9MVZ

Tripartite complex of MmpL5-S5-AcpM from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis

Summary for 9MVZ

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb9mvz/pdb
• EMDB information: 48675
• Descriptor: MmpL5 protein, Meromycolate extension acyl carrier protein, MmpS5 protein, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: mmpl5, mmps5, acpm, membrane protein, tripartite complex
• Biological source: Mycolicibacterium smegmatis; More
• Total number of polymer chains: 9
• Total formula weight: 394816.64

Authors

Zhang, Z.,Maharjan, R.,Gregor, W. (deposition date: 2025-01-16, release date: 2025-07-30, Last modification date: 2026-02-18)

Primary citation

Zhang, Z.,Maharjan, R.,Gregor, W.D.,Klenotic, P.A.,Yu, E.W.
Structures of MmpL complexes reveal the assembly and mechanism of this family of transporters.
Sci Adv, 11:eadx1129-eadx1129, 2025

PubMed Abstract: We coexpressed the mycobacterial membrane protein large 5 (MmpL5) transporter and MmpS5 adaptor proteins in and defined their structures from detergent-solubilized crude membranes. We observed that MmpL5 presents as a monomer in complex with the cytosolic meromycolate extension acyl carrier protein M (AcpM), where these AcpM-MmpL5 complexes generate regular two-dimensional arrays. We also provide structural information to show that MmpL5 assembles as a trimer that interacts with MmpS5 and AcpM to form the tripartite complex AcpM-MmpL5-MmpS5 that spans both the inner and outer membranes of the mycobacterium. In addition, we found that MmpL5 and AcpM are able to form the trimeric AcpM-MmpL5 complex. The structural data reveal that the full-length MmpL5 trimer is capable of spanning the entire mycobacterial cell envelope to transport substrates. However, this assembly requires the presence of MmpS5 to stabilize secondary structural features of the MmpL5 periplasmic subdomains.

PubMed: 40802754
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx1129

Experimental method

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (2.81 Å)