3h8t | pdb_00003h8t

Structure of Porphyromonas gingivalis heme-binding protein HmuY in complex with Heme

spinqualitylabelsall models 3h8t, resolution 1.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3h8t is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 33277. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: GOL, HEM, SO4 Gene: HmuY, hmuY' (ATCC 33277) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT 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 Infection, survival, and proliferation of pathogenic bacteria in humans depend on their capacity to impair host responses and acquire nutrients in a hostile environment. Among such nutrients is heme, a co-factor for oxygen storage, electron transport, photosynthesis, and redox biochemistry, which is indispensable for life. Porphyromonas gingivalis is the major human bacterial pathogen responsible for severe periodontitis. It recruits heme through HmuY, which sequesters heme from host carriers and delivers it to its cognate outer-membrane transporter, the TonB-dependent receptor HmuR. Here we report that heme binding does not significantly affect the secondary structure of HmuY. The crystal structure of heme-bound HmuY reveals a new all-beta fold mimicking a right hand. The thumb and fingers pinch heme iron through two apical histidine residues, giving rise to highly symmetric octahedral iron co-ordination. The tetrameric quaternary arrangement of the protein found in the crystal structure is consistent with experiments in solution. It shows that thumbs and fingertips, and, by extension, the bound heme groups, are shielded from competing heme-binding proteins from the host. This may also facilitate heme transport to HmuR for internalization. HmuY, both in its apo- and in its heme-bound forms, is resistant to proteolytic digestion by trypsin and the major secreted proteases of P. gingivalis, gingipains K and R. It is also stable against thermal and chemical denaturation. In conclusion, these studies reveal novel molecular properties of HmuY that are consistent with its role as a putative virulence factor during bacterial infection. Unique structure and stability of HmuY, a novel heme-binding protein of Porphyromonas gingivalis.,Wojtowicz H, Guevara T, Tallant C, Olczak M, Sroka A, Potempa J, Sola M, Olczak T, Gomis-Ruth FX PLoS Pathog. 2009 May;5(5):e1000419. Epub 2009 May 8. PMID:19424422 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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