The crystal structure of Rv0813c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals a new family of fatty acid-binding protein-like proteins in bacteria.

ABSTRACT: The gene Rv0813c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which codes for a hypothetical protein of unknown function, is conserved within the order Actinomycetales but absent elsewhere. The crystal structure of Rv0813c reveals a new family of proteins that resemble the fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) found in eukaryotes. Rv0813c adopts the 10-stranded beta-barrel fold typical of FABPs but lacks the double-helix insert that covers the entry to the binding site in the eukaryotic proteins. The barrel encloses a deep cavity, at the bottom of which a small cyclic ligand was found to bind to the hydroxyl group of Tyr192. This residue is part of a conserved Arg-X-Tyr motif much like the triad that binds the carboxylate group of fatty acids in FABPs. Most of the residues forming the internal surface o

SUBMITTER: Shepard W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1855704 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature