2wjn | pdb_00002wjn

Lipidic sponge phase crystal structure of photosynthetic reaction centre from Blastochloris viridis (high dose)

spinqualitylabelsall models 2wjn, resolution 1.86Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2wjn is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Blastochloris viridis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.86Å Ligands: BCB, BPB, FE2, FME, HEC, MPG, MQ7, NS5 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CYCR_BLAVI The reaction center of purple bacteria contains a tightly bound cytochrome molecule which re-reduces the photo oxidized primary electron donor. 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 Membrane proteins are embedded in a lipid bilayer and maintain strong interactions with lipid molecules. Tightly bound lipids are responsible for vertical positioning and integration of proteins in the membrane, for assembly of multisubunit complexes, and occasionally act as substrates. In this work we present the lipidic-sponge phase crystal structure of the reaction center from Blastochloris viridis to 1.86 A, which reveals lipid molecules interacting with the protein surface. A diacylglycerol molecule is bound, through a thioether bond, to the N-terminus of the tetraheme cytochrome c subunit. From the electron density recovered at the QB site and the observed change in recombination kinetics in lipidic sponge phase grown crystals, the mobile ubiquinone appears to be displaced by a monoolein molecule. A 36 A long electron density feature is observed at the interface of transmembrane helices belonging to the H- and M-subunits, probably arising from an unidentified lipid. Lipidic-sponge phase crystal structure of a photosynthetic reaction center reveals lipids on the protein surface.,Wohri AB, Wahlgren WY, Malmerberg E, Johansson LC, Neutze R, Katona G Biochemistry. 2009 Sep 10. PMID:19743880 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Cytochrome C 3D structures

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