Download MendeleyTernary structure of the outer membrane transporter FoxA with resolved signalling domain provides insights into TonB-mediated siderophore uptake.
Josts, I., Veith, K., Tidow, H.(2019) Elife 8
- PubMed: 31385808
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48528
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
6I96, 6I97, 6I98 - PubMed Abstract:
Many microbes and fungi acquire the essential ion Fe 3+ through the synthesis and secretion of high-affinity chelators termed siderophores. In Gram-negative bacteria, these ferric-siderophore complexes are actively taken up using highly specific TonB-dependent transporters (TBDTs) located in the outer bacterial membrane (OM). However, the detailed mechanism of how the inner-membrane protein TonB connects to the transporters in the OM as well as the interplay between siderophore- and TonB-binding to the transporter is still poorly understood. Here, we present three crystal structures of the TBDT FoxA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (containing a signalling domain) in complex with the siderophore ferrioxamine B and TonB and combine them with a detailed analysis of binding constants. The structures show that both siderophore and TonB-binding is required to form a translocation-competent state of the FoxA transporter in a two-step TonB-binding mechanism. The complex structure also indicates how TonB-binding influences the orientation of the signalling domain.
Organizational Affiliation:
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
