1pj2

Crystal structure of human mitochondrial NAD(P)+-dependent malic enzyme in a pentary complex with natural substrate malate, cofactor NADH, Mn++, and allosteric activator fumarate

spinqualitylabelsall models 1pj2, resolution 2.30Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1pj2 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.3Å Ligands: FUM, LMR, MN, MSE, NAI Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function MAOM_HUMAN Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Malic enzymes catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate to pyruvate and CO(2) with the reduction of the NAD(P)(+) cofactor in the presence of divalent cations. We report the crystal structures at up to 2.1 A resolution of human mitochondrial NAD(P)(+)-dependent malic enzyme in different pentary complexes with the natural substrate malate or pyruvate, the dinucleotide cofactor NAD(+) or NADH, the divalent cation Mn(2+), and the allosteric activator fumarate. Malate is bound deep in the active site, providing two ligands for the cation, and its C4 carboxylate group is out of plane with the C1-C2-C3 atoms, facilitating decarboxylation. The divalent cation is positioned optimally to catalyze the entire reaction. Lys183 is the general base for the oxidation step, extracting the proton from the C2 hydroxyl of malate. Tyr112-Lys183 functions as the general acid-base pair to catalyze the tautomerization of the enolpyruvate product from decarboxylation to pyruvate. Crystal structures of substrate complexes of malic enzyme and insights into the catalytic mechanism.,Tao X, Yang Z, Tong L Structure. 2003 Sep;11(9):1141-50. PMID:12962632 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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