Structural highlights
Function
[LSRF_ECOLI] Could be involved in the degradation of phospho-AI-2, thereby terminating induction of the lsr operon and closing the AI-2 signaling cycle (By similarity).
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Many bacteria produce and respond to the quorum sensing signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2). Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium are among the species with the lsr operon, an operon containing AI-2 transport and processing genes that are up regulated in response to AI-2. One of the Lsr proteins, LsrF, has been implicated in processing the phosphorylated form of AI-2. Here, we present the structure of LsrF, unliganded and in complex with two phospho-AI-2 analogues, ribose-5-phosphate and ribulose-5-phosphate. The crystal structure shows that LsrF is a decamer of (alphabeta)(8)-barrels that exhibit a previously unseen N-terminal domain swap and have high structural homology with aldolases that process phosphorylated sugars. Ligand binding sites and key catalytic residues are structurally conserved, strongly implicating LsrF as a class I aldolase.
The crystal structure of the Escherichia coli autoinducer-2 processing protein LsrF.,Diaz Z, Xavier KB, Miller ST PLoS One. 2009 Aug 28;4(8):e6820. PMID:19714241[1]
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References
- ↑ Diaz Z, Xavier KB, Miller ST. The crystal structure of the Escherichia coli autoinducer-2 processing protein LsrF. PLoS One. 2009 Aug 28;4(8):e6820. PMID:19714241 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006820
