BACKGROUND: Protein S is a developmentally-regulated Ca(2+)-binding protein of the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. It functions by forming protective, multilayer spore surface assemblies which may additionally act as a cell-cell adhesive. Protein S is evolutionarily related to vertebrate lens beta gamma-crystallins. RESULTS: The three-dimensional solution structure of Ca(2+)-loaded protein S has been determined using multi-dimensional heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. (Sixty structures were calculated, from which thirty were selected with a root mean square difference from the mean of 0.38 A for backbone atoms and 1.22 A for all non-hydrogen atoms.) The structure was analyzed and compared in detail with X-ray crystallographic structures of beta gamma-crystallins. The two internally homologous domains of protein S were compared, and hydrophobic cores, domain interfaces, surface ion pairing, amino-aromatic interactions and potential modes of multimerization are discussed. CONCLUSIONS: Structural features of protein S described here help to explain its overall thermostability, as well as the higher stability and Ca2+ affinity of the amino-terminal domain relative to the carboxy-terminal domain. Two potential modes of multimerization are proposed involving cross-linking of protein S molecules through surface Ca(2+)-binding sites and formation of the intramolecular protein S or gamma B-crystallin interdomain interface in an intermolecular content. This structural analysis may also have implications for Ca(2+)-dependent cell-cell interactions mediated by the vertebrate cadherins and Dictyostelium discoideum protein gp24.
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[NMR paper] Three-dimensional solution structure of the calcium-signaling protein apo-S100A1 as d
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[NMR paper] NMR derived solution structure of an EF-hand calcium-binding protein from Entamoeba H
NMR derived solution structure of an EF-hand calcium-binding protein from Entamoeba Histolytica.
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Authors: Atreya HS, Sahu SC, Bhattacharya A, Chary KV, Govil G
We present the three-dimensional (3D) solution structure of a calcium-binding protein from Entamoeba histolytica (EhCaBP), an etiologic agent of amoebiasis affecting millions worldwide. EhCaBP is a 14.7 kDa (134 residues) monomeric...
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[NMR paper] The NMR solution structure of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein complexed with pa
The NMR solution structure of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein complexed with palmitate: application of a novel distance geometry algorithm.
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[NMR paper] NMR solution structure of calcium-saturated skeletal muscle troponin C.
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Authors: Slupsky CM, Sykes BD
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[NMR paper] NMR-derived three-dimensional solution structure of protein S complexed with calcium.
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Authors: Bagby S, Harvey TS, Eagle SG, Inouye S, Ikura M
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[NMR paper] Three-dimensional structure in solution of a wheat lipid-transfer protein from multid
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[NMR paper] Determination of the solution structure of a synthetic two-site calcium-binding homod
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