4y2n

Structure of CFA/I pili major subunit CfaB trimer

spinqualitylabelsall models 4y2n, resolution 2.40Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4y2n is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli ETEC H10407. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: EDO, MG Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function FMC1_ECOH1 Fimbriae (also called pili), polar filaments radiating from the surface of the bacterium to a length of 0.5-1.5 micrometers and numbering 100-300 per cell, enable bacteria to colonize the epithelium of specific host organs. Publication Abstract from PubMed The assembly of the class 5 colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) fimbriae of enterotoxigenic E. coli was proposed to proceed via the alternate chaperone-usher pathway. Here, we show that in the absence of the chaperone CfaA, CfaB, the major pilin subunit of CFA/I fimbriae, is able to spontaneously refold and polymerize into cyclic trimers. CfaA kinetically traps CfaB to form a metastable complex that can be stabilized by mutations. Crystal structure of the stabilized complex reveals distinctive interactions provided by CfaA to trap CfaB in an assembly competent state through donor-strand complementation (DSC) and cleft-mediated anchorage. Mutagenesis indicated that DSC controls the stability of the chaperone-subunit complex and the cleft-mediated anchorage of the subunit C-terminus additionally assist in subunit refolding. Surprisingly, over-stabilization of the chaperone-subunit complex led to delayed fimbria assembly, whereas destabilizing the complex resulted in no fimbriation. Thus, CfaA acts predominantly as a kinetic trap by stabilizing subunit to avoid its off-pathway self-polymerization that results in energetically favorable trimers and could serve as a driving force for CFA/I pilus assembly, representing an energetic landscape unique to class 5 fimbria assembly. Off-pathway assembly of fimbria subunits is prevented by chaperone CfaA of CFA/I fimbriae from enterotoxigenic E. coli.,Bao R, Liu Y, Savarino SJ, Xia D Mol Microbiol. 2016 Dec;102(6):975-991. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13530. Epub 2016 Oct 7. PMID:27627030 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Colonization factor antigen Pilin 3D structures

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