title: Three-dimensional solution structure of PsaE from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002, a photosystem I protein that shows structural homology with SH3 domains.
abstract: PsaE is a 69 amino acid polypeptide from photosystem I present on the stromal side of the thylakoid membrane. The three-dimensional solution structure of this protein from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 was determined at pH 5.8 and room temperature using over 900 experimental restraints derived from two- and three-dimensional NMR experiments. The structure is comprised of a well-defined five-stranded beta-sheet with (+1, +1, +1, -4 alpha) topology. There is no helical region except for a single turn of 3(10) helix between the beta D and beta E strands. PsaE also exhibits a large unrestrained loop spanning residues 42-56. A comparison to known protein structures revealed similarity with the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, a membrane-associated protein involved in signal transduction in eukaryotes. The match is remarkable as 47 of the alpha-carbons of PsaE can be superimposed onto those of the SH3 domain from chicken brain alpha-spectrin with a root-mean-square deviation of 2.3 A. Although the amino acid sequences have low identity and the loops are different in both proteins, the topology of the beta-sheet and the 3(10) turn is conserved. SH3 domains from other sources show a similar structural homology. The structure of PsaE was used to suggest approaches for elucidating its roles within photosystem I.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Falzone
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lecomte
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012996:Solutions; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D012996:Solutions; C079741:photosystem I, psaE subunit