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==Crystal structure of staphylococcal nuclease variant E75Q/D21N/T33V/T41I/S59A/P117G/S128A at 100 K==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2qdb]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus Staphylococcus aureus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2QDB OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2QDB FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=PO4:PHOSPHATE+ION'>PO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2qdb FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2qdb OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2qdb PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2qdb RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2qdb PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2qdb ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NUC_STAAU NUC_STAAU] Enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of both DNA and RNA at the 5' position of the phosphodiester bond.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
His121 and His124 are embedded in a network of polar and ionizable groups on the surface of staphylococcal nuclease. To examine how membership in a network affects the electrostatic properties of ionizable groups, the tautomeric state and the pK(a) values of these histidines were measured with NMR spectroscopy in the wild-type nuclease and in 13 variants designed to disrupt the network. In the background protein, His121 and His124 titrate with pK(a) values of 5.2 and 5.6, respectively. In the variants, where the network was disrupted, the pK(a) values range from 4.03 to 6.46 for His121, and 5.04 to 5.99 for His124. The largest decrease in a pK(a) was observed when the favorable Coulomb interaction between His121 and Glu75 was eliminated; the largest increase was observed when Tyr91 or Tyr93 was substituted with Ala or Phe. In all variants, the dominant tautomeric state at neutral pH was the N(epsilon2) state. At one level the network behaves as a rigid unit that does not readily reorganize when disrupted: crystal structures of the E75A or E75Q variants show that even when the pivotal Glu75 is removed, the overall configuration of the network was unaffected. On the other hand, a few key hydrogen bonds appear to govern the conformation of the network, and when these bonds are disrupted the network reorganizes. Coulomb interactions within the network report an effective dielectric constant of 20, whereas a dielectric constant of 80 is more consistent with the magnitude of medium to long-range Coulomb interactions in this protein. The data demonstrate that when structures are treated as static, rigid bodies, structure-based pK(a) calculations with continuum electrostatics method are not useful to treat ionizable groups in cases where pK(a) values are governed by short-range polar and Coulomb interactions.

Electrostatic effects in a network of polar and ionizable groups in staphylococcal nuclease.,Baran KL, Chimenti MS, Schlessman JL, Fitch CA, Herbst KJ, Garcia-Moreno BE J Mol Biol. 2008 Jun 20;379(5):1045-62. Epub 2008 Apr 16. PMID:18499123<ref>PMID:18499123</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Staphylococcal nuclease 3D structures|Staphylococcal nuclease 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Staphylococcus aureus]]
[[Category: Baran KL]]
[[Category: Garcia-Moreno BE]]
[[Category: Schlessman JL]]