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==Crystal structure of Acat5 thiolase from Ascaris suum in complex with coenzyme A==
<StructureSection load='6bja' size='340' side='right'caption='[[6bja]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.60&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6bja]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascaris_suum Ascaris suum]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6BJA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6BJA 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]] 1.6000144&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ACT:ACETATE+ION'>ACT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=COA:COENZYME+A'>COA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CSO:S-HYDROXYCYSTEINE'>CSO</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=6bja FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6bja OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6bja PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6bja RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6bja PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6bja ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/F1L3N8_ASCSU F1L3N8_ASCSU] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Thiolases are a class of carbon-carbon bond forming enzymes with important applications in biotechnology and metabolic engineering as they provide a general method for the condensation of two acyl coenzyme A (CoA) substrates. As such, developing a greater understanding of their substrate selectivity would expand our ability to engineer the enzymatic or microbial production of a broad range of small-molecule targets. Here, we report the crystal structures and biochemical characterization of Acat2 and Acat5, two biosynthetic thiolases from Ascaris suum with varying selectivity toward branched compared to linear compounds. The structure of the Acat2-C91S mutant bound to propionyl-CoA shows that the terminal methyl group of the substrate, representing the alpha-branch point, is directed toward the conserved Phe 288 and Met 158 residues. In Acat5, the Phe ring is rotated to accommodate a hydroxyl-pi interaction with an adjacent Thr side chain, decreasing space in the binding pocket and possibly accounting for its strong preference for linear substrates compared to Acat2. Comparison of the different Acat thiolase structures shows that Met 158 is flexible, adopting alternate conformations with the side chain rotated toward or away from a covering loop at the back of the active site. Mutagenesis of residues in the covering loop in Acat5 with the corresponding residues from Acat2 allows for highly increased accommodation of branched substrates, whereas the converse mutations do not significantly affect Acat2 substrate selectivity. Our results suggest an important contribution of second-shell residues to thiolase substrate selectivity and offer insights into engineering this enzyme class.

Structural and Biochemical Studies of Substrate Selectivity in Ascaris suum Thiolases.,Blaisse MR, Fu B, Chang MCY Biochemistry. 2018 Jan 30. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01123. PMID:29381332<ref>PMID:29381332</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Thiolase 3D structures|Thiolase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Ascaris suum]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Blaisse MR]]
[[Category: Chang MCY]]
[[Category: Fu B]]