1f3t

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE (ODC) COMPLEXED WITH PUTRESCINE, ODC'S REACTION PRODUCT.

spinqualitylabelsall models 1f3t, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1f3t is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Trypanosoma (trypanozoon) brucei. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: PLP, PUT Related: 1qu4, 2tod, 7odc Activity: Ornithine decarboxylase, with EC number 4.1.1.17 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT 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 Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of polyamines, and it has been identified as a drug target for the treatment of African sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei. ODC is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme and an obligate homodimer. X-ray structural analysis of the complex of the T. brucei wild-type enzyme with the product putrescine reveals two structural changes that occur upon ligand binding: Lys-69 is displaced by putrescine and forms new interactions with Glu-94 and Asp-88, and the side chain of Cys-360 rotates into the active site to within 3.4 A of the imine bond. Mutation of Cys-360 to Ala or Ser reduces the k(cat) of the decarboxylation reaction by 50- and 1000-fold, respectively. However, HPLC analysis of the products demonstrates that the mutant enzymes almost exclusively catalyze a decarboxylation-dependent transamination reaction to form pyridoxamine 5-phosphate (PMP) and gamma-aminobutyraldehyde, instead of PLP and putrescine. This side reaction arises when the decarboxylated substrate intermediate is protonated at C4' of PLP instead of at the C(alpha) of substrate. For the reaction catalyzed by the wild-type enzyme, this side reaction occurs infrequently (<0.01% of the turnovers). Single turnover analysis and multiwavelength stopped-flow spectroscopic studies suggest that for the mutant ODCs protonation at C4' occurs either very rapidly or in a concerted reaction with decarboxylation and that the rate-limiting step in the steady-state reaction is Schiff base hydrolysis/product release. These studies demonstrate a role for Cys-360 in the control of the C(alpha) protonation step that catalyzes the formation of the physiological product putrescine. The results further provide insight into the mechanism by which this class of PLP-dependent enzymes controls reaction specificity. Altering the reaction specificity of eukaryotic ornithine decarboxylase.,Jackson LK, Brooks HB, Osterman AL, Goldsmith EJ, Phillips MA Biochemistry. 2000 Sep 19;39(37):11247-57. PMID:10985770 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Ornithine decarboxylase

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