- PDB-3c6a: Crystal Structure of the RB49 gp17 nuclease domain -
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Database: PDB / ID: 3c6a
Title
Crystal Structure of the RB49 gp17 nuclease domain
Components
Terminase large subunit
Keywords
VIRAL PROTEIN / terminase nuclease
Function / homology
Function and homology information
viral terminase, large subunit / viral DNA genome packaging / Hydrolases; Acting on ester bonds; Endodeoxyribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters / chromosome organization / Hydrolases; Acting on acid anhydrides; Acting on acid anhydrides to facilitate cellular and subcellular movement / endonuclease activity / ATP hydrolysis activity / ATP binding / metal ion binding Similarity search - Function
Journal: Cell / Year: 2008 Title: The structure of the phage T4 DNA packaging motor suggests a mechanism dependent on electrostatic forces. Authors: Siyang Sun / Kiran Kondabagil / Bonnie Draper / Tanfis I Alam / Valorie D Bowman / Zhihong Zhang / Shylaja Hegde / Andrei Fokine / Michael G Rossmann / Venigalla B Rao / Abstract: Viral genomes are packaged into "procapsids" by powerful molecular motors. We report the crystal structure of the DNA packaging motor protein, gene product 17 (gp17), in bacteriophage T4. The ...Viral genomes are packaged into "procapsids" by powerful molecular motors. We report the crystal structure of the DNA packaging motor protein, gene product 17 (gp17), in bacteriophage T4. The structure consists of an N-terminal ATPase domain, which provides energy for compacting DNA, and a C-terminal nuclease domain, which terminates packaging. We show that another function of the C-terminal domain is to translocate the genome into the procapsid. The two domains are in close contact in the crystal structure, representing a "tensed state." A cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the T4 procapsid complexed with gp17 shows that the packaging motor is a pentamer and that the domains within each monomer are spatially separated, representing a "relaxed state." These structures suggest a mechanism, supported by mutational and other data, in which electrostatic forces drive the DNA packaging by alternating between tensed and relaxed states. Similar mechanisms may occur in other molecular motors.
Type: MARMOSAIC 300 mm CCD / Detector: CCD / Date: Oct 1, 2007 / Details: mirrors
Radiation
Monochromator: GRAPHITE / Protocol: SINGLE WAVELENGTH / Monochromatic (M) / Laue (L): M / Scattering type: x-ray
Radiation wavelength
Wavelength: 1.033 Å / Relative weight: 1
Reflection
Redundancy: 4.6 % / Av σ(I) over netI: 23.3 / Number: 149604 / Rmerge(I) obs: 0.033 / Χ2: 1.57 / D res high: 1.6 Å / D res low: 50 Å / Num. obs: 32564 / % possible obs: 97.6