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Crystal Structures of Branched-Chain Aminotransferase from Deinococcus radiodurans Complexes with alpha-Ketoisocaproate and L-Glutamate Suggest Its Radio-Resistance for Catalysis

spinqualitylabelsall models 3uzo, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3uzo is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Deinococcus radiodurans. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2Å Ligands: GLU, PLP Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function Q9RTX5_DEIRA Publication Abstract from PubMed Branched-chain aminotransferases (BCAT), which utilize pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) as a cofactor, reversibly catalyze the transfer of the alpha-amino groups of three of the most hydrophobic branched-chain amino acids (BCAA), leucine, isoleucine, and valine, to alpha-ketoglutarate to form the respective branched-chain alpha-keto acids and glutamate. The BCAT from Deinococcus radiodurans (DrBCAT), an extremophile, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli for structure and functional studies. The crystal structures of the native DrBCAT with PLP and its complexes with l-glutamate and alpha-ketoisocaproate (KIC), respectively, have been determined. The DrBCAT monomer, comprising 358 amino acids, contains large and small domains connected with an interdomain loop. The cofactor PLP is located at the bottom of the active site pocket between two domains and near the dimer interface. The substrate (l-glutamate or KIC) is bound with key residues through interactions of the hydrogen bond and the salt bridge near PLP inside the active site pocket. Mutations of some interaction residues, such as Tyr71, Arg145, and Lys202, result in loss of the specific activity of the enzymes. In the interdomain loop, a dynamic loop (Gly173 to Gly179) clearly exhibits open and close conformations in structures of DrBCAT without and with substrates, respectively. DrBCAT shows the highest specific activity both in nature and under ionizing radiation, but with lower thermal stability above 60 degrees C, than either BCAT from Escherichia coli (eBCAT) or from Thermus thermophilus (HB8BCAT). The dimeric molecular packing and the distribution of cysteine residues at the active site and the molecular surface might explain the resistance to radiation but small thermal stability of DrBCAT. Crystal Structures of Complexes of the Branched-Chain Aminotransferase from Deinococcus radiodurans with alpha-Ketoisocaproate and L-Glutamate Suggest the Radiation Resistance of This Enzyme for Catalysis.,Chen CD, Lin CH, Chuankhayan P, Huang YC, Hsieh YC, Huang TF, Guan HH, Liu MY, Chang WC, Chen CJ J Bacteriol. 2012 Nov;194(22):6206-16. doi: 10.1128/JB.01659-12. Epub 2012 Sep, 14. PMID:22984263 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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