2lb9 | pdb_00002lb9

Refined solution structure of a cyanobacterial phytochrome gaf domain in the red light-absorbing ground state (corrected pyrrole ring planarity)

spinqualitylabelsall models 2lb9, 20 NMR models Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2lb9 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Cyanobacteria bacterium yellowstone b'. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: CYC Related: 2lb5 Gene: CYB_2465 (Cyanobacteria bacterium Yellowstone B') Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Publication Abstract from PubMed The unique photochromic absorption behavior of phytochromes (Phys) depends on numerous reversible interactions between the bilin chromophore and the associated polypeptide. To help define these dynamic interactions, we determined by NMR spectroscopy the first solution structure of the chromophore-binding cGMP phosphodiesterase/adenylcyclase/FhlA (GAF) domain from a cyanobacterial Phy assembled with phycocyanobilin (PCB). The three-dimensional NMR structure of Synechococcus OS-B' cyanobacterial Phy 1 in the red-light-absorbing state of Phy (Pr) revealed that PCB is bound to Cys138 of the GAF domain via the A-ring ethylidene side chain and is buried within the GAF domain in a ZZZsyn,syn,anti configuration. The D ring of the chromophore sits within a hydrophobic pocket and is tilted by approximately 80 degrees relative to the B/C rings by contacts with Lys52 and His169. The solution structure revealed remarkable flexibility for PCB and several adjacent amino acids, indicating that the Pr chromophore has more freedom in the binding pocket than anticipated. The propionic acid side chains of rings B and C and Arg101 and Arg133 nearby are especially mobile and can assume several distinct and energetically favorable conformations. Mutagenic studies on these arginines, which are conserved within the Phy superfamily, revealed that they have opposing roles, with Arg101 and Arg133 helping stabilize and destabilize the far-red-light-absorbing state of Phy (Pfr), respectively. Given the fact that the Synechococcus OS-B' GAF domain can, by itself, complete the Pr --> Pfr photocycle, it should now be possible to determine the solution structure of the Pfr chromophore and surrounding pocket using this Pr structure as a framework. Solution structure of a cyanobacterial phytochrome GAF domain in the red-light-absorbing ground state.,Cornilescu G, Ulijasz AT, Cornilescu CC, Markley JL, Vierstra RD J Mol Biol. 2008 Nov 7;383(2):403-13. Epub 2008 Aug 22. PMID:18762196 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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