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PDBsum entry 2bk2

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Toxin PDB id
2bk2
Contents
Protein chain
456 a.a.* *
* Residue conservation analysis
* C-alpha coords only
PDB id:
2bk2
Name: Toxin
Title: The prepore structure of pneumolysin, obtained by fitting the alpha carbon trace of perfringolysin o into a cryo-em map
Structure: Perfringolysin o. Chain: a. Fragment: residues 36-500. Synonym: theta-toxin, thiol-activated cytolysin. Engineered: yes
Source: Clostridium perfringens. Organism_taxid: 1502. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562
Authors: S.J.Tilley,E.V.Orlova,R.J.C.Gilbert,P.W.Andrew,H.R.Saibil
Key ref:
S.J.Tilley et al. (2005). Structural basis of pore formation by the bacterial toxin pneumolysin. Cell, 121, 247-256. PubMed id: 15851031 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.02.033
Date:
10-Feb-05     Release date:   04-May-05    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P0C2E9  (TACY_CLOPE) -  Perfringolysin O from Clostridium perfringens (strain 13 / Type A)
Seq:
Struc:
500 a.a.
456 a.a.*
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure
* PDB and UniProt seqs differ at 1 residue position (black cross)

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: E.C.?
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]

 

 
DOI no: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.02.033 Cell 121:247-256 (2005)
PubMed id: 15851031  
 
 
Structural basis of pore formation by the bacterial toxin pneumolysin.
S.J.Tilley, E.V.Orlova, R.J.Gilbert, P.W.Andrew, H.R.Saibil.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The bacterial toxin pneumolysin is released as a soluble monomer that kills target cells by assembling into large oligomeric rings and forming pores in cholesterol-containing membranes. Using cryo-EM and image processing, we have determined the structures of membrane-surface bound (prepore) and inserted-pore oligomer forms, providing a direct observation of the conformational transition into the pore form of a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin. In the pore structure, the domains of the monomer separate and double over into an arch, forming a wall sealing the bilayer around the pore. This transformation is accomplished by substantial refolding of two of the four protein domains along with deformation of the membrane. Extension of protein density into the bilayer supports earlier predictions that the protein inserts beta hairpins into the membrane. With an oligomer size of up to 44 subunits in the pore, this assembly creates a transmembrane channel 260 A in diameter lined by 176 beta strands.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 2.
Figure 2. 3D Reconstructions of Prepore and Pore Forms of Pneumolysin
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Atomic Structure Fits of Prepore and Pore Structures
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Cell (2005, 121, 247-256) copyright 2005.  
  Figures were selected by the author.  

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