2YXR: Preprotein translocase subunit secY

The plug domain of the SecY protein stablizes the closed state of the translocation channel and maintains a membrane seal. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 3.6 Å resolution. Released 14 Aug 2007.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
3.6 Å
Organism
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii
Chains
3
Atoms
3,999
Mol. weight
60.62 kDa
Released
14 Aug 2007

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

2YXR contains 22 α-helices and 11 β-strands across 3 chains. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chain A: 18 helices, 9 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix5-106
β-strand1411
α-helix23-4220
α-helix44-452
α-helix55-684
α-helix73-753
α-helix77-8812
α-helix101-12727
α-helix137-16428
α-helix169-18719
α-helix192-20211
α-helix207-22822
β-strand231-23332
β-strand23513
β-strand23614
β-strand24314
β-strand247-24932
α-helix253-2553
α-helix256-27520
β-strand28515
β-strand29515
α-helix296-2994
α-helix313-33624
α-helix342-3509
β-strand35613
α-helix363-39533
α-helix401-42424
Chain B: 3 helices, 1 β-strand
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-2119
β-strand2512
α-helix27-293
α-helix30-6435
Chain C: 1 helix, 1 β-strand
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand2811
α-helix30-4718

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Preprotein translocase subunit secYAprotein426Methanocaldococcus jannaschiiQ60175 (AlphaFold model)
Preprotein translocase subunit secEBprotein74Methanocaldococcus jannaschiiQ57817 (AlphaFold model)
Preprotein translocase secG subunitCprotein53Methanocaldococcus jannaschiiP60460 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>2YXR_1 Preprotein translocase subunit secY (chains A)
MKKLIPILEKIPEVELPVKEITFKEKLKWTGIVLVLYFIMGCIDVYTAGAQIPAIFGGTL
ITLGIGPIVTAGIIMQLLVGSGIIQMDLSIPENRALFQGCQKLLSIIMCFVEAVLFVGAG
AFGILTPLLAFLVIIQIAFGSIILIYLDEIVSKYGIGSGIGLFIAAGVSQTIFVGALGPE
GYLWKFLNSLIQGVPNIEYIAPIIGTIIVFLMVVYAECMRVEIPLAHGRIKGAVGKYPIK
FVYVSNIPVILAAALFANIQLWGLALYRMGIPILGHYEGGRAVDGIAYYLSTPYGLSSVI
SDPIHAIVYMIAMIITCVMFGIFWVETTGLDPKSMAKRIGSLGMAIKGFRKSEKAIEHRL
KRYIPPLTVMSSAFVGFLATIANFIGALGGGTGVLLTVSIVYRMYEQLLREKVSELHPAI
AKLLNK
Sequence of entity 2 (B), FASTA
>2YXR_2 Preprotein translocase subunit secE (chains B)
MKTDFNQKIEQLKEFIEECRRVWLVLKKPTKDEYLAVAKVTALGISLLGIIGYIIHVPAT
YIKGILKPPTTPRV
Sequence of entity 3 (C), FASTA
>2YXR_3 Preprotein translocase secG subunit (chains C)
MSKREETGLATSAGLIRYMDETFSKIRVKPEHVIGVTVAFVIIEAILTYGRFL

Primary citation

The plug domain of the SecY protein stabilizes the closed state of the translocation channel and maintains a membrane seal. Li, W., Schulman, S., Boyd, D. et al. Mol Cell (2007) 26:511-521. DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.05.002 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt Q60175 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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