2hx8

Crystal structure of Cu(I) Azurin with the metal-binding loop sequence "CTFPGHSALM" replaced with "CSPHQGAGM", at pH5

spinqualitylabelsall models 2hx8, resolution 1.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2hx8 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.6Å Ligands: CU1 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function AZUR_PSEAE Transfers electrons from cytochrome c551 to cytochrome oxidase. 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 The ligand-containing loops of two copper-binding electron-transfer proteins (cupredoxins) have been swapped. In the azurin (AZ) variant in which the plastocyanin (PC) sequence is introduced (AZPC), the loop adopts a conformation identical to that in PC. The reduction potential of AZPC is raised as compared to AZ and matches that of PC. In the previously published AZAMI variant (AMI = amicyanin), the shorter introduced loop adopts the same conformation as in AMI, and the reduction potential is lowered to equal that of AMI (Yanagisawa, S.; Dennison, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15711-15719. Li, C.; et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2006, 103, 7258-7263). Thus, the loop structure plays an important role in tuning the reduction potential of a type 1 copper site with contributions from protein dipoles in this region probably the most important feature. The structure of the loop also seems to be a major factor in controlling dissociation and protonation of the C-terminal His ligand, which can act as a switch to regulate electron-transfer reactivity. The PCAZ variant (PC with the AZ loop) possesses an active site, which is different from those of both PC and AZ, and it is assumed that the introduced loop does not adopt a structure as in AZ. This contributes to the observed instability of PCAZ and highlights that loop-scaffold interactions are important for stabilizing the active site of a cupredoxin. Engineering copper sites in proteins: loops confer native structures and properties to chimeric cupredoxins.,Li C, Banfield MJ, Dennison C J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Jan 24;129(3):709-18. PMID:17227035 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Azurin 3D structures

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