5E0Y

Crystal Structure of PASTA Domain 4 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Kinase B

Summary for 5E0Y

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5e0y/pdb
• Related: 3OUV 5E0Z 5E10 5E12
• Descriptor: Serine/threonine-protein kinase PknB, ZINC ION (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: kinase, extracellular sensor domain, peptidoglycan binding, structural genomics, tb structural genomics consortium, tbsgc, transferase
• Biological source: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 8316.02

Authors

Prigozhin, D.M.,TB Structural Genomics Consortium (TBSGC) (deposition date: 2015-09-29, release date: 2016-09-14, Last modification date: 2024-03-06)

Primary citation

Prigozhin, D.M.,Papavinasasundaram, K.G.,Baer, C.E.,Murphy, K.C.,Moskaleva, A.,Chen, T.Y.,Alber, T.,Sassetti, C.M.
Structural and Genetic Analyses of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Kinase B Sensor Domain Identify a Potential Ligand-binding Site.
J.Biol.Chem., 291:22961-22969, 2016

PubMed Abstract: Monitoring the environment with serine/threonine protein kinases is critical for growth and survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a devastating human pathogen. Protein kinase B (PknB) is a transmembrane serine/threonine protein kinase that acts as an essential regulator of mycobacterial growth and division. The PknB extracellular domain (ECD) consists of four repeats homologous to penicillin-binding protein and serine/threonine kinase associated (PASTA) domains, and binds fragments of peptidoglycan. These properties suggest that PknB activity is modulated by ECD binding to peptidoglycan substructures, however, the molecular mechanisms underpinning PknB regulation remain unclear. In this study, we report structural and genetic characterization of the PknB ECD. We determined the crystal structures of overlapping ECD fragments at near atomic resolution, built a model of the full ECD, and discovered a region on the C-terminal PASTA domain that has the properties of a ligand-binding site. Hydrophobic interaction between this surface and a bound molecule of citrate was observed in a crystal structure. Our genetic analyses in M. tuberculosis showed that nonfunctional alleles were produced either by deletion of any of single PASTA domain or by mutation of individual conserved residues lining the putative ligand-binding surface of the C-terminal PASTA repeat. These results define two distinct structural features necessary for PknB signal transduction, a fully extended ECD and a conserved, membrane-distal putative ligand-binding site.

PubMed: 27601474
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.731760

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.001 Å)