4b9j

Structure of self-complemented CssA subunit of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization factor CS6Structure of self-complemented CssA subunit of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization factor CS6

Structural highlights 4b9j is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.542Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CSSA1_ECOLX Fimbriae (also called pili), polar filaments radiating from the surface of the bacterium to a length of 0.5-1.5 micrometers and numbering 100-300 per cell, enable bacteria to colonize the epithelium of specific host organs. Publication Abstract from PubMed Coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) is a widely expressed enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) colonization factor that mediates bacterial attachment to the small intestinal epithelium. CS6 is a polymer of two protein subunits CssA and CssB, which are secreted and assembled on the cell surface via the CssC/CssD chaperone usher (CU) pathway. Here, we present an atomic resolution model for the structure of CS6 based on the results of X-ray crystallographic, spectroscopic and biochemical studies, and suggest a mechanism for CS6-mediated adhesion. We show that the CssA and CssB subunits are assembled alternately in linear fibres by the principle of donor strand complementation. This type of fibre assembly is novel for CU assembled adhesins. We also show that both subunits in the fibre bind to receptors on epithelial cells, and that CssB, but not CssA, specifically recognizes the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin. Taken together, structural and functional results suggest that CS6 is an adhesive organelle of a novel type, a hetero-polyadhesin that is capable of polyvalent attachment to different receptors. Crystal structure of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization factor CS6 reveals a novel type of functional assembly.,Roy SP, Rahman MM, Yu XD, Tuittila M, Knight SD, Zavialov AV Mol Microbiol. 2012 Oct 10. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12044. PMID:23046340 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Pilin 3D structures

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