4rbu | pdb_00004rbu

PduA K26A S40Q mutant, from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2

spinqualitylabelsall models 4rbu, resolution 2.79Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4rbu is a 9 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: SO4 Related: 4rbt, 4rbv Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Publication Abstract from PubMed Bacterial microcompartments are widespread prokaryotic organelles that have important and diverse roles ranging from carbon fixation to enteric pathogenesis. Current models for microcompartment function propose that their outer protein shell is selectively permeable to small molecules, but whether a protein shell can mediate selective permeability and how this occurs are unresolved questions. Here, biochemical and physiological studies of structure-guided mutants are used to show that the hexameric PduA shell protein of the 1,2-propanediol utilization (Pdu) microcompartment forms a selectively permeable pore tailored for the influx of 1,2-propanediol (the substrate of the Pdu microcompartment) while restricting the efflux of propionaldehyde, a toxic intermediate of 1,2-propanediol catabolism. Crystal structures of various PduA mutants provide a foundation for interpreting the observed biochemical and phenotypic data in terms of molecular diffusion across the shell. Overall, these studies provide a basis for understanding a class of selectively permeable channels formed by nonmembrane proteins. Selective molecular transport through the protein shell of a bacterial microcompartment organelle.,Chowdhury C, Chun S, Pang A, Sawaya MR, Sinha S, Yeates TO, Bobik TA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 23. pii: 201423672. PMID:25713376 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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