Structural highlights
4wza is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Azotobacter vinelandii. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Method: | X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.8995Å |
| Ligands: | , , , , , , , |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
NIFD_AZOVI This molybdenum-iron protein is part of the nitrogenase complex that catalyzes the key enzymatic reactions in nitrogen fixation.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The roles of ATP hydrolysis in electron-transfer (ET) reactions of the nitrogenase catalytic cycle remain obscure. Here, we present a new structure of a nitrogenase complex crystallized with MgADP and MgAMPPCP, an ATP analogue. In this structure the two nucleotides are bound asymmetrically by the Fe-protein subunits connected to the two different MoFe-protein subunits. This binding mode suggests that ATP hydrolysis and phosphate release may proceed by a stepwise mechanism. Through the associated Fe-protein conformational changes, a stepwise mechanism is anticipated to prolong the lifetime of the Fe-protein-MoFe-protein complex and, in turn, could orchestrate the sequence of intracomplex ET required for substrate reduction.
Structural Evidence for Asymmetrical Nucleotide Interactions in Nitrogenase.,Tezcan FA, Kaiser JT, Howard JB, Rees DC J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Dec 23. PMID:25522159[1]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Tezcan FA, Kaiser JT, Howard JB, Rees DC. Structural Evidence for Asymmetrical Nucleotide Interactions in Nitrogenase. J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Dec 23. PMID:25522159 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja511945e
