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5OWI

The dynamic dimer structure of the chaperone Trigger Factor (conformer 1)

Summary for 5OWI
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb5owi/pdb
NMR InformationBMRB: 27239
DescriptorTrigger factor (1 entity in total)
Functional Keywordschaperone, dimer
Biological sourceEscherichia coli
Total number of polymer chains2
Total formula weight96511.14
Authors
Morgado, L.,Burmann, B.M.,Sharpe, T.,Mazur, A.,Hiller, S. (deposition date: 2017-09-01, release date: 2017-11-29, Last modification date: 2024-05-15)
Primary citationMorgado, L.,Burmann, B.M.,Sharpe, T.,Mazur, A.,Hiller, S.
The dynamic dimer structure of the chaperone Trigger Factor.
Nat Commun, 8:1992-1992, 2017
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: The chaperone Trigger Factor (TF) from Escherichia coli forms a dimer at cellular concentrations. While the monomer structure of TF is well known, the spatial arrangement of this dimeric chaperone storage form has remained unclear. Here, we determine its structure by a combination of high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and biophysical methods. TF forms a symmetric head-to-tail dimer, where the ribosome binding domain is in contact with the substrate binding domain, while the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase domain contributes only slightly to the dimer affinity. The dimer structure is highly dynamic, with the two ribosome binding domains populating a conformational ensemble in the center. These dynamics result from intermolecular in trans interactions of the TF client-binding site with the ribosome binding domain, which is conformationally frustrated in the absence of the ribosome. The avidity in the dimer structure explains how the dimeric state of TF can be monomerized also by weakly interacting clients.
PubMed: 29222465
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02196-7
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