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Structure and Function of the Escherichia coli Tol-Pal Stator Protein TolR
Authors:Justyna A Wojdyla  Erin Cutts  Renata Kaminska  Grigorios Papadakos  Jonathan T S Hopper  Phillip J Stansfeld  David Staunton  Carol V Robinson  Colin Kleanthous
Institution:From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU and ;the §Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
Abstract:TolR is a 15-kDa inner membrane protein subunit of the Tol-Pal complex in Gram-negative bacteria, and its function is poorly understood. Tol-Pal is recruited to cell division sites where it is involved in maintaining the integrity of the outer membrane. TolR is related to MotB, the peptidoglycan (PG)-binding stator protein from the flagellum, suggesting it might serve a similar role in Tol-Pal. The only structure thus far reported for TolR is of the periplasmic domain from Haemophilus influenzae in which N- and C-terminal residues had been deleted (TolR(62–133), Escherichia coli numbering). H. influenzae TolR(62–133) is a symmetrical dimer with a large deep cleft at the dimer interface. Here, we present the 1.7-Å crystal structure of the intact periplasmic domain of E. coli TolR (TolR(36–142)). E. coli TolR(36–142) is also dimeric, but the architecture of the dimer is radically different from that of TolR(62–133) due to the intertwining of its N and C termini. TolR monomers are rotated ∼180° relative to each other as a result of this strand swapping, obliterating the putative PG-binding groove seen in TolR(62–133). We found that removal of the strand-swapped regions (TolR(60–133)) exposes cryptic PG binding activity that is absent in the full-length domain. We conclude that to function as a stator in the Tol-Pal complex dimeric TolR must undergo large scale structural remodeling reminiscent of that proposed for MotB, where the N- and C-terminal sequences unfold in order for the protein to both reach and bind the PG layer ∼90 Å away from the inner membrane.
Keywords:bacteria  crystal structure  dimerization  Escherichia coli (E  coli)  membrane protein  TolR  domain  periplasm  strand-swapped
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