2V25

Structure of the Campylobacter jejuni antigen Peb1A, an aspartate and glutamate receptor with bound aspartate


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.49 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.185 
  • R-Value Work: 0.163 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.165 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

A Bacterial Virulence Factor with a Dual Role as an Adhesin and a Solute Binding-Protein: The Crystal Structure at 1.5 A Resolution of the Peb1A Protein from the Food-Borne Human Pathogen Campylobacter Jejuni

Muller, A.Del Rocio Leon-Kempis, M.Dodson, E.Wilson, K.S.Wilkinson, A.J.Kelly, D.J.

(2007) J Mol Biol 372: 160

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.041
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2V25

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The PEB1a protein is an antigenic factor exposed on the surface of the food-borne human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni, which has a major role in adherence and host colonisation. PEB1a is also the periplasmic binding protein component of an aspartate/glutamate ABC transporter essential for optimal microaerobic growth on these dicarboxylic amino acids. Here, we report the crystal structure of PEB1a at 1.5 A resolution. The protein has a typical two-domain alpha/beta structure, characteristic of periplasmic extracytoplasmic solute receptors and a chain topology related to the type II subfamily. An aspartate ligand, clearly defined by electron density in the interdomain cleft, forms extensive polar interactions with the protein, the majority of which are made with the larger domain. Arg89 and Asp174 form ion-pairing interactions with the main chain alpha-carboxyl and alpha-amino-groups, respectively, of the ligand, while Arg67, Thr82, Lys19 and Tyr156 co-ordinate the ligand side-chain carboxyl group. Lys19 and Arg67 line a positively charged groove, which favours binding of Asp over the neutral Asn. The ligand-binding cleft is of sufficient depth to accommodate a glutamate. This is the first structure of an ABC-type aspartate-binding protein, and explains the high affinity of the protein for aspartate and glutamate, and its much weaker binding of asparagine and glutamine. Stopped-flow fluorescence spectroscopy indicates a simple bimolecular mechanism of ligand binding, with high association rate constants. Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses revealed PEB1a homologues in some Gram-positive bacteria. The alignments suggest a more distant homology with GltI from Escherichia coli, a known glutamate and aspartate-binding protein, but Lys19 and Tyr156 are not conserved in GltI. Our results provide a structural basis for understanding both the solute transport and adhesin/virulence functions of PEB1a.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5YW, UK.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
MAJOR CELL-BINDING FACTOR
A, B
259Campylobacter jejuniMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for Q0P9X8 (Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni serotype O:2 (strain ATCC 700819 / NCTC 11168))
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q0P9X8
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UniProt GroupQ0P9X8
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.49 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.185 
  • R-Value Work: 0.163 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.165 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 53.272α = 90
b = 75.868β = 103.31
c = 61.708γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2007-06-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-12-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description