National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIH/NIDDK)
United States
Citation
Journal: Commun Biol / Year: 2025 Title: Structural insights into Cir-mediated killing by the antimicrobial protein Microcin V. Authors: Stavros A Maurakis / Angela C O'Donnell / Istvan Botos / Rodolfo Ghirlando / Bryan W Davies / Susan K Buchanan / Abstract: Drug-resistant bacteria are a global concern. Novel treatments are needed, but are difficult to develop for Gram-negative species due to the need to traverse the outer membrane to reach targets ...Drug-resistant bacteria are a global concern. Novel treatments are needed, but are difficult to develop for Gram-negative species due to the need to traverse the outer membrane to reach targets beneath. A promising solution is found in natural antibiotics which bind outer membrane receptors and co-opt them for import. Exploring this mechanism may open avenues for antibiotic development. An underappreciated class of natural antibiotics are microcins - small antimicrobial proteins secreted by certain bacteria during inter-species competition. Microcins bind outer-membrane receptors of prey species for passage into the periplasm. They have potent activity, bind specific targets, and can control pathobiont expansion and colonization. One microcin, MccV, utilizes the E. coli colicin Ia receptor, Cir, for import. Here, we report the first high-resolution structure of the Cir/MccV complex by Cryo-EM, revealing an interaction centered on an electropositive cavity within the Cir extracellular loops. We also report the affinity of MccV for Cir. Lastly, we mutagenized interacting residues and identified key contacts critical to MccV binding, import, and bacteriolysis. Future efforts may help disentangle the mechanisms of microcin killing and will assess relationships between other microcins and their targets to better understand the potential for microcins to be used as antibacterial drugs.
Name: Colicin-V / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO
Source (natural)
Organism: Enterobacteriaceae (enterobacteria)
Molecular weight
Theoretical: 3.564979 KDa
Recombinant expression
Organism: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) (bacteria)
Sequence
String:
KQKPEGIPSE AWNYAAGRLC NWSPNNLSDV CL
UniProtKB: Colicin-V
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
single particle reconstruction
Aggregation state
particle
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Sample preparation
Buffer
pH: 7.4 / Details: Phosphate Buffered Saline
Grid
Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV Details: Blot force +5 Wait time 0 Blot total 1 Blot time 5 seconds.
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
TFS KRIOS
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 59.65 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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