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Structural basis for chitin acquisition by marine Vibrio species.

ABSTRACT: Chitin, an insoluble polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, is one of the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. By degrading chitin, chitinolytic bacteria such as Vibrio harveyi are critical for chitin recycling and maintenance of carbon and nitrogen cycles in the world's oceans. A decisive step in chitin degradation is the uptake of chito-oligosaccharides by an outer membrane protein channel named chitoporin (ChiP). Here, we report X-ray crystal structures of ChiP from V. harveyi in the presence and absence of chito-oligosaccharides. Structures without bound sugar reveal a trimeric assembly with an unprecedented closing of the transport pore by the N-terminus of a neighboring subunit. Substrate binding ejects the pore plug to open the transport channel. Together with molecular dynamics simulations, electrophysiology and in vitro transport assays our data provide an explanation for the exceptional affinity of ChiP for chito-oligosaccharides and point to an important role of the N-terminal gate in substrate transport.

SUBMITTER: Aunkham A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768706 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural basis for chitin acquisition by marine Vibrio species.

Aunkham Anuwat A Zahn Michael M Kesireddy Anusha A Pothula Karunakar Reddy KR Schulte Albert A Baslé Arnaud A Kleinekathöfer Ulrich U Suginta Wipa W van den Berg Bert B

Nature communications 20180115 1

Chitin, an insoluble polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, is one of the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. By degrading chitin, chitinolytic bacteria such as Vibrio harveyi are critical for chitin recycling and maintenance of carbon and nitrogen cycles in the world's oceans. A decisive step in chitin degradation is the uptake of chito-oligosaccharides by an outer membrane protein channel named chitoporin (ChiP). Here, we report X-ray crystal structures of ChiP from V. harveyi in the presence and abs ...[more]

PMID: 29335469

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Structural basis for chitin acquisition by marine Vibrio species.

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Structural basis for chitin acquisition by marine Vibrio species.

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