3wgn | pdb_00003wgn

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS FTSZ bound with GTP-gamma-S

spinqualitylabelsall models 3wgn, resolution 2.61Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3wgn is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Staam. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: GSP Related: 3voa, 3vo8, 3wgj, 3wgk, 3wgl, 3wgm Gene: ftsZ (STAAM) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [FTSZ_STAAM] Essential cell division protein that forms a contractile ring structure (Z ring) at the future cell division site. The regulation of the ring assembly controls the timing and the location of cell division. One of the functions of the FtsZ ring is to recruit other cell division proteins to the septum to produce a new cell wall between the dividing cells. Binds GTP and shows GTPase activity (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMed FtsZ is a prokaryotic homolog of tubulin and is a key molecule in bacterial cell division. FtsZ with bound GTP polymerizes into tubulin-like protofilaments. Upon polymerization, the T7 loop of one subunit is inserted into the nucleotide-binding pocket of the second subunit, which results in GTP hydrolysis. Thus, the T7 loop is important for both polymerization and hydrolysis in the tubulin/FtsZ family. Although x-ray crystallography revealed both straight and curved conformations of tubulin, only a curved structure was known for FtsZ. Recently, however, FtsZ from Staphylococcus aureus has been shown to have a very different conformation from the canonical FtsZ structure. The present study was performed to investigate the structure of FtsZ from Staphylococcus aureus by mutagenesis experiments; the effects of amino acid changes in the T7 loop on the structure as well as on GTPase activity were studied. These analyses indicated that FtsZ changes its conformation suitable for polymerization and GTP hydrolysis by movement between N- and C-subdomains via intermolecular interactions between bound nucleotide and residues in the T7 loop. Structural change in FtsZ Induced by intermolecular interactions between bound GTP and the T7 loop.,Matsui T, Han X, Yu J, Yao M, Tanaka I J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 7;289(6):3501-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.514901. Epub 2013, Dec 17. PMID:24347164 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Cell division protein Ftsz Tubulin

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