7XI1

AcrIF 24

Summary for 7XI1

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb7xi1/pdb
• Descriptor: anti-CRISPR protein AcrIF24 (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: anti-crispr, acr, inhibitor of type i-f cascade, immune system
• Biological source: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 26066.43

Authors

Kim, G.E.,Park, H.H. (deposition date: 2022-04-11, release date: 2023-03-22, Last modification date: 2023-11-29)

Primary citation

Kim, G.E.,Lee, S.Y.,Birkholz, N.,Kamata, K.,Jeong, J.H.,Kim, Y.G.,Fineran, P.C.,Park, H.H.
Molecular basis of dual anti-CRISPR and auto-regulatory functions of AcrIF24.
Nucleic Acids Res., 50:11344-11358, 2022

PubMed Abstract: CRISPR-Cas systems are adaptive immune systems in bacteria and archaea that provide resistance against phages and other mobile genetic elements. To fight against CRISPR-Cas systems, phages and archaeal viruses encode anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins that inhibit CRISPR-Cas systems. The expression of acr genes is controlled by anti-CRISPR-associated (Aca) proteins encoded within acr-aca operons. AcrIF24 is a recently identified Acr that inhibits the type I-F CRISPR-Cas system. Interestingly, AcrIF24 was predicted to be a dual-function Acr and Aca. Here, we elucidated the crystal structure of AcrIF24 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and identified its operator sequence within the regulated acr-aca operon promoter. The structure of AcrIF24 has a novel domain composition, with wing, head and body domains. The body domain is responsible for recognition of promoter DNA for Aca regulatory activity. We also revealed that AcrIF24 directly bound to type I-F Cascade, specifically to Cas7 via its head domain as part of its Acr mechanism. Our results provide new molecular insights into the mechanism of a dual functional Acr-Aca protein.

PubMed: 36243977
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac880

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.53 Å)