139l

RAPID CRYSTALLIZATION OF T4 LYSOZYME BY INTERMOLECULAR DISULFIDE CROSSLINKING

spinqualitylabelsall models 139l, resolution 1.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 139l is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Bpt4. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: BME, CL Activity: Lysozyme, with EC number 3.2.1.17 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum Function [LYS_BPT4] Helps to release the mature phage particles from the cell wall by breaking down the peptidoglycan. 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 In an attempt to facilitate crystallization, engineered cysteines were used to promote formation of a 'back-to-back' dimer that occurs in different crystal forms of wild-type and mutant T4 lysozymes. The designed double mutant, N68C/A93C, in which the surface residues Asn68 and Ala93 were replaced by cysteines, formed dimers in solution and crystallized isomorphously to wild-type, but at a much faster rate. Overall, the mutant structure remained very similar to wild-type despite the formation of two intermolecular disulfide bridges. The crystals of cross-linked dimers ahd thermal factors somewhat lower than wild-type, indicating reduced mobility, but did not diffract to noticeably higher resolution. Introduction of the same cross-links was also used to obtain crystals in a different space group of a T4 lysozyme mutant that could not be crystallized previously. The results suggest that the formation of the lysozyme dimer is a critical intermediate in the formation of more than one crystal form and that covalent cross-linking of the intermediate accelerates nucleation and facilitates crystal growth. The disulfide cross-links are located on the 'back' of the molecule and formation of the cross-linked dimer appears to leave the active sites completely unobstructed. Nevertheless, the cross-linked dimer is completely inactive. One explanation for this behavior is that the disulfide bridges prevent hinge-bending motion that may be required for catalysis. Another possibility is that the formation of the dimer increases the overall bulk of the enzyme and prevents its access to the susceptible glycosidic bonds within the cell wall substrate. Rapid crystallization of T4 lysozyme by intermolecular disulfide cross-linking.,Heinz DW, Matthews BW Protein Eng. 1994 Mar;7(3):301-7. PMID:8177878 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Lysozyme 3D structures

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