C12 symmetrised 3D reconstruction of the Shigella flexneri T3SS needle complex from negatively stained sample electron micrographs
by single particle reconstruction, at 25 A resolution

#1: Surface view with section colored by density value, Surface level: 1.2, Made by UCSF CHIMERA
#2: Surface view colored by cylindrical radius, Surface level: 1.2, Made by UCSF CHIMERA
Entry | |
| Summary | |
| Database / ID | EM DATA BANK (EMDB) / 1617 |
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| Title | C12 symmetrised 3D reconstruction of the Shigella flexneri T3SS needle complex from negatively stained sample electron micrographs |
| Map | This is a 3D reconstruction of the Shigella flexneri 'needle complex' from negative stain images, done with C12 symmetry imposed. The resolution is 21-25A. |
| Sample | Shigella flexneri T3SS needle complex |
| Keywords | Shigella flexneri Type III secretion system Needle complex Microbial pathogenesis |
| Authors | Hodgkinson JL, Horsley A, Stabat D, Simon M, Johnson S, da Fonseca PCA, Morris EP, Wall JS, Lea SM, Blocker AJ |
| Date | Deposition: 2009-05-01, Header release: 2009-05-20, Map release: 2009-05-27, Last update: 2010-04-23 |
| EMDB Sites | EMDB @PDBe (EU), EMDB @RCSB (USA) |
| Structure Visualization | |
| Movies | Movie Page#1: Surface view with section colored by density value, Surface level: 1.2, Made by UCSF CHIMERA #2: Surface view colored by cylindrical radius, Surface level: 1.2, Made by UCSF CHIMERA |
| Supplemental images | |
| Structure viewers | Yorodumi, Launch PeppeR (About PeppeR), Volume viewer (RCSB, PDBe) |
| Related Structure Data | |
| Similar strucutres (beta) |
List of similar structure data about Omokage system |
Article | |
| Citation - Primary | |
| Article | Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Vol. 16, Issue 5, Page 477-85, Year 2009 |
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| Title | Three-dimensional reconstruction of the Shigella T3SS transmembrane regions reveals 12-fold symmetry and novel features throughout. |
| Authors | Julie L Hodgkinson, Ashley Horsley, David Stabat, Martha Simon, Steven Johnson, Paula C A da Fonseca, Edward P Morris, Joseph S Wall, Susan M Lea, Ariel J Blocker Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK. |
| Keywords | Bacterial Proteins (chemistry), Cell Membrane (chemistry), Crystallography, X-Ray, Membrane Proteins (chemistry), Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission, Models, Molecular, Protein Structure, Secondary, Secretin (chemistry, 1393-25-5), Shigella flexneri (metabolism) |
| Links | DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1599, PubMed: 19396171, PMC: PMC2681179 |
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| File | EMD-1617.map ( map file in CCP4 format, 24116 KB ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Projections & Slices | Size of images:
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| Data Type | Image stored as Reals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space Group Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Unit Cell | A= B= C: 476.84 A Alpha=beta=gamma: 90 degrees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pixel Spacing | X= Y= Z: 2.62 A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotation Details | This is a 3D reconstruction of the Shigella flexneri 'needle complex' from negative stain images, done with C12 symmetry imposed. The resolution is 21-25A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Images | |
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Sample | |
| Name | Shigella flexneri T3SS needle complex |
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| Number of Components | 8 |
| Oligomeric State | Large macromolecular complex (total list of components not yet known) |
| Details | Affinity purified using His6 tag on MxiG N-term Contains detergent (see Zenk et al., 2007) |
| Mass-estimation Method | STEM analysis |
| Experimental Mass | 3.6MDa |
| Component #1: protein - Spa24 | |
| Scientific name | Spa24 |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.24 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer, which must be cleaved in its cytoplasmic portion during T3SS biogenesis. |
| Oligomeric Details | Unknown |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell Location: inner membrane protein Cell: Gram-negative bacterium |
| Links | Inter Pro: IPR:005773, Gene Ontology: GO:0009306 |
| Component #2: protein - Spa40 | |
| Scientific name | Spa40 |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.4 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer, which must be cleaved in its cytoplasmic portion during T3SS biogenesis. |
| Oligomeric Details | Unknown |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Cell: Gram-negative bacterium Cell Location: polytopic-inner membrane protein Organelle: Type III secretion system |
| Links | Gene Ontology: GO:0009306, Inter Pro: IPR:006307 |
| Component #3: protein - MxiM | |
| Scientific name | MxiM |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.15 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer. |
| Number of Copies | 12 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell: Gram-negative bacterium Cell Location: outside face of outer membrane |
| Links | Gene Ontology: GO:0009279 |
| Component #4: protein - MxiI | |
| Scientific name | MxiI |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.1 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer. |
| Oligomeric Details | Helical polymer |
| Number of Copies | 10 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: periplasmic space Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell: Gram-negative bacterium |
| Links | Gene Ontology: GO:0015031 |
| Component #5: protein - MxiG | |
| Scientific name | MxiG |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.43 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer. |
| Oligomeric Details | Probable homo-24mer |
| Number of Copies | 24 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell: Gram-negative bacterium Cell Location: spans inner membrane |
| Links | Gene Ontology: GO:0009405 |
| Component #6: protein - MxiJ | |
| Scientific name | MxiJ |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.25 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer with its N-terminal lipid modification site processed (but MW of lipid moiety unknown). |
| Oligomeric Details | Probable homo-dodecamer |
| Number of Copies | 12 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell: Gram-negative bacterium Cell Location: mostly periplasmic face of inner membrane |
| Links | Gene Ontology: GO:0009306, Inter Pro: IPR:006182 |
| Component #7: protein - MxiH | |
| Scientific name | MxiH |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.09 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer. |
| Oligomeric Details | helical polymer |
| Number of Copies | 120 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: Extracellular Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell: Gram-negative bacterium |
| Links | Inter Pro: IPR:011841, Gene Ontology: GO:0009405 |
| Component #8: protein - MxiD | |
| Scientific name | MxiD |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.62 MDa |
| Details | This is the MW of the monomer without it's signal sequence included |
| Oligomeric Details | homo-dodecamer |
| Number of Copies | 12 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Shigella flexneri |
| Common Name of Species | Dysentery bacillus |
| NCBI taxonomy | 623 |
| Strain | Shigella flexneri M90T |
| Recombinant expression | No |
| Natural Source | Cell: Gram-negative bacterium Organelle: Type III secretion system Cell Location: Outer membrane |
| Links | Inter Pro: IPR:003522, Gene Ontology: GO:0009306 |
Experiment | |
| Sample Preparation | |
| Staining | negatively stained in unbuffered 2% aqueous uranyl acetate |
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| Specimen Conc | 0.05 mg/ml |
| Specimen Support Details | 400 mesh copper grids (Athene) covered with holey carbon film over which thin plain carbon was laid were used |
| Specimen State | particle |
| Buffer | Details: 10mM Tris pH 8, 0.1% Triton X-100 and 1mM EDTA buffer pH: 8 |
| Vitrification | |
| Cryogen Name | NONE |
| Instrument | NONE |
| Imaging | |
| Microscope | FEI/PHILIPS CM200FEG |
| Details | Low-dose mode was used |
| Electron Gun | |
| Electron Source | FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Accelerating Voltage | 200 kV |
| Electron Dose | 20 e/A**2 |
| Illumination Mode | SPOT SCAN |
| Lens | |
| Magnification | Nominal: 50000, Calibrated: 48600 |
| Astigmatism | objective lens astigmatism was corrected at 100,000 times magnification |
| Nominal Cs | 2.2 mm |
| Imaging Mode | BRIGHT FIELD |
| Defocus | 700 nm - 900 nm |
| Specimen Holder | |
| Holder | eucentric |
| Model | OTHER |
| Camera | |
| Detector | Kodak SO163 film |
| Image Acquisition | |
| Od Range | 1 |
| Scanner | NIKON SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 |
| Number of Digital Images | 126 |
| Sampling Size | 6.35 |
| Quant Bit Number | 16 |
Processing | |
| Method | single particle reconstruction |
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| 3D reconstruction | |
| Algorithm | weighted back projection |
| Euler Angles Details | Imagic beta 87-93 degrees gamma 0-30 degrees |
| Software | SPIDER IMAGIC5 |
| Details | Maps were generated from 41 individual images (selected through image processing out of an initial pool of 3000) |
| Resolution By Author | 25 A |
| Resolution Method | FSC at 3-sigma and 0.5 cut-offs |
| Single Particle | |
| Number of Class Averages | 4 |
| Number of Projections | 41 |
| Details | Numbers of particles given are for final reconstruction. We started with over 3000. Particles were selected using Ximdisp software, cut out to an initial box size of 400 by 400 pixel and coarsened to 2.62A per pixel using Label prior to further processing. |
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| Header (meta data in XML format) | emd-1617.xml (17.4 KB) | ||
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| Map data | emd_1617.map.gz (13.3 MB) | ||
| Images | 1617.gif (32.1 KB) 1617.png (327.4 KB) | ||
| FTP directory | ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-1617 | ||
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