3c90

The 1.25 A Resolution Structure of Phosphoribosyl-ATP Pyrophosphohydrolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, crystal form II

spinqualitylabelsall models 3c90, resolution 1.79Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3c90 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.79Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function HIS2_MYCTU 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 Phosphoribosyl-ATP pyrophosphohydrolase is the second enzyme in the histidine-biosynthetic pathway, irreversibly hydrolyzing phosphoribosyl-ATP to phosphoribosyl-AMP and pyrophosphate. It is encoded by the hisE gene, which is present as a separate gene in many bacteria and archaea but is fused to hisI in other bacteria, fungi and plants. Because of its essentiality for growth in vitro, HisE is a potential drug target for tuberculosis. The crystal structures of two native (uncomplexed) forms of HisE from Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been determined to resolutions of 1.25 and 1.79 A. The structure of the apoenzyme reveals that the protein is composed of five alpha-helices with connecting loops and is a member of the alpha-helical nucleoside-triphosphate pyrophosphatase superfamily. The biological unit of the protein is a homodimer, with an active site on each subunit composed of residues exclusively from that subunit. A comparison with the Campylobacter jejuni dUTPase active site allowed the identification of putative metal- and substrate-binding sites in HisE, including four conserved glutamate and glutamine residues in the sequence that are consistent with a motif for pyrophosphohydrolase activity. However, significant differences between family members are observed in the loop region between alpha-helices H1 and H3. The crystal structure of M. tuberculosis HisE provides insights into possible mechanisms of substrate binding and the diversity of the nucleoside-triphosphate pyrophosphatase superfamily. The 1.25 A resolution structure of phosphoribosyl-ATP pyrophosphohydrolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.,Javid-Majd F, Yang D, Ioerger TR, Sacchettini JC Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2008 Jun;64(Pt 6):627-35. Epub 2008, May 14. PMID:18560150 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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