Cryo-EM of cytoskeletal 'fibril' protein involved in Spiroplasma swimming
Sasajima, Y.; Kato, T.; Miyata, T.; Kiyama, H.; Kawamoto, A.; Makino, F.; Namba, K.; Miyata, M.
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Spiroplasma, parasitic or commensal bacteria, can swim by switching the handedness of its helical cell body. A helical cell body is formed by an internal ribbon of MreB, an actin superfamily, and Spiroplasma-specific fibril proteins. Here we have solved the structure of the fibril filament by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy at 3.6 [A] resolution and built its atomic structure. The structure is composed of repeated rings and cylinders. The N-terminal cylinder of the fibril protein shows a structure similar to that of S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase, while the C-terminal ring does not show similarity to other proteins. The filament is nonpolar and flexible, possessing a helical pitch of 700 nm, consistent with cell helicity. Cryo-electron tomography revealed aligned several MreB filaments in the center of the ribbon, flanked by membrane-binding fibril filaments through electrostatic interactions. This study discusses the evolution and roles of the fibril filament.
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