4o01

Crystal Structure of D. radiodurans Bacteriophytochrome Photosensory Core Module in its Illuminated Form

spinqualitylabelsall models 4o01, resolution 3.24Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4o01 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Deinococcus radiodurans R1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 3.24Å Ligands: LBV Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function BPHY_DEIRA Photoreceptor which exists in two forms that are reversibly interconvertible by light: the R form that absorbs maximally in the red region of the spectrum and the FR form that absorbs maximally in the far-red region. Has also a slight blue shift for the far-red maximum. Could also absorb green light. May participate in regulating pigment synthesis like the carotenoid deinoxanthin which could protect the bacterium from intense visible light. Publication Abstract from PubMed Sensory proteins must relay structural signals from the sensory site over large distances to regulatory output domains. Phytochromes are a major family of red-light-sensing kinases that control diverse cellular functions in plants, bacteria and fungi. Bacterial phytochromes consist of a photosensory core and a carboxy-terminal regulatory domain. Structures of photosensory cores are reported in the resting state and conformational responses to light activation have been proposed in the vicinity of the chromophore. However, the structure of the signalling state and the mechanism of downstream signal relay through the photosensory core remain elusive. Here we report crystal and solution structures of the resting and activated states of the photosensory core of the bacteriophytochrome from Deinococcus radiodurans. The structures show an open and closed form of the dimeric protein for the activated and resting states, respectively. This nanometre-scale rearrangement is controlled by refolding of an evolutionarily conserved 'tongue', which is in contact with the chromophore. The findings reveal an unusual mechanism in which atomic-scale conformational changes around the chromophore are first amplified into an angstrom-scale distance change in the tongue, and further grow into a nanometre-scale conformational signal. The structural mechanism is a blueprint for understanding how phytochromes connect to the cellular signalling network. Signal amplification and transduction in phytochrome photosensors.,Takala H, Bjorling A, Berntsson O, Lehtivuori H, Niebling S, Hoernke M, Kosheleva I, Henning R, Menzel A, Ihalainen JA, Westenhoff S Nature. 2014 May 8;509(7499):245-8. doi: 10.1038/nature13310. Epub 2014 Apr 30. PMID:24776794 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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