Crystallographic snapshot of cellulose synthesis and membrane translocation.
Crystallographic snapshot of cellulose synthesis and membrane translocation.
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Cellulose, the most abundant biological macromolecule, is an extracellular, linear polymer of glucose molecules. It represents an essential component of plant cell walls but is also found in algae and bacteria. In bacteria, cellulose production frequently correlates with the formation of biofilms, a sessile, multicellular growth form. Cellulose synthesis and transport across the inner bacterial membrane is mediated by a complex of the multi-spanning catalytic BcsA subunit and the membrane-anchored, periplasmic BcsB protein. Here we present the crystal structure of a complex of BcsA and BcsB from Rhodobacter sphaeroides containing a translocating polysaccharide. The structure of the BcsA-B translocation intermediate reveals the architecture of the cellulose synthase, demonstrates how BcsA forms a cellulose-conducting channel, and suggests a model for the coupling of cellulose synthesis and translocation in which the nascent polysaccharide is extended by one glucose molecule at a time.
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DOI:
10.1107/s0907444904019158
发表时间:
2004-12-01
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
Emsley, P;Cowtan, K
通讯作者:
Cowtan, K
影响因子:
7.2
作者:
Burton, Briana;Dubnau, David
通讯作者:
Dubnau, David
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
Amikam, D;Galperin, MY
通讯作者:
Galperin, MY
影响因子:
9.4
作者:
Daras, Gerasimos;Rigas, Stamatis;Hatzopoulos, Polydefkis
通讯作者:
Hatzopoulos, Polydefkis
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
DOWD, MK;FRENCH, AD;REILLY, PJ
通讯作者:
REILLY, PJ