Crystallization and preliminary analysis of the NqrA and NqrC subunits of the Na+-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae

Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Jul;70(Pt 7):987-92. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X14009881. Epub 2014 Jun 19.

Abstract

The Na+-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+-NQR) from Vibrio cholerae is a membrane protein complex consisting of six different subunits NqrA-NqrF. The major domains of the NqrA and NqrC subunits were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and crystallized. The structure of NqrA1-377 was solved in space groups C222₁ and P2₁ by SAD phasing and molecular replacement at 1.9 and 2.1 Å resolution, respectively. NqrC devoid of the transmembrane helix was co-expressed with ApbE to insert the flavin mononucleotide group covalently attached to Thr225. The structure was determined by molecular replacement using apo-NqrC of Parabacteroides distasonis as search model at 1.8 Å resolution.

Keywords: Na+-translocating NQR; Vibrio cholerae; covalently bound FMN.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Flavin Mononucleotide / chemistry*
  • Gene Expression
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protein Subunits / chemistry*
  • Protein Subunits / genetics
  • Protein Subunits / metabolism
  • Quinone Reductases / chemistry*
  • Quinone Reductases / genetics
  • Quinone Reductases / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Structural Homology, Protein
  • Vibrio cholerae / chemistry*
  • Vibrio cholerae / enzymology

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Protein Subunits
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Flavin Mononucleotide
  • sodium-translocating NADH-quinone reductase
  • Quinone Reductases