4ZXQ

P22 Tail Needle Gp26 1-140 crystallized at pH 3.9


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.252 
  • R-Value Work: 0.215 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.217 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Structural Plasticity of the Protein Plug That Traps Newly Packaged Genomes in Podoviridae Virions.

Bhardwaj, A.Sankhala, R.S.Olia, A.S.Brooke, D.Casjens, S.R.Taylor, D.J.Prevelige, P.E.Cingolani, G.

(2016) J Biol Chem 291: 215-226

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.696260
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4ZKP, 4ZKU, 4ZXQ, 5BU5, 5BU8, 5BVZ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Bacterial viruses of the P22-like family encode a specialized tail needle essential for genome stabilization after DNA packaging and implicated in Gram-negative cell envelope penetration. The atomic structure of P22 tail needle (gp26) crystallized at acidic pH reveals a slender fiber containing an N-terminal "trimer of hairpins" tip. Although the length and composition of tail needles vary significantly in Podoviridae, unexpectedly, the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal tip is exceptionally conserved in more than 200 genomes of P22-like phages and prophages. In this paper, we used x-ray crystallography and EM to investigate the neutral pH structure of three tail needles from bacteriophage P22, HK620, and Sf6. In all cases, we found that the N-terminal tip is poorly structured, in stark contrast to the compact trimer of hairpins seen in gp26 crystallized at acidic pH. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, limited proteolysis, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and gel filtration chromatography revealed that the N-terminal tip is highly dynamic in solution and unlikely to adopt a stable trimeric conformation at physiological pH. This is supported by the cryo-EM reconstruction of P22 mature virion tail, where the density of gp26 N-terminal tip is incompatible with a trimer of hairpins. We propose the tail needle N-terminal tip exists in two conformations: a pre-ejection extended conformation, which seals the portal vertex after genome packaging, and a postejection trimer of hairpins, which forms upon its release from the virion. The conformational plasticity of the tail needle N-terminal tip is built in the amino acid sequence, explaining its extraordinary conservation in nature.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Tail needle protein gp26
A, B, C, D, E
A, B, C, D, E, F
144Lederbergvirus P22Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: 26
UniProt
Find proteins for P35837 (Salmonella phage P22)
Explore P35837 
Go to UniProtKB:  P35837
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UniProt GroupP35837
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.252 
  • R-Value Work: 0.215 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.217 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 58.952α = 90
b = 94.095β = 90
c = 97.619γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesR01 GM100888

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-08-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-11-25
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2015-12-02
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2016-01-13
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2017-09-13
    Changes: Author supporting evidence, Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.5: 2019-12-25
    Changes: Author supporting evidence
  • Version 1.6: 2023-09-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description