title: Structure and assembly of an augmented Sm-like archaeal protein 14-mer.
abstract: To better understand the roles of Sm proteins in forming the cores of many RNA-processing ribonucleoproteins, we determined the crystal structure of an atypical Sm-like archaeal protein (SmAP3) in which the conserved Sm domain is augmented by a previously uncharacterized, mixed alpha/beta C-terminal domain. The structure reveals an unexpected SmAP3 14-mer that is perforated by a cylindrical pore and is bound to 14 cadmium (Cd(2+)) ions. Individual heptamers adopt either "apical" or "equatorial" conformations that chelate Cd(2+) differently. SmAP3 forms supraheptameric oligomers (SmAP3)(n = 7,14,28) in solution, and assembly of the asymmetric 14-mer is modulated by differential divalent cation-binding in apical and equatorial subunits. Phylogenetic and sequence analyses substantiate SmAP3s as a unique subset of SmAPs. These results distinguish SmAP3s from other Sm proteins and provide a model for the structure and properties of Sm proteins >100 residues in length, e.g., several human Sm proteins.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, and Department of Energy Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, 201 Boyer Hall Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Box 951570, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA.
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozhukhovsky
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021122:Protein Subunits; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D055672:Static Electricity; D019624:Thermoproteaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D021122:Protein Subunits; C427487:SmAP protein, Pyrobaculum aerophilum; D002104:Cadmium