SeMet Derivative of L512M mutant of PASTA domain 3 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknBSeMet Derivative of L512M mutant of PASTA domain 3 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknB

Structural highlights

3ouv is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Mycta. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
NonStd Res:
Gene:pknB, MRA_0016 (MYCTA)
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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Monitoring the environment with serine/threonine protein kinases is critical for growth and survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a devastating human pathogen. Protein Kinase B (PknB) is a trans-membrane serine/threonine protein kinase that acts as an essential regulator of mycobacterial growth and division. The PknB extracellular domain (ECD) consists of four repeats homologous to penicillin-binding protein and serine/threonine kinase associated (PASTA) domains, and binds fragments of peptidoglycan. These properties suggest that PknB activity is modulated by ECD binding to peptidoglycan substructures, however the molecular mechanisms underpinning PknB regulation remain unclear. In this study, we report structural and genetic characterization of the PknB ECD. We determined the crystal structures of overlapping ECD fragments at near atomic resolution, built a model of the full ECD, and discovered a region on the C-terminal PASTA domain that has the properties of a ligand-binding site. Hydrophobic interaction between this surface and a bound molecule of citrate was observed in a crystal structure. Our genetic analyses in Mycobacterium tuberculosis showed that nonfunctional alleles were produced either by deletion of any of single PASTA domain or by mutation of individual conserved residues lining the putative ligand-binding surface of the C-terminal PASTA repeat. These results define two distinct structural features necessary for PknB signal transduction, a fully extended ECD and a conserved, membrane-distal putative ligand-binding site.

Structural and genetic analyses of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Kinase B sensor domain identify a potential ligand binding site.,Prigozhin DM, Papavinasasundaram KG, Baer CE, Murphy KC, Moskaleva A, Chen TY, Alber T, Sassetti CM J Biol Chem. 2016 Sep 6. pii: jbc.M116.731760. PMID:27601474[1]

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References

  1. Prigozhin DM, Papavinasasundaram KG, Baer CE, Murphy KC, Moskaleva A, Chen TY, Alber T, Sassetti CM. Structural and genetic analyses of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Kinase B sensor domain identify a potential ligand binding site. J Biol Chem. 2016 Sep 6. pii: jbc.M116.731760. PMID:27601474 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.731760

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