title: The crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin domain III with nicotinamide and AMP: conformational differences with the intact exotoxin.
abstract: Domain III of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A catalyses the transfer of ADP-ribose from NAD to a modified histidine residue of elongation factor 2 in eukaryotic cells, thus inactivating elongation factor 2. This domain III is inactive in the intact toxin but is active in the isolated form. We report here the 2.5-A crystal structure of this isolated domain crystallized in the presence of NAD and compare it with the corresponding structure in the intact Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A. We observe a significant conformational difference in the active site region from Arg-458 to Asp-463. Contacts with part of domain II in the intact toxin prevent the adoption of the isolated domain conformation and provide a structural explanation for the observed inactivity. Additional electron density in the active site region corresponds to separate AMP and nicotinamide and indicates that the NAD has been hydrolyzed. The structure has been compared with the catalytic domain of the diphtheria toxin, which was crystallized with ApUp.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0560, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dyda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benhar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pastan
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001120:Arginine; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000378:metabolism; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
chemical_list: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D001120:Arginine; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D009536:Niacinamide; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A