4XM8: Lethal factor

Anthrax toxin lethal factor with ligand-induced binding pocket. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.7 Å resolution. Released 11 Nov 2015.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
2.7 Å
Organism
Bacillus anthracis
Chains
1
Atoms
4,073
Mol. weight
60.87 kDa
Ligands
ZN, 41T
Released
11 Nov 2015

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

4XM8 contains 30 α-helices and 18 β-strands across 1 chain. 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: 30 helices, 18 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix267-27711
α-helix279-2835
α-helix287-29711
β-strand30011
α-helix304-3096
α-helix313-3219
α-helix324-3263
α-helix332-34615
α-helix351-3577
α-helix370-37910
β-strand38611
α-helix388-3958
α-helix406-42217
β-strand42612
β-strand437-44153
α-helix443-4464
α-helix448-4514
β-strand45514
β-strand46314
α-helix465-4739
β-strand477-48043
β-strand485-48733
α-helix490-4934
β-strand499-50463
β-strand51012
β-strand511-51443
β-strand518-52143
α-helix5221
β-strand525-537133
β-strand540-550113
α-helix552-57322
β-strand583-58645
α-helix592-60918
α-helix612-62413
β-strand629-63245
α-helix636-6383
α-helix640-6434
α-helix649-6513
β-strand657-66045
β-strand665-66955
α-helix673-6742
α-helix680-70021
α-helix708-7103
α-helix712-72110
α-helix728-7303
α-helix733-74412
α-helix749-75810
α-helix760-77415

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Lethal factorAprotein519Bacillus anthracisP15917 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>4XM8_1 Lethal factor (chains A)
SNALSRYEKWEKIKQHYQHWSDSLSEEGRGLLKKLQIPIEPKKDDIIHSLSQEEKELLKR
IQIDSSDFLSTEEKEFLKKLQIDIRDSLSEEEKELLNRIQVDSSNPLSEKEKEFLKKLKL
DIQPYDINQRLQDTGGLIDSPSINLDVRKQYKRDIQNIDALLHQSIGSTLYNKIYLYENM
NINNLTATLGADLVDSTDNTKINRGIFNEFKKNFKYSISSNYMIVDINERPALDNERLKW
RIQLSPDTRAGYLENGKLILQRNIGLEIKDVQIIKQSEKEYIRIDAKVVPKSKIDTKIQE
AQLNINQEWNKALGLPKYTKLITFNVHNRYASNIVESAYLILNEWKNNIQSDLIKKVTNY
LVDGNGRFVFTDITLPNIAEQYTHQDEIYEQVHSKGLYVPESRSILLHGPSKGVELRNDS
EGFIHEFGHAVDDYAGYLLDKNQSDLVTNSKKFIDIFKEEGSNLTSYGRTNEAEFFAEAF
RLMHSTDHAERLKVQKNAPKTFQFINDQIKFIINSLVPR

Ligands and cofactors

IDNameFormulaCopies
ZNZinc ionZn1
41TN-hydroxy-N~2~-{[3-(methoxymethyl)phenyl]sulfonyl}-N~2~-(2-methylpropyl)-D-vali…C17 H28 N2 O5 S1

Primary citation

Ligand-induced expansion of the S1' site in the anthrax toxin lethal factor. Maize, K.M., Kurbanov, E.K., Johnson, R.L. et al. FEBS Lett (2015) 589:3836-3841. DOI 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.11.005 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P15917 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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