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Crystal structure of a core domain of stomatin from Pyrococcus horikoshiiCrystal structure of a core domain of stomatin from Pyrococcus horikoshii
Structural highlights
Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedStomatin is a major integral membrane protein of human erythrocytes, the absence of which is associated with a form of hemolytic anemia known as hereditary stomatocytosis. However, the function of stomatin is not fully understood. An open reading frame, PH1511, from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii encodes p-stomatin, a prokaryotic stomatin. Here, we report the first crystal structure of a stomatin ortholog, the core domain of the p-stomatin PH1511p (residues 56-234 of PH1511p, designated as PhSto(CD)). PhSto(CD) forms a novel homotrimeric structure. Three alpha/beta domains form a triangle of about 50 A on each side, and three alpha-helical segments of about 60 A in length extend from the apexes of the triangle. The alpha/beta domain of PhSto(CD) is partly similar in structure to the band-7 domain of mouse flotillin-2. While the alpha/beta domain is relatively rigid, the alpha-helical segment shows conformational flexibility, adapting to the neighboring environment. One alpha-helical segment forms an anti-parallel coiled coil with another alpha-helical segment from a symmetry-related molecule. The alpha-helical segment shows a heptad repeat pattern, and mainly hydrophobic residues form a coiled-coil interface. According to chemical cross-linking experiments, PhSto(CD) would be able to assemble into an oligomeric form. The coiled-coil fold observed in the crystal probably contributes to self-association. Crystal structure of a core domain of stomatin from Pyrococcus horikoshii Illustrates a novel trimeric and coiled-coil fold.,Yokoyama H, Fujii S, Matsui I J Mol Biol. 2008 Feb 22;376(3):868-78. Epub 2008 Jan 8. PMID:18182167[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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