4C7P

Crystal structure of Legionella pneumophila RalF F255K mutant


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.281 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.206 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

A Novel Membrane Sensor Controls the Localization and Arfgef Activity of Bacterial Ralf.

Folly-Klan, M.Alix, E.Stalder, D.Ray, P.Duarte, L.V.Delprato, A.Zeghouf, M.Antonny, B.Campanacci, V.Roy, C.R.Cherfils, J.

(2013) PLoS Pathog 9: 3747

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003747
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4C7P

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The intracellular bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila (Lp) evades destruction in macrophages by camouflaging in a specialized organelle, the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV), where it replicates. The LCV maturates by incorporating ER vesicles, which are diverted by effectors that Lp injects to take control of host cell membrane transport processes. One of these effectors, RalF, recruits the trafficking small GTPase Arf1 to the LCV. LpRalF has a Sec7 domain related to host ArfGEFs, followed by a capping domain that intimately associates with the Sec7 domain to inhibit GEF activity. How RalF is activated to function as a LCV-specific ArfGEF is unknown. We combined the reconstitution of Arf activation on artificial membranes with cellular expression and Lp infection assays, to analyze how auto-inhibition is relieved for LpRalF to function in vivo. We find that membranes activate LpRalF by about 1000 fold, and identify the membrane-binding region as the region that inhibits the Sec7 active site. It is enriched in aromatic and positively charged residues, which establish a membrane sensor to control the GEF activity in accordance with specific lipid environments. A similar mechanism of activation is found in RalF from Rickettsia prowazekii (Rp), with a different aromatic/charged residues ratio that results in divergent membrane preferences. The membrane sensor is the primary determinant of the localization of LpRalF on the LCV, and drives the timing of Arf activation during infection. Finally, we identify a conserved motif in the capping domain, remote from the membrane sensor, which is critical for RalF activity presumably by organizing its active conformation. These data demonstrate that RalF proteins are regulated by a membrane sensor that functions as a binary switch to derepress ArfGEF activity when RalF encounters a favorable lipid environment, thus establishing a regulatory paradigm to ensure that Arf GTPases are efficiently activated at specific membrane locations.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
RALF402Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila str. Philadelphia 1Mutation(s): 1 
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8RT31 (Legionella pneumophila)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q8RT31
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UniProt GroupQ8RT31
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
GOL
Query on GOL

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B [auth A]GLYCEROL
C3 H8 O3
PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.281 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.206 
  • Space Group: P 31 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 78.265α = 90
b = 78.265β = 90
c = 115.01γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
BUSTERrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XDSdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2013-12-04
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-12-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description