Description
Experimental Technique/Method:X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Resolution:2.39
Classification:SIGNAL RECOGNITION
Release Date:2006-10-11
Deposition Date:2006-05-24
Revision Date:2011-05-08#2011-07-13
Molecular Weight:193707.42
Macromolecule Type:Protein
Residue Count:1734
Atom Site Count:13291
DOI:10.2210/pdb2cnw/pdb
Abstract:
The signal recognition particle (SRP) GTPases Ffh and FtsY play a central role in co-translational targeting of proteins, assembling in a GTP-dependent manner to generate the SRP targeting complex at the membrane. A suite of residues in FtsY have been identified that are essential for the hydrolysis of GTP that accompanies disengagement. We have argued previously on structural grounds that this region mediates interactions that serve to activate the complex for disengagement and term it the activation region. We report here the structure of a complex of the SRP GTPases formed in the presence of GDP:AlF4. This complex accommodates the putative transition-state analog without undergoing significant change from the structure of the ground-state complex formed in the presence of the GTP analog GMPPCP. However, small shifts that do occur within the shared catalytic chamber may be functionally important. Remarkably, an external nucleotide interaction site was identified at the activation region, revealed by an unexpected contaminating GMP molecule bound adjacent to the catalytic chamber. This site exhibits conserved sequence and structural features that suggest a direct interaction with RNA plays a role in regulating the activity of the SRP targeting complex.
Resolution:2.39
Classification:SIGNAL RECOGNITION
Release Date:2006-10-11
Deposition Date:2006-05-24
Revision Date:2011-05-08#2011-07-13
Molecular Weight:193707.42
Macromolecule Type:Protein
Residue Count:1734
Atom Site Count:13291
DOI:10.2210/pdb2cnw/pdb
Abstract:
The signal recognition particle (SRP) GTPases Ffh and FtsY play a central role in co-translational targeting of proteins, assembling in a GTP-dependent manner to generate the SRP targeting complex at the membrane. A suite of residues in FtsY have been identified that are essential for the hydrolysis of GTP that accompanies disengagement. We have argued previously on structural grounds that this region mediates interactions that serve to activate the complex for disengagement and term it the activation region. We report here the structure of a complex of the SRP GTPases formed in the presence of GDP:AlF4. This complex accommodates the putative transition-state analog without undergoing significant change from the structure of the ground-state complex formed in the presence of the GTP analog GMPPCP. However, small shifts that do occur within the shared catalytic chamber may be functionally important. Remarkably, an external nucleotide interaction site was identified at the activation region, revealed by an unexpected contaminating GMP molecule bound adjacent to the catalytic chamber. This site exhibits conserved sequence and structural features that suggest a direct interaction with RNA plays a role in regulating the activity of the SRP targeting complex.
Date made available | 2006 |
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Publisher | RCSB-PDB |