3VY8

Crystal Structure of PorB from Neisseria meningitidis in complex with Cesium ion, space group P63

3VY8 の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb3vy8/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 3VY9
• 分子名称: Outer membrane protein, CESIUM ION (3 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: beta-barrel, porin, channel, outer membrane protein, membrane protein
• 由来する生物種: Neisseria meningitidis
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 1
• 化学式量合計: 38578.02

構造登録者

Kattner, C.,Zaucha, J.,Jaenecke, F.,Zachariae, U.,Tanabe, M. (登録日: 2012-09-21, 公開日: 2013-01-02, 最終更新日: 2023-11-08)

主引用文献

Kattner, C.,Zaucha, J.,Jaenecke, F.,Zachariae, U.,Tanabe, M.
Identification of a cation transport pathway in Neisseria meningitidis PorB.
Proteins, 81:830-840, 2013

PubMed Abstract: Neisseria meningitidis is the main causative agent of bacterial meningitis. In its outer membrane, the trimeric Neisserial porin PorB is responsible for the diffusive transport of essential hydrophilic solutes across the bilayer. Previous molecular dynamics simulations based on the recent crystal structure of PorB have suggested the presence of distinct solute translocation pathways through this channel. Although PorB has been electrophysiologically characterized as anion-selective, cation translocation through nucleotide-bound PorB during pathogenesis is thought to be instrumental for host cell death. As a result, we were particularly interested in further characterizing cation transport through the pore. We combined a structural approach with additional computational analysis. Here, we present two crystal structures of PorB at 2.1 and 2.65 Å resolution. The new structures display additional electron densities around the protruding loop 3 (L3) inside the pore. We show that these electron densities can be identified as monovalent cations, in our case Cs(+), which are tightly bound to the inner channel. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal further ion interactions and the free energy landscape for ions inside PorB. Our results suggest that the crystallographically identified locations of Cs(+) form a cation transport pathway inside the pore. This finding suggests how positively charged ions are translocated through PorB when the channel is inserted into mitochondrial membranes during Neisserial infection, a process which is considered to dissipate the mitochondrial transmembrane potential gradient and thereby induce apoptosis.

PubMed: 23255122
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24241

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.12 Å)