PMID:10924108
| Citation |
Moy, FJ, Glasfeld, E, Mosyak, L and Powers, R (2000) Solution structure of ZipA, a crucial component of Escherichia coli cell division. Biochemistry 39:9146-56 |
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| Abstract |
ZipA, an essential component of cell division in Escherichia coli, interacts with the FtsZ protein at the midcell in one of the initial steps of septum formation. The high-resolution solution structure of the 144-residue C-terminal domain of E. coli ZipA (ZipA(185)(-)(328)) has been determined by multidimensional heteronuclear NMR. A total of 30 structures were calculated by means of hybrid distance geometry-simulated annealing using a total of 2758 experimental NMR restraints. The atomic root means square distribution about the mean coordinate positions for residues 6-142 for the 30 structures is 0.37 +/- 0.04 A for the backbone atoms, 0. 78 +/- 0.05 A for all atoms, and 0.45 +/- 0.04 A for all atoms excluding disordered side chains. The NMR solution structure of ZipA(185)(-)(328) is composed of three alpha-helices and a beta-sheet consisting of six antiparallel beta-strands where the alpha-helices and the beta-sheet form surfaces directly opposite each other. A C-terminal peptide from FtsZ has been shown to bind ZipA(185)(-)(328) in a hydrophobic channel formed by the beta-sheet providing insight into the ZipA-FtsZ interaction. An unexpected similarity between the ZipA(185)(-)(328) fold and the split beta-alpha-beta fold observed in many RNA binding proteins may further our understanding of the critical ZipA-FtsZ interaction. |
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Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/physiology; Carrier Proteins/chemistry; Carrier Proteins/physiology; Cell Cycle Proteins/chemistry; Cell Cycle Proteins/physiology; Cell Division; Computer Simulation; Crystallography, X-Ray; Cytoskeletal Proteins; Escherichia coli/chemistry; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/physiology; Escherichia coli Proteins; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; Peptide Fragments/chemistry; Protein Folding; Protein Structure, Secondary; RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry; Solutions |
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