3HR6

Structure of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae major pilin SpaA points to a modular pilus assembly stabilizing isopeptide bonds

Summary for 3HR6

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb3hr6/pdb
• Related: 3HTL
• Descriptor: Putative surface-anchored fimbrial subunit, CALCIUM ION, IODIDE ION, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: multiple ig-like domains, cell wall, peptidoglycan-anchor, structural protein, cell adhesion
• Biological source: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 47046.43

Authors

Kang, H.J.,Paterson, N.G.,Gaspar, A.H.,Ton-That, H.,Baker, E.N. (deposition date: 2009-06-08, release date: 2009-09-15, Last modification date: 2011-07-13)

• Primary citation: Kang, H.J.,Paterson, N.G.,Gaspar, A.H.,Ton-That, H.,Baker, E.N.; The Corynebacterium diphtheriae shaft pilin SpaA is built of tandem Ig-like modules with stabilizing isopeptide and disulfide bonds; Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 106:16967-16971, 2009; PubMed: 19805181; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906826106

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.6 Å)