2PC4

Crystal structure of fructose-bisphosphate aldolase from Plasmodium falciparum in complex with TRAP-tail determined at 2.4 angstrom resolution


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.250 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.201 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Aldolase provides an unusual binding site for thrombospondin-related anonymous protein in the invasion machinery of the malaria parasite.

Bosch, J.Buscaglia, C.A.Krumm, B.Ingason, B.P.Lucas, R.Roach, C.Cardozo, T.Nussenzweig, V.Hol, W.G.

(2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104: 7015-7020

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0605301104
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2EPH, 2PC4

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    An actomyosin motor located underneath the plasma membrane drives motility and host-cell invasion of apicomplexan parasites such as Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, the causative agents of malaria. Aldolase connects the motor actin filaments to transmembrane adhesive proteins of the thrombospondin-related anonymous protein (TRAP) family and transduces the motor force across the parasite surface. The TRAP-aldolase interaction is a distinctive and critical trait of host hepatocyte invasion by Plasmodium sporozoites, with a likely similar interaction crucial for erythrocyte invasion by merozoites. Here, we describe 2.4-A and 2.7-A structures of P. falciparum aldolase (PfAldo) obtained from crystals grown in the presence of the C-terminal hexapeptide of TRAP from Plasmodium berghei. The indole ring of the critical penultimate Trp-residue of TRAP fits snugly into a newly formed hydrophobic pocket, which is exclusively delimited by hydrophilic residues: two arginines, one glutamate, and one glutamine. Comparison with the unliganded PfAldo structure shows that the two arginines adopt new side-chain rotamers, whereas a 25-residue subdomain, forming a helix-loop-helix unit, shifts upon binding the TRAP-tail. The structural data are in agreement with decreased TRAP binding after mutagenesis of PfAldo residues in and near the induced TRAP-binding pocket. Remarkably, the TRAP- and actin-binding sites of PfAldo seem to overlap, suggesting that both the plasticity of the aldolase active-site region and the multimeric nature of the enzyme are crucial for its intriguing nonenzymatic function in the invasion machinery of the malaria parasite.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry and Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa (SGPP) Consortium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase
A, B, C, D
369Plasmodium falciparumMutation(s): 0 
EC: 4.1.2.13
UniProt
Find proteins for P14223 (Plasmodium falciparum)
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UniProt GroupP14223
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PbTRAPE [auth H]6N/AMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for A0A509AST0 (Plasmodium berghei (strain Anka))
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.250 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.201 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 70.386α = 90
b = 145.519β = 90
c = 148.52γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
ADSCdata collection
MOSFLMdata reduction
CCP4data scaling
MOLREPphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2007-04-17
    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: 2023-08-30
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description