Abstract
The three-dimensional structure of the Acetogenium kivui surface layer (S-layer) has been determined to a resolution of 1.7 nm by electron crystallographic techniques. Two independent reconstructions were made from layers negatively stained with uranyl acetate and Na-phosphotungstate. The S-layer has p6 symmetry with a center-to-center spacing of approximately 19 nm. Within the layer, six monomers combine to form a ring-shaped core surrounded by a fenestrated rim and six spokes that point towards the axis of threefold symmetry and provide lateral connectivity to other hexamers in the layer. The structure of the A. kivui S-layer protein is very similar to that of the Bacillus brevis middle wall protein, with which it shares an N-terminal domain of homology. This domain is found in several other extracellular proteins, including the S-layer proteins from Bacillus sphaericus and Thermus thermophilus, Omp alpha from Thermotoga maritima, an alkaline cellulase from Bacillus strain KSM-635, and xylanases from Clostridium thermocellum and Thermoanaerobacter saccharolyticum, and may serve to anchor these proteins to the peptidoglycan. To our knowledge, this is the first example of a domain conserved in several S-layer proteins.
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