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PDBsum entry 1xfu

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Lyase/metal binding protein PDB id
1xfu
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Protein chains
(+ 0 more) 735 a.a.
(+ 0 more) 146 a.a.
Metals
_MG ×6
_CA ×18

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Title Calcium-Independent calmodulin binding and two-Metal-Ion catalytic mechanism of anthrax edema factor.
Authors Y.Shen, N.L.Zhukovskaya, Q.Guo, J.Florián, W.J.Tang.
Ref. EMBO J, 2005, 24, 929-941. [DOI no: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600574]
PubMed id 15719022
Abstract
Edema factor (EF), a key anthrax exotoxin, has an anthrax protective antigen-binding domain (PABD) and a calmodulin (CaM)-activated adenylyl cyclase domain. Here, we report the crystal structures of CaM-bound EF, revealing the architecture of EF PABD. CaM has N- and C-terminal domains and each domain can bind two calcium ions. Calcium binding induces the conformational change of CaM from closed to open. Structures of the EF-CaM complex show how EF locks the N-terminal domain of CaM into a closed conformation regardless of its calcium-loading state. This represents a mechanism of how CaM effector alters the calcium affinity of CaM and uncouples the conformational change of CaM from calcium loading. Furthermore, structures of EF-CaM complexed with nucleotides show that EF uses two-metal-ion catalysis, a prevalent mechanism in DNA and RNA polymerases. A histidine (H351) further facilitates the catalysis of EF by activating a water to deprotonate 3'OH of ATP. Mammalian adenylyl cyclases share no structural similarity with EF and they also use two-metal-ion catalysis, suggesting the catalytic mechanism-driven convergent evolution of two structurally diverse adenylyl cyclases.
Figure 1.
Figure 1 Structure of EF -CaM complex. (A) Ribbon diagram of EF in complex with CaM and that of LF. Catalytic core domain, helical domain, N-terminal PABD, and C-terminal PABD of EF are colored in green, yellow, blue, and purple, respectively, and CaM in red. N-terminal PABD, C-terminal PABD, and protease domain of LF are in blue, purple and green, respectively. (B) Comparison of PABDs of EF and LF. The similar secondary structures of the N-terminal / sandwich of PABDs of EF and LF are depicted in blue and dark blue, respectively, and those of the C-terminal five-helix domain of PABD of EF and LF are colored in purple and magenta, respectively. Five loops, L1 -L5, which have significant differences between EF-PABD and LF-PABD, are colored in cyan and yellow, respectively. (C) Sequence alignment of PABD of EF and LF. Identical sequences are colored in yellow and similar sequences are in green.
Figure 2.
Figure 2 Structures of N-CaM and its interaction with EF. (A) Structures of N-CaM (red) in EF -CaM complex at 1 M calcium, 1 mM calcium, 10 mM calcium concentrations in comparison with the calcium-free N-CaM structure (left, PDB code: 1CFD) and the crystal structure of four calcium-loaded CaM (right, PDB code: 1CLL). Calcium ions are colored in orange. (B) The interaction between N-CaM and the helical domain of EF. The helical domains of EF and N-CaM of the EF -CaM complex at 10 mM calcium concentration are colored in yellow and red, respectively. For comparison, four calcium-loaded CaM is shown in cyan. (C) Detailed hydrogen bonding and salt bridge formed at the interface between helices I and II of N-CaM and helices L and M of EF.
The above figures are reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (2005, 24, 929-941) copyright 2005.
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