Refined structure of the porin from Rhodopseudomonas blastica. Comparison with the porin from Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Molecular Biology
A Kreusch, G E Schulz

Abstract

The structure of the membrane channel porin from the phototrophic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas blastica has been refined at 1.96 A resolution yielding an R-factor of 17.6%. The final model consists of all 289 amino acid residues, 247 water molecules and three detergent molecules modelled as n-octyltetraoxyethylene. One of these detergent molecules binds together with its two symmetry-related molecules tightly in a pocket at the molecular 3-fold axis. This pocket may bind three alkyl chains of a lipopolysaccharide which in turn would stabilize the trimer and could possibly play a role in membrane insertion. The overall shape of this porin resembles OmpF of Escherichia coli more than the only known sequence-related porin from Rhodobacter capsulatus. The membrane contacting surface is similar in all structurally known porins; it shows exceptional frequencies of amino acid residues and side-chain rotamers. The 46-residue loop beta 5-beta 6 of the porin is shown to be tightly fastened to the beta-barrel, excluding an in vivo loop movement that closes the pore. The trimer interface region has the structure of a water-soluble protein with an extensive non-polar core and numerous hydrogen bonds at the surface. The loops at the external en...Continue Reading

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