| Structural highlights
3sqg is a 9 chain structure with sequence from Uncultured archaeon. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| Ligands: | , , , , , , , , , |
NonStd Res: | , , , |
Related: | |
Activity: | Coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase, with EC number 2.8.4.1 |
Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) with sulphate, an area currently generating great interest in microbiology, is accomplished by consortia of methanotrophic archaea (ANME) and sulphate-reducing bacteria. The enzyme activating methane in methanotrophic archaea has tentatively been identified as a homologue of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) that catalyses the methane-forming step in methanogenic archaea. Here we report an X-ray structure of the 280 kDa heterohexameric ANME-1 MCR complex. It was crystallized uniquely from a protein ensemble purified from consortia of microorganisms collected with a submersible from a Black Sea mat catalysing AOM with sulphate. Crystals grown from the heterogeneous sample diffract to 2.1 A resolution and consist of a single ANME-1 MCR population, demonstrating the strong selective power of crystallization. The structure revealed ANME-1 MCR in complex with coenzyme M and coenzyme B, indicating the same substrates for MCR from methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea. Differences between the highly similar structures of ANME-1 MCR and methanogenic MCR include a F(430) modification, a cysteine-rich patch and an altered post-translational amino acid modification pattern, which may tune the enzymes for their functions in different biological contexts.
Structure of a methyl-coenzyme M reductase from Black Sea mats that oxidize methane anaerobically.,Shima S, Krueger M, Weinert T, Demmer U, Kahnt J, Thauer RK, Ermler U Nature. 2011 Nov 27. doi: 10.1038/nature10663. PMID:22121022[1]
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References
- ↑ Shima S, Krueger M, Weinert T, Demmer U, Kahnt J, Thauer RK, Ermler U. Structure of a methyl-coenzyme M reductase from Black Sea mats that oxidize methane anaerobically. Nature. 2011 Nov 27. doi: 10.1038/nature10663. PMID:22121022 doi:10.1038/nature10663
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