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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray data analysis of the pXO1 plasmid-partitioning factor TubZ from Bacillus cereus.

ABSTRACT: TubZ is a structural homologue of tubulin and FtsZ GTPases, which are involved in the type III plasmid-partitioning system. TubZ assembles into polymers in a GTP-dependent manner and drives plasmid segregation as `cytomotive' filaments. In this study, C-terminally truncated TubZ from Bacillus cereus was crystallized in the presence or absence of GDP by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystal of TubZ in complex with GDP belonged to the monoclinic space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a=67.05, b=84.49, c=67.66?Å, ?=92.92°, and was non-isomorphous with GDP-bound TubZ previously crystallized in the presence of the slowly hydrolysable GTP analogue GTP?S. TubZ was also crystallized in the free form and the crystal belonged to space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a=53.91, b=65.54, c=58.18?Å, ?=106.19°. Data were collected to 1.7 and 2.1?Å resolution for the free and GDP-bound forms, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Hoshino S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3509986 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray data analysis of the pXO1 plasmid-partitioning factor TubZ from Bacillus cereus.

Hoshino Shota S Maki Takahisa T Hayashi Ikuko I

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20121119 Pt 12

TubZ is a structural homologue of tubulin and FtsZ GTPases, which are involved in the type III plasmid-partitioning system. TubZ assembles into polymers in a GTP-dependent manner and drives plasmid segregation as `cytomotive' filaments. In this study, C-terminally truncated TubZ from Bacillus cereus was crystallized in the presence or absence of GDP by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystal of TubZ in complex with GDP belonged to the monoclinic space group P2(1), with unit-cell pa ...[more]

PMID: 23192045

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Project description:BackgroundCereulide, a depsipeptide structurally related to valinomycin, is responsible for the emetic type of gastrointestinal disease caused by Bacillus cereus. Recently, it has been shown that this toxin is produced by a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS), but its exact genetic organization and biochemical synthesis is unknown.ResultsThe complete sequence of the cereulide synthetase (ces) gene cluster, which encodes the enzymatic machinery required for the biosynthesis of cereulide, was dissected. The 24 kb ces gene cluster comprises 7 CDSs and includes, besides the typical NRPS genes like a phosphopantetheinyl transferase and two CDSs encoding enzyme modules for the activation and incorporation of monomers in the growing peptide chain, a CDS encoding a putative hydrolase in the upstream region and an ABC transporter in the downstream part. The enzyme modules responsible for incorporation of the hydroxyl acids showed an unusual structure while the modules responsible for the activation of the amino acids Ala and Val showed the typical domain organization of NRPS. The ces gene locus is flanked by genetic regions with high homology to virulence plasmids of B. cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus anthracis. PFGE and Southern hybridization showed that the ces genes are restricted to emetic B. cereus and indeed located on a 208 kb megaplasmid, which has high similarities to pXO1-like plasmids.ConclusionThe ces gene cluster that is located on a pXO1-like virulence plasmid represents, beside the insecticidal and the anthrax toxins, a third type of B. cereus group toxins encoded on megaplasmids. The ces genes are restricted to emetic toxin producers, but pXO1-like plasmids are also present in emetic-like strains. These data might indicate the presence of an ancient plasmid in B. cereus which has acquired different virulence genes over time. Due to the unusual structure of the hydroxyl acid incorporating enzyme modules of Ces, substantial biochemical efforts will be required to dissect the complete biochemical pathway of cereulide synthesis.

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray data analysis of the pXO1 plasmid-partitioning factor TubZ from Bacillus cereus.

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray data analysis of the pXO1 plasmid-partitioning factor TubZ from Bacillus cereus.

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