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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2018

Crystal structure of the MSMEG_4306 gene product from Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Adarsh Kumar, Subramanian Karthikeyan

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adarsh KumarCSIR - Institute of Microbial Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sector 39A, Chandigarh 160 036, India.
Subramanian KarthikeyanCSIR - Institute of Microbial Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sector 39A, Chandigarh 160 036, India.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research · INInstitute of Microbial Technology · IN

Funding

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial TechnologyCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology BSC0104Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology BSC0210
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The MSMEG_4306 gene from Mycobacterium smegmatis encodes a protein of unknown function with 242 amino-acid residues that contains a conserved zinc-ribbon domain at its C-terminus. Here, the crystal structure of MSMEG_4306 determined by the single-wavelength anomalous dispersion method using just one zinc ion co-purified with the protein is reported. The crystal structure of MSMEG_4306 shows a coiled-coil helix domain in the N-terminal region and a zinc-ribbon domain in the C-terminal region. A structural similarity search against the Protein Data Bank using MSMEG_4306 as a query revealed two similar structures, namely CT398 from Chlamydia trachomatis and HP0958 from Helicobacter pylori, although they share only ∼15% sequence identity with MSMEG_4306. Based on comparative analysis, it is predicted that MSMEG_4306 may be involved in secretion systems, possibly by interacting with multiple proteins or nucleic acids.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCatalytic DomainCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularMycobacterium smegmatisProtein ConformationProtein DomainsSequence HomologyBacterial Proteinscoiled-coil helixMSMEG_4306Mycobacterium smegmatisRv2229cX-ray crystallographyzinc ribbonzinc SAD

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PMID29497021
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