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Entry | Database: PDB / ID: 6ef8 | ||||||||||||
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Title | Cryo-EM of the OmcS nanowires from Geobacter sulfurreducens | ||||||||||||
Components | C-type cytochrome OmcS | ||||||||||||
Keywords | ELECTRON TRANSPORT / helical symmetry / cytochrome nanowire / cytochrome c3 / filament | ||||||||||||
Function / homology | : / Multiheme cytochrome superfamily / anaerobic respiration / cell outer membrane / electron transfer activity / cell surface / metal ion binding / HEME C / C-type cytochrome OmcS Function and homology information | ||||||||||||
Biological species | Geobacter sulfurreducens (bacteria) | ||||||||||||
Method | ELECTRON MICROSCOPY / helical reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 3.7 Å | ||||||||||||
Authors | Wang, F. / Gu, Y. / Egelman, E.H. / Malvankar, N.S. | ||||||||||||
Funding support | United States, 3items
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Citation | Journal: Cell / Year: 2019 Title: Structure of Microbial Nanowires Reveals Stacked Hemes that Transport Electrons over Micrometers. Authors: Fengbin Wang / Yangqi Gu / J Patrick O'Brien / Sophia M Yi / Sibel Ebru Yalcin / Vishok Srikanth / Cong Shen / Dennis Vu / Nicole L Ing / Allon I Hochbaum / Edward H Egelman / Nikhil S Malvankar / Abstract: Long-range (>10 μm) transport of electrons along networks of Geobacter sulfurreducens protein filaments, known as microbial nanowires, has been invoked to explain a wide range of globally important ...Long-range (>10 μm) transport of electrons along networks of Geobacter sulfurreducens protein filaments, known as microbial nanowires, has been invoked to explain a wide range of globally important redox phenomena. These nanowires were previously thought to be type IV pili composed of PilA protein. Here, we report a 3.7 Å resolution cryoelectron microscopy structure, which surprisingly reveals that, rather than PilA, G. sulfurreducens nanowires are assembled by micrometer-long polymerization of the hexaheme cytochrome OmcS, with hemes packed within ∼3.5-6 Å of each other. The inter-subunit interfaces show unique structural elements such as inter-subunit parallel-stacked hemes and axial coordination of heme by histidines from neighboring subunits. Wild-type OmcS filaments show 100-fold greater conductivity than other filaments from a ΔomcS strain, highlighting the importance of OmcS to conductivity in these nanowires. This structure explains the remarkable capacity of soil bacteria to transport electrons to remote electron acceptors for respiration and energy sharing. | ||||||||||||
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PDBx/mmCIF format | 6ef8.cif.gz | 501.8 KB | Display | PDBx/mmCIF format |
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-Validation report
Summary document | 6ef8_validation.pdf.gz | 3.6 MB | Display | wwPDB validaton report |
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Full document | 6ef8_full_validation.pdf.gz | 3.7 MB | Display | |
Data in XML | 6ef8_validation.xml.gz | 89.7 KB | Display | |
Data in CIF | 6ef8_validation.cif.gz | 125.9 KB | Display | |
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-Related structure data
Related structure data | 9046MC M: map data used to model this data C: citing same article (ref.) |
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Symmetry | Helical symmetry: (Circular symmetry: 1 / Dyad axis: no / N subunits divisor: 1 / Num. of operations: 7 / Rise per n subunits: 46.7 Å / Rotation per n subunits: -83.1 °) |
-Components
#1: Protein | Mass: 42986.008 Da / Num. of mol.: 7 / Source method: isolated from a natural source Source: (natural) Geobacter sulfurreducens (strain ATCC 51573 / DSM 12127 / PCA) (bacteria) Strain: ATCC 51573 / DSM 12127 / PCA / References: UniProt: Q74A86 #2: Chemical | ChemComp-HEC / Has protein modification | Y | |
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-Experimental details
-Experiment
Experiment | Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY |
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EM experiment | Aggregation state: FILAMENT / 3D reconstruction method: helical reconstruction |
-Sample preparation
Component | Name: Filament of OmcS protein / Type: COMPLEX / Entity ID: #1 / Source: NATURAL |
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Source (natural) | Organism: Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA (bacteria) |
Buffer solution | pH: 7 |
Specimen | Embedding applied: NO / Shadowing applied: NO / Staining applied: NO / Vitrification applied: YES |
Specimen support | Grid material: COPPER / Grid type: Quantifoil R2/2 |
Vitrification | Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Cryogen name: ETHANE / Humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 295 K |
-Electron microscopy imaging
Experimental equipment | Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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Microscopy | Model: FEI TITAN KRIOS |
Electron gun | Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN / Accelerating voltage: 300 kV / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM |
Electron lens | Mode: BRIGHT FIELD |
Image recording | Electron dose: 2.3 e/Å2 / Detector mode: COUNTING / Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Num. of real images: 1447 |
Image scans | Movie frames/image: 30 |
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CTF correction | Type: PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helical symmerty | Angular rotation/subunit: -83.1 ° / Axial rise/subunit: 46.7 Å / Axial symmetry: C1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3D reconstruction | Resolution: 3.7 Å / Resolution method: OTHER / Num. of particles: 28293 / Algorithm: BACK PROJECTION / Details: Model:Map FSC 0.38 cutoff / Symmetry type: HELICAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atomic model building | Protocol: BACKBONE TRACE / Space: REAL |