3qhc

Crystal structure of Symerythrin from Cyanophora paradoxa, reduced with dithionite

spinqualitylabelsall models 3qhc, resolution 1.25Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3qhc is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Cyapa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: FE Related: 3qhb, 3sid Gene: ORF180 (CYAPA) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Rubrerythrins are diiron-containing peroxidases that belong to the ferritin-like superfamily (FLSF). Here, we describe the structures of symerythrin, a novel rubrerythrin variant from the oxygenic phototroph Cyanophora paradoxa, at 1.20-1.40 A resolution in three different states: diferric, azide-bound diferric and chemically reduced. The symerythrin metallocenter has a unique eighth ligating residue compared to rubrerythrin-an additional glutamate inserted into helix A of the four-helix bundle that resides on a pi-helical segment. Otherwise, the diferric metallocenter structure is highly similar to that of characterized rubrerythrins. Azide binds the diferric center in a mu-1,1 orientation similar to how peroxide binds to diferric rubrerythrin. The structure of the diferrous metallocenter shows heterogeneity that we ascribe to the acidic pH of the crystals. In what we consider the neutral pH conformation, reduction causes a 2.0-A shift in Fe1 and the toggling of a Glu to a His ligand, as seen with rubrerythrins. The function of symerythrin remains unknown, but preliminary tests showing oxidase and peroxidase activities and the similarities of its metallocenter to other rubrerythrins suggest similar functionalities between the two despite the additional ligating glutamate in symerythrin. Of particular interest is the high internal symmetry of symerythrin, which supports the notion that its core four-helix bundle was formed by the gene duplication and fusion of a two-helix peptide. Sequence comparisons with another family in the FLSF that also has notable internal symmetry provide compelling evidence that, contrary to previous assumptions, there have been multiple gene fusion events that have generated the single-chain FLSF fold. Symerythrin structures at atomic resolution and the origins of rubrerythrins and the ferritin-like superfamily.,Cooley RB, Arp DJ, Karplus PA J Mol Biol. 2011 Oct 14;413(1):177-94. Epub 2011 Aug 19. PMID:21872605 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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