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69  structures 5055  species 0  interactions 22038  sequences 127  architectures

Clan: LolA_LolB (CL0048)

Summary

LolA/B superfamily Add an annotation

Gram-negative bacteria lipoproteins are anchored to the periplasmic surface of the inner or outer membrane depending on the sorting signal, which is the residue at position 2 of the polypeptide. Five Lol proteins are involved in the sorting and membrane localisation of lipoprotein. An ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter, LolCDE, releases outer membrane-specific lipoproteins from the inner membrane, causing the formation of a complex between the released lipoproteins and the periplasmic molecular chaperone LolA. When this complex interacts with outer membrane receptor LolB, the lipoproteins are transferred from LolA to LolB and then localised to the outer membrane. The structures of LolA and LolB are remarkably similar to each other. Both have a hydrophobic cavity consisting of an unclosed beta-barrel and an alpha-helical lid [1,2].

This clan contains 20 families and the total number of domains in the clan is 22038. The clan was built by RD Finn and A Bateman.

Literature references

  1. Takeda K, Miyatake H, Yokota N, Matsuyama S, Tokuda H, Miki K; , EMBO J 2003;22:3199-3209.: Crystal structures of bacterial lipoprotein localization factors, LolA and LolB. PUBMED:12839983 EPMC:12839983
  2. Tokuda H, Matsuyama S; , Biochim Biophys Acta 2004;1693:5-13.: Sorting of lipoproteins to the outer membrane in E. coli. PUBMED:15276320 EPMC:15276320

Members

This clan contains the following 20 member families:

DUF1329 DUF1571 DUF2092 DUF3108 DUF3261 DUF4292 DUF4412 DUF576 DUF6134 DUF620 DUF6612 LolA LolA_2 LolA_3 LolA_like LolB LppX_LprAFG MucB_RseB Porph_ging VioE

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Domain organisation

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Alignments

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Pfam family Num. domains Alignment
LolA (PF03548) 4280 (19.4%) View
DUF3108 (PF11306) 3227 (14.6%) View
Porph_ging (PF09697) 1809 (8.2%) View
DUF620 (PF04788) 1714 (7.8%) View
LolA_like (PF17131) 1627 (7.4%) View
LolB (PF03550) 1504 (6.8%) View
DUF1329 (PF07044) 1495 (6.8%) View
MucB_RseB (PF03888) 1389 (6.3%) View
DUF4292 (PF14125) 951 (4.3%) View
DUF6612 (PF20316) 668 (3.0%) View
LppX_LprAFG (PF07161) 581 (2.6%) View
DUF2092 (PF09865) 534 (2.4%) View
LolA_3 (PF19574) 482 (2.2%) View
DUF4412 (PF14371) 391 (1.8%) View
DUF6134 (PF19630) 389 (1.8%) View
DUF3261 (PF11659) 332 (1.5%) View
DUF1571 (PF07608) 309 (1.4%) View
LolA_2 (PF16584) 305 (1.4%) View
DUF576 (PF04507) 35 (0.2%) View
VioE (PF18234) 16 (0.1%) View
Total: 20 Total: 22038 Clan alignment
 

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Structures

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