Crystal structure of a multi-domain immunophilin from Arabidopsis thaliana: a paradigm for regulation of plant ABC transporters.

FKBP42 is a membrane-anchored immunophilin playing a critical role in morphogenesis and development of higher plants. We present the X-ray structure of the cytoplasmic portion of FKBP42 comprising both the FKBP-like domain and the TPR domain at 2.85 A resolution.

Solid-state NMR characterization of the putative membrane anchor of TWD1 from Arabidopsis thaliana.

Structure and membrane interaction of a 31 amino acid residue fragment of the membrane bound FKBP-like protein twisted dwarf 1 (TWD1) from Arabidopsis thaliana was investigated by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The studied peptide TWD1(335-365) contained the putative membrane anchor of the protein (residues 339-357) that was previously predicted by sequence hydrophobicity analysis. The TWD1 peptide was synthesized by standard solid phase peptide synthesis and contained three uniformly (13)C- and (15)N-labelled residues (Phe 340, Val 350, Ala 364).

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of immunophilin-like FKBP42 from Arabidopsis thaliana.

Two fragments of FKBP42 from Arabidopsis thaliana covering differing lengths of the molecule have been expressed, purified and crystallized. For each construct, crystals belonging to two different space groups were obtained and subjected to preliminary X-ray analysis.

Crystal structure of a plant immunophilin domain involved in regulation of MDR-type ABC transporters.

We present the three-dimensional structure of the N-terminal FK506-binding protein (FKBP)-like domain of the immunophilin FKBP42 from Arabidopsis thaliana. The data provide the structural background for the explanation of key functional properties reported previously.