2HY6

A seven-helix coiled coil


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.25 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.209 
  • R-Value Work: 0.181 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.182 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

A seven-helix coiled coil.

Liu, J.Zheng, Q.Deng, Y.Cheng, C.S.Kallenbach, N.R.Lu, M.

(2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 15457-15462

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0604871103
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2HY6

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Coiled-coil proteins contain a characteristic seven-residue sequence repeat whose positions are designated a to g. The interacting surface between alpha-helices in a classical coiled coil is formed by interspersing nonpolar side chains at the a and d positions with hydrophilic residues at the flanking e and g positions. To explore how the chemical nature of these core amino acids dictates the overall coiled-coil architecture, we replaced all eight e and g residues in the GCN4 leucine zipper with nonpolar alanine side chains. Surprisingly, the alanine-containing mutant forms a stable alpha-helical heptamer in aqueous solution. The 1.25-A resolution crystal structure of the heptamer reveals a parallel seven-stranded coiled coil enclosing a large tubular channel with an unusual heptad register shift between adjacent staggered helices. The overall geometry comprises two interleaved hydrophobic helical screws of interacting cross-sectional a and d layers that have not been seen before. Moreover, asparagines at the a positions play an essential role in heptamer formation by participating in a set of buried interhelix hydrogen bonds. These results demonstrate that heptad repeats containing four hydrophobic positions can direct assembly of complex, higher-order coiled-coil structures with rich diversity for close packing of alpha-helices.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
General control protein GCN4
A, B, C, D, E
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
34Saccharomyces cerevisiaeMutation(s): 8 
Gene Names: GCN4AAS3ARG9
UniProt
Find proteins for P03069 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c))
Explore P03069 
Go to UniProtKB:  P03069
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UniProt GroupP03069
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.25 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.209 
  • R-Value Work: 0.181 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.182 
  • Space Group: P 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 31.487α = 86.54
b = 35.302β = 104.28
c = 48.985γ = 99.95
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
MAR345data collection
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2006-10-24
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-10-18
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.4: 2021-10-20
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.5: 2023-08-30
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description