.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3ub1 is a 6 chain structure with sequence from "bacillus_perfringens"_veillon_and_zuber_1898 "bacillus perfringens" veillon and zuber 1898. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: PEG NonStd Res: MSE Gene: pCW3_0032, tcpC ("Bacillus perfringens" Veillon and Zuber 1898) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Bacterial conjugation is important for the acquisition of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes. We investigated the mechanism of conjugation in Gram-positive pathogens using a model plasmid pCW3 from Clostridium perfringens. pCW3 encodes tetracycline resistance and contains the tcp locus, which is essential for conjugation. We showed that the unique TcpC protein (359 amino acids, 41 kDa) was required for efficient conjugative transfer, localized to the cell membrane independently of other conjugation proteins, and that membrane localization was important for its function, oligomerization and interaction with the conjugation proteins TcpA, TcpH and TcpG. The crystal structure of the C-terminal component of TcpC (TcpC(99-359) ) was determined to 1.8-A resolution. TcpC(99-359) contained two NTF2-like domains separated by a short linker. Unexpectedly, comparative structural analysis showed that each of these domains was structurally homologous to the periplasmic region of VirB8, a component of the type IV secretion system from Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Bacterial two-hybrid studies revealed that the C-terminal domain was critical for interactions with other conjugation proteins. The N-terminal region of TcpC was required for efficient conjugation, oligomerization and protein-protein interactions. We conclude that by forming oligomeric complexes, TcpC contributes to the stability and integrity of the conjugation apparatus, facilitating efficient pCW3 transfer. The conjugation protein TcpC from Clostridium perfringens is structurally related to the type IV secretion system protein VirB8 from Gram-negative bacteria.,Porter CJ, Bantwal R, Bannam TL, Rosado CJ, Pearce MC, Adams V, Lyras D, Whisstock JC, Rood JI Mol Microbiol. 2012 Jan;83(2):275-88. doi:, 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07930.x. Epub 2011 Dec 11. PMID:22150951 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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