Crystal structure of FimH-LD R60P variant in the apo stateCrystal structure of FimH-LD R60P variant in the apo state

Structural highlights

5mca is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli K-12. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.604Å
Ligands:
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Function

FIMH_ECOLI Involved in regulation of length and mediation of adhesion of type 1 fimbriae (but not necessary for the production of fimbriae). Adhesin responsible for the binding to D-mannose. It is laterally positioned at intervals in the structure of the type 1 fimbriae. In order to integrate FimH in the fimbriae FimF and FimG are needed.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

For many biological processes such as ligand binding, enzymatic catalysis, or protein folding, allosteric regulation of protein conformation and dynamics is fundamentally important. One example is the bacterial adhesin FimH, where the C-terminal pilin domain exerts negative allosteric control over binding of the N-terminal lectin domain to mannosylated ligands on host cells. When the lectin and pilin domains are separated under shear stress, the FimH-ligand interaction switches in a so-called catch-bond mechanism from low to high affinity state. So far, it has been assumed that the pilin domain is essential for the allosteric propagation within the lectin domain that would otherwise be conformationally rigid. To test this hypothesis, we generated mutants of the isolated FimH lectin domain and characterized their thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural properties using ITC, SPR, NMR and X-ray techniques. Intriguingly, some of the mutants mimicked the conformational and kinetic behaviors of the full-length protein and, even in absence of the pilin domain, conducted the crosstalk between allosteric sites and the mannoside binding pocket. Thus, these mutants represent a minimalistic allosteric system of FimH, useful for further mechanistic studies and antagonist design.

Conformational Switch of the Bacterial Adhesin FimH in the Absence of the Regulatory Domain - Engineering a Minimalistic Allosteric System.,Rabbani S, Fiege B, Eris D, Silbermann M, Jakob RP, Navarra G, Maier T, Ernst B J Biol Chem. 2017 Nov 27. pii: M117.802942. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.802942. PMID:29180452[1]

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References

  1. Rabbani S, Fiege B, Eris D, Silbermann M, Jakob RP, Navarra G, Maier T, Ernst B. Conformational Switch of the Bacterial Adhesin FimH in the Absence of the Regulatory Domain - Engineering a Minimalistic Allosteric System. J Biol Chem. 2017 Nov 27. pii: M117.802942. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.802942. PMID:29180452 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M117.802942

5mca, resolution 1.60Å

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