8AFM: Crescentin filaments

Cryo-EM structure of crescentin filaments (wildtype, C2 symmetry and small box). Determined by electron microscopy at 4.8 Å resolution. Released 16 Aug 2023.

Method
Electron microscopy
Resolution
4.8 Å
Organisms
Caulobacter vibrioides, Camelidae
Chains
12
Atoms
7,842
Mol. weight
806.51 kDa
Released
16 Aug 2023

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

8AFM contains 40 α-helices and 42 β-strands across 12 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.

Chains A and G: 4 helices, 0 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix370-41849
α-helix421-43313
α-helix435-4373
α-helix438-4425
Chains B and H: 6 helices, 0 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix368-40033
α-helix402-42524
α-helix426-4305
α-helix431-4333
α-helix435-4384
α-helix440-4423
Chains C and I: 1 helix, 10 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand714
β-strand790-79564
β-strand807-81265
β-strand818-82475
β-strand830-83235
β-strand840-84344
β-strand851-85664
α-helix860-8623
β-strand864-87185
β-strand876-87835
β-strand883-88425
Chains D and J: 2 helices, 11 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand5-731
β-strand794-79631
β-strand807-81262
β-strand818-82472
β-strand83212
α-helix834-8363
β-strand840-84341
β-strand850-85561
α-helix860-8623
β-strand864-86632
β-strand869-87243
β-strand875-87843
β-strand882-88432
Chains E and K: 5 helices, 0 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix97-11014
α-helix111-1155
α-helix116-15439
α-helix156-1594
α-helix160-1623
Chains F and L: 2 helices, 0 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix97-13842
α-helix140-15314

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
CrescentinA, B, E, F, G, H, K, Lprotein457Caulobacter vibrioidesA0A0H3CD98 (AlphaFold model)
Crescentin-specific megabody MB13C, D, I, Jprotein907CamelidaeP42592 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A, B, E, F, G, H, K, L), FASTA
>8AFM_1 Crescentin (chains A, B, E, F, G, H, K, L)
MRLLSKNSRETKNGKPTVLGDEARAEAMQHQIESTQAIGQRYETIHGGLDSIGRVMEHLK
AIEPLIAEIRGPVSQEFEARRAEHAELIAVRANLDQAQRQIALIQAEEREVSARLAAAET
ALGESDARRQTQDAALEDNALEIDRLRNALLQSDLKVSSLDASLRDATARIEHLVQDVEG
LRVQAQDIDARRGDAEAALARANQDNALLGEEAATLKKRVDQAGLDLARLSRIETDLEAQ
LAAERARVQAVENALAAHQADSGRTIRGLESQVEANRAEISALQTRLETATGRADKLEEM
NGQISARLADSSAQQKAVERRAGDLNVALERALDRIRALEEEADGLRQRHAGVDTARATA
IERADQLAKSAVAQEKALKRAEERAQQLRARLDAMQEAQDQVRRDHEAKIAELQATIERL
TSEAALAEGALEAARRDRSRLQMALLGASDGDVAASA
Sequence of entity 2 (C, D, I, J), FASTA
>8AFM_2 Crescentin-specific megabody MB13 (chains C, D, I, J)
EVQLQESGGGLVYKEETQSGLNNYARVVEKGQYDSLEIPAQVAASWESGRDDAAVFGFID
KEQLDKYVANGGKRSDWTVKFAENRSQDGTLLGYSLLQESVDQASYMYSDNHYLAEMATI
LGKPEEAKRYRQLAQQLADYINTCMFDPTTQFYYDVRIEDKPLANGCAGKPIVERGKGPE
GWSPLFNGAATQANADAVVKVMLDPKEFNTFVPLGTAALTNPAFGADIYWRGRVWVDQFW
FGLKGMERYGYRDDALKLADTFFRHAKGLTADGPIQENYNPLTGAQQGAPNFSWSAAHLY
MLYNDFFRKQASGGGSGGGGSGGGGSGNADNYKNVINRTGAPQYMKDYDYDDHQRFNPFF
DLGAWHGHLLPDGPNTMGGFPGVALLTEEYINFMASNFDRLTVWQDGKKVDFTLEAYSIP
GALVQKLTAKDVQVEMTLRFATPRTSLLETKITSNKPLDLVWDGELLEKLEAKEGKPLSD
KTIAGEYPDYQRKISATRDGLKVTFGKVRATWDLLTSGESEYQVHKSLPVQTEINGNRFT
SKAHINGSTTLYTTYSHLLTAQEVSKEQMQIRDILARPAFYLTASQQRWEEYLKKGLTNP
DATPEQTRVAVKAIETLNGNWRSPGGAVKFNTVTPSVTGRWFSGNQTWPWDTWKQAFAMA
HFNPDIAKENIRAVFSWQIQPGDSVRPQDVGFVPDLIAWNLSPERGGDGGNWNERNTKPS
LAAWSVMEVYNVTQDKTWVAEMYPKLVAYHDWWLRNRDHNGNGVPEYGATRDKAHNTESG
EMLFTVKKDSLRLSCASSRSIDGINIMRWYRQAPGKQRGMVAVVTGWGSTNYVDSVKGRF
IISRDSAKDTVYLQMNNLKPEDTAVYSCNAIYRGSEYWGQGTQVTVSSGENLYFQGSHHH
HHHHHHH

Primary citation

Filament structure and subcellular organization of the bacterial intermediate filament-like protein crescentin. Liu, Y., van den Ent, F., Lowe, J. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2024) 121:e2309984121-e2309984121. DOI 10.1073/pnas.2309984121 · PubMed

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