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Deposition Date 2012-08-11
Release Date 2013-01-23
Last Version Date 2023-11-08
Entry Detail
PDB ID:
4GKF
Title:
Crystal structure and characterization of Cmr5 protein from Pyrococcus furiosus
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Method Details:
Experimental Method:
Resolution:
2.10 Å
R-Value Free:
0.27
R-Value Work:
0.21
R-Value Observed:
0.21
Space Group:
P 43 21 2
Macromolecular Entities
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:CRISPR system Cmr subunit Cmr5
Gene (Uniprot):cmr5
Chain IDs:A, B
Chain Length:169
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Pyrococcus furiosus
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of Cmr5 from Pyrococcus furiosus and its functional implications
Febs Lett. 587 562 568 (2013)
PMID: 23370277 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.029

Abstact

The bacterial acquired immune system consists of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) and CRIPSR-associated (Cas) genes, which include Cas-module repeat-associated mysterious proteins (Cmr). The six Cmr proteins of Pyrococcus furiosus (pfCmr1-pfCmr6) form a Cmr effector complex that functions against exogenous nucleic acid. Among the Cmr proteins, the role of pfCmr5 and its involvement in the complex's cleavage activity have been obscure. The elucidated pfCmr5 structure has two inserted α-helices compared with the other trimeric Cmr5 structure. However, pfCmr5 exists as a monomeric protein both in the crystalline state and in solution. In vitro assays indicate that pfCmr5 interacts with pfCmr4. These structural and biophysical data might help in understanding the complicated and ill-characterized Cmr effector complex.

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