3gk6 | pdb_00003gk6

Crystal structure from the mobile metagenome of Vibrio cholerae. Integron cassette protein VCH_CASS2.

spinqualitylabelsall models 3gk6, resolution 1.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3gk6 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Vibrio cholerae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: PE4 NonStd Res: MSE Gene: OPVCH_OP4G (Vibrio cholerae) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum, TOPSAN Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed BACKGROUND: The direct isolation of integron gene cassettes from cultivated and environmental microbial sources allows an assessment of the impact of the integron/gene cassette system on the emergence of new phenotypes, such as drug resistance or virulence. A structural approach is being exploited to investigate the modularity and function of novel integron gene cassettes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We report the 1.8 A crystal structure of Cass2, an integron-associated protein derived from an environmental V. cholerae. The structure defines a monomeric beta-barrel protein with a fold related to the effector-binding portion of AraC/XylS transcription activators. The closest homologs of Cass2 are multi-drug binding proteins, such as BmrR. Consistent with this, a binding pocket made up of hydrophobic residues and a single glutamate side chain is evident in Cass2, occupied in the crystal form by polyethylene glycol. Fluorescence assays demonstrate that Cass2 is capable of binding cationic drug compounds with submicromolar affinity. The Cass2 module possesses a protein interaction surface proximal to its drug-binding cavity with features homologous to those seen in multi-domain transcriptional regulators. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Genetic analysis identifies Cass2 to be representative of a larger family of independent effector-binding proteins associated with lateral gene transfer within Vibrio and closely-related species. We propose that the Cass2 family not only has capacity to form functional transcription regulator complexes, but represents possible evolutionary precursors to multi-domain regulators associated with cationic drug compounds. Crystal Structure of an Integron Gene Cassette-Associated Protein from Vibrio cholerae Identifies a Cationic Drug-Binding Module.,Deshpande CN, Harrop SJ, Boucher Y, Hassan KA, Leo RD, Xu X, Cui H, Savchenko A, Chang C, Labbate M, Paulsen IT, Stokes HW, Curmi PM, Mabbutt BC PLoS One. 2011 Mar 3;6(3):e16934. PMID:21390267 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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