4a0u | pdb_00004a0u

Structure of the carboxy-terminal domain of bacteriophage T7 fibre gp17 containing residues 371-553, C2221 crystal form.

spinqualitylabelsall models 4a0u, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4a0u is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia phage T7. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2Å Ligands: CO3 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function FIBER_BPT7 Structural component of the short non-contractile tail. The tail comprises six fibers made of gp17 trimers, 2 nm in diameter and 32 nm in length. May attach to host lipopolysaccharides (LPS) to mediate primary attachment to the host cell. Publication Abstract from PubMed The six bacteriophage T7 tail fibers, homo-trimers of gene product 17, are thought to be responsible for the first specific, albeit reversible, attachment to Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide. The protein trimer forms kinked fibers comprised of an amino-terminal tail-attachment domain, a slender shaft, and a carboxyl-terminal domain composed of several nodules. Previously, we expressed, purified, and crystallized a carboxyl-terminal fragment comprising residues 371-553. Here, we report the structure of this protein trimer, solved using anomalous diffraction and refined at 2 A resolution. Amino acids 371-447 form a tapered pyramid with a triangular cross-section composed of interlocked beta-sheets from each of the three chains. The triangular pyramid domain has three alpha-helices at its narrow end, which are connected to a carboxyl-terminal three-blade beta-propeller tip domain by flexible loops. The monomers of this tip domain each contain an eight-stranded beta-sandwich. The exact topology of the beta-sandwich fold is novel, but similar to that of knob domains of other viral fibers and the phage Sf6 needle. Several host-range change mutants have been mapped to loops located on the top of this tip domain, suggesting that this surface of the tip domain interacts with receptors on the cell surface. Structure of the receptor-binding carboxy-terminal domain of bacteriophage T7 tail fibers.,Garcia-Doval C, van Raaij MJ Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jun 12;109(24):9390-5. Epub 2012 May 29. PMID:22645347 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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