8TK7

Myxococcus xanthus EncA protein shell with compartmentalized SNAP-tag cargo protein


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 2.53 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Structure and heterogeneity of a highly cargo-loaded encapsulin shell.

Kwon, S.Andreas, M.P.Giessen, T.W.

(2023) J Struct Biol 215: 108022-108022

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2023.108022
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    8TK7

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Encapsulins are self-assembling protein nanocompartments able to selectively encapsulate dedicated cargo enzymes. Encapsulins are widespread across bacterial and archaeal phyla and are involved in oxidative stress resistance, iron storage, and sulfur metabolism. Encapsulin shells exhibit icosahedral geometry and consist of 60, 180, or 240 identical protein subunits. Cargo encapsulation is mediated by the specific interaction of targeting peptides or domains, found in all cargo proteins, with the interior surface of the encapsulin shell during shell self-assembly. Here, we report the 2.53 Å cryo-EM structure of a heterologously produced and highly cargo-loaded T3 encapsulin shell from Myxococcus xanthus and explore the systems' structural heterogeneity. We find that exceedingly high cargo loading results in the formation of substantial amounts of distorted and aberrant shells, likely caused by a combination of unfavorable steric clashes of cargo proteins and shell conformational changes. Based on our cryo-EM structure, we determine and analyze the targeting peptide-shell binding mode. We find that both ionic and hydrophobic interactions mediate targeting peptide binding. Our results will guide future attempts at rationally engineering encapsulins for biomedical and biotechnological applications.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Type 1 encapsulin shell protein EncAA [auth B],
B [auth A],
C
287Myxococcus xanthus DK 1622Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: encAMXAN_3556
UniProt
Find proteins for Q1D6H4 (Myxococcus xanthus (strain DK1622))
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UniProt GroupQ1D6H4
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Methylated-DNA--protein-cysteine methyltransferaseD [auth E],
E [auth D],
F
203Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.1.1.63
UniProt
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UniProt GroupE5BBQ0
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 2.53 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
RECONSTRUCTIONcryoSPARC4.2.1
MODEL REFINEMENTCoot0.9.8.1
MODEL REFINEMENTPHENIX1.20.1-4487

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesR35GM133325

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2023-09-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-09-20
    Changes: Database references, Refinement description