5irr

Crystal structure of Septin GTPase domain from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

spinqualitylabelsall models 5irr, resolution 2.04Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 5irr is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.04Å Ligands: GSP, MG, MSE Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function A8IYS5_CHLRE Publication Abstract from PubMed Septins are filament-forming GTP-binding proteins involved in many essential cellular events related to cytoskeletal dynamics and maintenance. Septins can self-assemble into hetero-complexes, which polymerize into highly organized, cell membrane-interacting filaments. The number of septin genes varies among organisms, and although their structure and function have been thoroughly studied in opisthokonts (including animals and fungi), no structural studies have been reported for other organisms. This makes the single septin from Chlamydomonas (CrSEPT) a particularly attractive model for investigating whether functional homopolymeric septin filaments also exist. CrSEPT was detected at the base of the flagella in Chlamydomonas, suggesting that CrSEPT is involved in the formation of a membrane diffusion barrier. Using transmission electron microscopy, we observed that recombinant CrSEPT forms long filaments with dimensions comparable to those of the canonical structure described for opisthokonts. The GTP-binding domain of CrSEPT purified as a nucleotide-free monomer that hydrolyzes GTP and readily binds its analog GTPgammaS. We also found that on nucleotide binding, CrSEPT forms dimers that are stabilized by an interface involving the ligand (G-interface). Across this interface, one monomer supplied a catalytic arginine to the opposing subunit, greatly accelerating the rate of GTP hydrolysis. This is the first report of an arginine finger observed in a septin and suggests that CrSEPT may act as its own GTP-activating protein (GAP). The finger is conserved in all algal septin sequences, suggesting a possible correlation between the ability to form homo-polymeric filaments and the accelerated rate of hydrolysis which it provides. Filaments and fingers: novel structural aspects of the single septin from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.,Pinto APA, Pereira HM, Zeraik AE, Ciol H, Ferreira FM, Brandao-Neto J, DeMarco R, Navarro MVAS, Risi C, Galkin VE, Garratt RC, Araujo APU J Biol Chem. 2017 May 5. pii: jbc.M116.762229. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.762229. PMID:28476887 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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