3DWO

Crystal structure of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa FadL homologue

3DWO の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb3dwo/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 1T16 1T1L 3DWN
• 分子名称: Probable outer membrane protein, SULFATE ION, (HYDROXYETHYLOXY)TRI(ETHYLOXY)OCTANE, ... (4 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: beta barrel, outer membrane protein, membrane protein
• 由来する生物種: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 1
• 化学式量合計: 52380.06

構造登録者

Hearn, E.M.,Patel, D.R.,Lepore, B.W.,Indic, M.,van den Berg, B. (登録日: 2008-07-22, 公開日: 2008-12-16, 最終更新日: 2024-02-21)

主引用文献

Hearn, E.M.,Patel, D.R.,Lepore, B.W.,Indic, M.,van den Berg, B.
Transmembrane passage of hydrophobic compounds through a protein channel wall.
Nature, 458:367-370, 2009

PubMed Abstract: Membrane proteins that transport hydrophobic compounds have important roles in multi-drug resistance and can cause a number of diseases, underscoring the importance of protein-mediated transport of hydrophobic compounds. Hydrophobic compounds readily partition into regular membrane lipid bilayers, and their transport through an aqueous protein channel is energetically unfavourable. Alternative transport models involving acquisition from the lipid bilayer by lateral diffusion have been proposed for hydrophobic substrates. So far, all transport proteins for which a lateral diffusion mechanism has been proposed function as efflux pumps. Here we present the first example of a lateral diffusion mechanism for the uptake of hydrophobic substrates by the Escherichia coli outer membrane long-chain fatty acid transporter FadL. A FadL mutant in which a lateral opening in the barrel wall is constricted, but which is otherwise structurally identical to wild-type FadL, does not transport substrates. A crystal structure of FadL from Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows that the opening in the wall of the beta-barrel is conserved and delineates a long, hydrophobic tunnel that could mediate substrate passage from the extracellular environment, through the polar lipopolysaccharide layer and, by means of the lateral opening in the barrel wall, into the lipid bilayer from where the substrate can diffuse into the periplasm. Because FadL homologues are found in pathogenic and biodegrading bacteria, our results have implications for combating bacterial infections and bioremediating xenobiotics in the environment.

PubMed: 19182779
DOI: 10.1038/nature07678

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.2 Å)