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  Model structure of the omp-alpha rod, a parallel four-stranded coiled coil from the hyperthermophilic eubacterium thermotoga maritima

Lupas, A., Müller, S., Goldie, K., Engel, A. M., Engel, A., & Baumeister, W. (1995). Model structure of the omp-alpha rod, a parallel four-stranded coiled coil from the hyperthermophilic eubacterium thermotoga maritima. Journal of Molecular Biology, 248(1), 180-189.

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Lupas, A.1, Author           
Müller, S.1, Author           
Goldie, K., Author
Engel, A. M., Author
Engel, A., Author
Baumeister, W.1, Author           
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Free keywords: Coiled coil; Da layers; Stem; Thermotoga maritima; X layers.; Transmission electron-microscopy; Sp-nov represents; Aquifex-pyrophilus; Protein; Expression; Diversity; Sequence; Matrix; Tail.; Molecular biology & genetics.
 Abstract: Ompa is an outer-membrane protein that spans the periplasmic space of the hyperthermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima. The molecule contains a globular head with an apparent diameter of 8 nm and a rod-shaped tail of 40 nm length. The sequence of the globular domain is homologous to a conserved region of cell wall-bound proteins and probably attaches Ompa to the peptidoglycan. The sequence of the rod domain resembles that of coiled coil proteins and ends in a transmembrane segment that anchors Omp alpha to the outer membrane. We have analysed Ompa by scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and by statistical sequence analysis methods. The Ompa rod is a tetramer with an unusual periodicity of hydrophobic residues close to 3.6 that differs from the 3.5 periodicity of canonical coiled coils. This is due to periodic omissions of three residues in the heptad repeat pattern (''stutters'') whose effect is to locally distort the packing of hydrophobic layers in the core of the coiled coil. Residues in position a are shifted to occupy a position halfway between positions a and d (x layers) and residues in positions d and e are shifted so that both participate in core packing interactions (da layers). Such distorted layers are frequently found in helical bundles and are characteristic of helices that do not undergo supercoiling. The only homo-oligomeric coiled coil of known structure which contains x and da layers is the three-stranded coiled coil of influenza haemagglutinin. Using geometric constraints derived from this structure, we have built a model for the Ompa rod in which the helices have a crossing angle of less than 15 degrees and maintain a residual degree of supercoiling with a pitch of approximately 40 nm. Our analysis of distorted layers in the hydrophobic core of coiled coils and helical bundles shows that stutters must not be viewed as discontinuities but rather as a departure from the canonical ''knobs-into-holes'' packing that allows helices to interact at a low angle without supercoiling. Although stutters have been considered to weaken helical interactions, their occurrence in a rigid, highly thermostable coiled coil indicates that this may not be generally true. Our analysis also indicates that skips and stutters are two different conventions for describing the same underlying structural feature. [References: 35]

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 Dates: 1995-04-21
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