1TUH

Structure of Bal32a from a Soil-Derived Mobile Gene Cassette

1TUH の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb1tuh/pdb
• 分子名称: hypothetical protein EGC068, ACETATE ION (3 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: uncultured, unknown function
• 由来する生物種: uncultured bacterium
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 1
• 化学式量合計: 17826.87

構造登録者

Robinson, A.,Wu, P.S.-C.,Harrop, S.J.,Schaeffer, P.M.,Dixon, N.E.,Gillings, M.R.,Holmes, A.J.,Nevalainen, K.M.H.,Otting, G.,Stokes, H.W.,Curmi, P.M.G.,Mabbutt, B.C. (登録日: 2004-06-25, 公開日: 2004-07-06, 最終更新日: 2024-03-13)

主引用文献

Robinson, A.,Wu, P.S.-C.,Harrop, S.J.,Schaeffer, P.M.,Dosztanyi, Z.,Gillings, M.R.,Holmes, A.J.,Nevalainen, K.M.H.,Stokes, H.W.,Otting, G.,Dixon, N.E.,Curmi, P.M.G.,Mabbutt, B.C.
Integron-associated Mobile Gene Cassettes Code for Folded Proteins: The Structure of Bal32a, a New Member of the Adaptable alpha+beta Barrel Family
J.Mol.Biol., 346:1229-1241, 2005

PubMed Abstract: The wide-ranging physiology and large genetic variability observed for prokaryotes is largely attributed, not to the prokaryotic genome itself, but rather to mechanisms of lateral gene transfer. Cassette PCR has been used to sample the integron/gene cassette metagenome from different natural environments without laboratory cultivation of the host organism, and without prior knowledge of any target protein sequence. Since over 90% of cassette genes are unrelated to any sequence in the current databases, it is not clear whether these genes code for folded functional proteins. We have selected a sample of eight cassette-encoded genes with no known homologs; five have been isolated as soluble protein products and shown by biophysical techniques to be folded. In solution, at least three of these proteins organise as stable oligomeric assemblies. The tertiary structure of one of these, Bal32a derived from a contaminated soil site, has been solved by X-ray crystallography to 1.8 A resolution. From the three-dimensional structure, Bal32a is found to be a member of the highly adaptable alpha+beta barrel family of transport proteins and enzymes. In Bal32a, the barrel cavity is unusually deep and inaccessible to solvent. Polar side-chains in its interior are reminiscent of catalytic sites of limonene-1,2-epoxide hydrolase and nogalonic acid methyl ester cyclase. These studies demonstrate the viability of direct sampling of mobile DNA as a route for the discovery of novel proteins.

PubMed: 15713477
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.12.035

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.85 Å)