Solution NMR and X-ray crystal structures of membrane-associated Lipoprotein-17 domain reveal a novel fold

J Struct Funct Genomics. 2011 Mar;12(1):27-32. doi: 10.1007/s10969-010-9099-2. Epub 2010 Dec 14.

Abstract

The conserved Lipoprotein-17 domain of membrane-associated protein Q9PRA0_UREPA from Ureaplasma parvum was selected for structure determination by the Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, as part of the Protein Structure Initiative's program on structure-function analysis of protein domains from large domain sequence families lacking structural representatives. The 100-residue Lipoprotein-17 domain is a "domain of unknown function" (DUF) that is a member of Pfam protein family PF04200, a large domain family for which no members have characterized biochemical functions. The three-dimensional structure of the Lipoprotein-17 domain of protein Q9PRA0_UREPA was determined by both solution NMR and by X-ray crystallography at 2.5 Å. The two structures are in good agreement with each other. The domain structure features three α-helices, α1 through α3, and five β-strands. Strands β1/β2, β3/β4, β4/β5 are anti-parallel to each other. Strands β1and β2 are orthogonal to strands β3, β4, β5, while helix α3 is formed between the strands β3 and β4. One-turn helix α2 is formed between the strands β1 and β2, while helix α1 occurs in the N-terminal polypeptide segment. Searches of the Protein Data Bank do not identify any other protein with significant structural similarity to Lipoprotein-17 domain of Q9PRA0_UREPA, indicating that it is a novel protein fold.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Lipoproteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycoplasma / metabolism
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Solutions
  • Ureaplasma / metabolism*

Substances

  • Lipoproteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Solutions