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J Mol Biol ; 335(1): 261-74, 2004 Jan 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14659755

RESUMO

Maltose-binding proteins act as primary receptors in bacterial transport and chemotaxis systems. We report here crystal structures of the thermoacidostable maltose-binding protein from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius, and explore its modes of binding to maltose and maltotriose. Further, comparison with the structures of related proteins from Escherichia coli (a mesophile), and two hyperthermophiles (Pyrococcus furiosus and Thermococcus litoralis) allows an investigation of the basis of thermo- and acidostability in this family of proteins.The thermoacidophilic protein has fewer charged residues than the other three structures, which is compensated by an increase in the number of polar residues. Although the content of acidic and basic residues is approximately equal, more basic residues are exposed on its surface whereas most acidic residues are buried in the interior. As a consequence, this protein has a highly positive surface charge. Fewer salt bridges are buried than in the other MBP structures, but the number exposed on its surface does not appear to be unusual. These features appear to be correlated with the acidostability of the A. acidocaldarius protein rather than its thermostability. An analysis of cavities within the proteins shows that the extremophile proteins are more closely packed than the mesophilic one. Proline content is slightly higher in the hyperthermophiles and thermoacidophiles than in mesophiles, and this amino acid is more common at the second position of beta-turns, properties that are also probably related to thermostability. Secondary structural content does not vary greatly in the different structures, and so is not a contributing factor.


Assuntos
Bacillus/química , Proteínas de Transporte/química , Cristalografia por Raios X , Ácidos/farmacologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sítios de Ligação , Maltose/química , Proteínas Ligantes de Maltose , Estrutura Molecular , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Desnaturação Proteica , Trissacarídeos/química
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J Biol Chem ; 279(10): 8747-52, 2004 Mar 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14672931

RESUMO

The periplasmic leucine-binding protein is the primary receptor for the leucine transport system in Escherichia coli. We report here the structure of an open ligand-free form solved by molecular replacement and refined at 1.5-A resolution. In addition, two closed ligand-bound structures of the same protein are presented, a phenylalanine-bound form at 1.8 A and a leucine-bound structure at a nominal resolution of 2.4 A. These structures show the basis of this protein's ligand specificity, as well as illustrating the conformational changes that are associated with ligand binding. Comparison with earlier structures provides further information about solution conformations, as well as the different specificity of the closely related leucine/isoleucine/valine-binding protein.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Proteínas Periplásmicas de Ligação/química , Sítios de Ligação , Escherichia coli , Ligantes , Conformação Proteica , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Difração de Raios X
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J Biol Chem ; 277(16): 14077-84, 2002 Apr 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11825912

RESUMO

Conformational changes of periplasmic binding proteins are essential for their function in chemotaxis and transport. The allose-binding protein from Escherichia coli is, like other receptors in its family, composed of two alpha/beta domains joined by a three-stranded hinge. In the previously determined structure of the closed, ligand-bound form (Chaudhuri, B. N., Ko, J., Park, C., Jones, T. A., and Mowbray, S. L. (1999) J. Mol. Biol. 286, 1519-1531), the ligand-binding site is buried between the two domains. We report here the structures of three distinct open, ligand-free forms of this receptor, one solved at 3.1-A resolution and two others at 1.7-A resolution. Together, these allow a description of the conformational changes associated with ligand binding. A few large, coupled torsional changes in the hinge strands are sufficient to generate the overall bending motion, with only minor disruption of the individual domains. Integral water molecules appear to act as structural "ball bearings" in this process. The conformational changes of the related ribose-binding protein follow a distinct pattern. The observed differences between the two proteins can be interpreted in the context of changes in sequence and in crystal packing and provide new insights into the nature of hinge bending motion in this class of periplasmic binding proteins.


Assuntos
Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/química , Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli/química , Cristalografia por Raios X , Elétrons , Ligantes , Modelos Moleculares , Oxigênio , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Dobramento de Proteína , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína
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