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タイトル | Cryo-EM Structure of the relaxosome, a complex essential for bacterial mating and the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | Nat Commun, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Page 4906, Year 2025 |
掲載日 | 2025年5月27日 |
![]() | Sunanda M Williams / Sandra Raffl / Sabine Kienesberger / Aravindan Ilangovan / Ellen L Zechner / Gabriel Waksman / ![]() ![]() |
PubMed 要旨 | Bacterial mating, or conjugation, was discovered nearly 80 years ago as a process transferring genes from one bacterial cell (the donor) to another (the recipient). It requires three key multiprotein ...Bacterial mating, or conjugation, was discovered nearly 80 years ago as a process transferring genes from one bacterial cell (the donor) to another (the recipient). It requires three key multiprotein complexes in the donor cell: a DNA-processing machinery called the relaxosome, a double-membrane spanning type 4 secretion system (T4SS), and an extracellular appendage termed pilus. While the near-atomic resolution structures of the T4SS and pilus are already known, that of the relaxosome has not been reported to date. Here, we describe the cryo-EM structure of the fully assembled relaxosome encoded by the paradigm F plasmid in two different states corresponding to distinct functional steps along the DNA processing reaction. By varying the structures of model DNAs we delineate conformational changes required to initiate conjugation. Mutational studies of the various protein-protein and protein-DNA interaction hubs suggest a complex sensitive to trigger signals, that could arise from cell-to-cell contacts with recipient cells. |
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手法 | EM (単粒子) |
解像度 | 2.94 - 7.7 Å |
構造データ | ![]() EMDB-50098: Initial 3D Map of relaxosome complex with oriT DNA ds-27_+143 ![]() EMDB-50099: Initial 3D Map of relaxosome complex with oriT DNA ss-27_+8ds+9_+143 ![]() EMDB-50102: Initial 3D Map of relaxosome complex with oriT DNA ss-27_-8ds-7_+143 ![]() EMDB-50103: Initial 3D Map of relaxosome complex with oriT DNA ss-27_-13ds-12_+143 ![]() EMDB-50104: Initial 3D Map of relaxosome complex with oriT DNA ds-2_+113deltaTraM ![]() EMDB-50105: Initial 3D Map of relaxosome complex with oriT DNA ds-67_+113(poly-dT15-17_-3)deltaTraM EMDB-50117: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome in its pre-initiation state. ds-27_+143-R Locally-refined Map 3.76 A EMDB-50118, PDB-9f0y: EMDB-50119: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with truncated TraI1-863 in its TE mode. ss-27_+8ds+9_+143-R_deltaAH+CTD Locally-refined 3.42 A Map EMDB-50120: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with TraI in its TE mode, without accessory protein TraM. ss-27_+8ds+9_+143-R_deltaTraM Locally-refined 2.94 A Map. EMDB-50121: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with oriT DNA ss-27_+3ds+4_+143 and TraI in its TE mode. ss-27_+3ds+4_+143-R Locally-refined 3.68 A Map. EMDB-50122: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with oriT DNA ss-27_-3ds-2_+143 and TraI in its TE mode. ss-27_-3ds-2_+143-R Locally-refined 3.42 A Map. ![]() EMDB-50131: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome in its pre-initiation state. ds-27_+143-R Global Map 4.31 A. ![]() EMDB-50132: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with truncated TraI1-863 in its TE mode. ss-27_+8ds+9_+143-R_deltaAH+CTD Global 3.93 A Map. ![]() EMDB-50133: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with TraI in its TE mode, without the accessory protein TraM. ss-27_+8ds+9_+143-R_deltaTraM Global 3.11 A Map. ![]() EMDB-53548: CryoEM map of the F plasmid relaxosome with TraI in its TE mode. ss-27_+8ds+9_+143-R Global 3.77 A Map. |
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![]() | DNA BINDING PROTEIN / Relaxosome / Bacterial Conjugation / DNA processing / Relaxase / DNA binding proteins |