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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2019

Crystal structures of the Bacillus subtilis prophage lytic cassette proteins XepA and YomS.

Stefanie Freitag-Pohl, Andrius Jasilionis, Maria Håkansson, L Anders Svensson, Rebeka Kovačič, Martin Welin, Hildegard Watzlawick, Lei Wang, Josef Altenbuchner, Magdalena Płotka and 7 more

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Stefanie Freitag-PohlDepartment of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
Andrius JasilionisDivision of Biotechnology, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Maria HåkanssonSARomics Biostructures, Scheelevägen 2, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden.
L Anders SvenssonSARomics Biostructures, Scheelevägen 2, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden.
Rebeka KovačičSARomics Biostructures, Scheelevägen 2, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden.
Martin WelinSARomics Biostructures, Scheelevägen 2, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden.
Hildegard WatzlawickInstitut for Industrial Genetics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Lei WangInstitut for Industrial Genetics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Josef AltenbuchnerInstitut for Industrial Genetics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Magdalena PłotkaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Kladki 24, 80-824 Gdańsk, Poland.
Anna Karina KaczorowskaCollection of Plasmids and Microorganisms, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Kladki 24, 80-824 Gdańsk, Poland.
Tadeusz KaczorowskiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Kladki 24, 80-824 Gdańsk, Poland.
Eva Nordberg KarlssonDivision of Biotechnology, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Salam Al-KaradaghiSARomics Biostructures, Scheelevägen 2, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden.
Björn WalseSARomics Biostructures, Scheelevägen 2, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden.
Arnthór AevarssonMatis, Vinlandsleid 12, 113 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Ehmke PohlDepartment of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
SARomics Biostructures (Sweden) · SEUniversity of Gdańsk · PLUniversity of Stuttgart · DEDurham University · GBLund University · SEMatís (Iceland) · IS

Funding

European Research Council 685778
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As part of the Virus-X Consortium that aims to identify and characterize novel proteins and enzymes from bacteriophages and archaeal viruses, the genes of the putative lytic proteins XepA from Bacillus subtilis prophage PBSX and YomS from prophage SPβ were cloned and the proteins were subsequently produced and functionally characterized. In order to elucidate the role and the molecular mechanism of XepA and YomS, the crystal structures of these proteins were solved at resolutions of 1.9 and 1.3 Å, respectively. XepA consists of two antiparallel β-sandwich domains connected by a 30-amino-acid linker region. A pentamer of this protein adopts a unique dumbbell-shaped architecture consisting of two discs and a central tunnel. YomS (12.9 kDa per monomer), which is less than half the size of XepA (30.3 kDa), shows homology to the C-terminal part of XepA and exhibits a similar pentameric disc arrangement. Each β-sandwich entity resembles the fold of typical cytoplasmic membrane-binding C2 domains. Only XepA exhibits distinct cytotoxic activity in vivo, suggesting that the N-terminal pentameric domain is essential for this biological activity. The biological and structural data presented here suggest that XepA disrupts the proton motive force of the cytoplasmatic membrane, thus supporting cell lysis.

Indexed as

Bacillus PhagesBacillus subtilisCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayProphagesProtein Structure, TertiaryViral ProteinsViral ProteinsBacillus subtilislytic cassette proteinslytic enzymesprophageVirus-X ConsortiumXepAYomS

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PMID31692476
PMCPMC6834076
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