New features of vault architecture and dynamics revealed by novel refinement using the deformable elastic network approach

The vault particle, with a molecular weight of about 10 MDa, is the largest ribonucleoprotein that has been described. The X-ray structure of intact rat vault has been solved at a resolution of 3.5 Å [Tanaka et al. (2009), Science, 323, 384-388], showing an overall barrel-shaped architecture organized into two identical moieties, each consisting of 39 copies of the major vault protein (MVP). The model deposited in the PDB includes 39 MVP copies (half a vault) in the crystal asymmetric unit. A 2.1 Å resolution structure of the seven N-terminal repeats (R1-7) of MVP has also been determined [Querol-Audí et al. (2009), EMBO J. 28, 3450-3457], revealing important discrepancies with respect to the MVP models for repeats R1 and R2. Here, the re-refinement of the vault structure by incorporating the high-resolution information available for the R1-7 domains, using the deformable elastic network (DEN) approach and maintaining strict 39-fold noncrystallographic symmetry is reported. The new refinement indicates that at the resolution presently available the MVP shell can be described well as only one independent subunit organized with perfect D39 molecular symmetry. This refinement reveals that significant rearrangements occur in the N-terminus of MVP during the closing of the two vault halves and that the 39-fold symmetry breaks in the cap region. These results reflect the highly dynamic nature of the vault structure and represent a necessary step towards a better understanding of the biology and regulation of this particle.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography - 69(2013), Pt 6 vom: 21. Juni, Seite 1054-61

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Casañas, Arnau [VerfasserIn]
Querol-Audí, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Guerra, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Pous, Joan [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Hideaki [VerfasserIn]
Tsukihara, Tomitake [VerfasserIn]
Verdaguer, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Fita, Ignasi [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Deformable elastic network
Journal Article
Major vault protein
Refinement
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ribonucleoproteins
Vault
Vault Ribonucleoprotein Particles

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.10.2013

Date Revised 22.05.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1107/S0907444913004472

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM227686683