Motion in VirB11 ATPase (HP0525) [virb11]

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Classification [S-a-2]

Structures 1G6O 1NLZ

Description From the abstract to Savvides et al. (EMBO J.22:1969-80): "In the absence of nucleotide, the N-terminal domains exhibit a collection of rigid-body conformations. Nucleotide binding 'locks' the hexamer into a symmetric and compact structure. We propose that VirB11s use the mechanical leverage generated by such nucleotide-dependent conformational changes to facilitate the export of substrates or the assembly of the type IV secretion apparatus."

References H J Yeo, S N Savvides, A B Herr, E Lanka, G Waksman (2000). Crystal structure of the hexameric traffic ATPase of the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system. Mol Cell, 6:1461-72 [Medline info for 11163218] Savvas N Savvides, Hye-Jeong Yeo, Moriah R Beck, Franca Blaesing, Rudi Lurz, Erich Lanka, Renate Buhrdorf, Wolfgang Fischer, Rainer Haas, Gabriel Waksman (2003). VirB11 ATPases are dynamic hexameric assemblies: new insights into bacterial type IV secretion. EMBO J, 22:1969-80 [Medline info for 12727865]

GO terms associated with structures Molecular function ATP binding Cellular component intracellular Biological process transport

Morphs

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