6abh

Structure of a natural red emitting luciferase from Phrixothrix hirtus (P1 crystal form)

spinqualitylabelsall models 6abh, resolution 3.05Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 6abh is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Phrixothrix hirtus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 3.05Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function Q9U4U7_9COLE Publication Abstract from PubMed The different colors of light emitted by bioluminescent beetles that use an identical substrate and chemiexcitation reaction sequence to generate light remain a challenging and controversial mechanistic conundrum. The crystal structures of two beetle luciferases with red- and blue-shifted light relative to the green yellow light of the common firefly species provide direct insight into the molecular origin of the bioluminescence color. The structure of a blue-shifted green-emitting luciferase from the firefly Amydetes vivianii is monomeric with a structural fold similar to the previously reported firefly luciferases. The only known naturally red-emitting luciferase from the glow-worm Phrixothrix hirtus exists as tetramers and octamers. Structural and computational analyses reveal varying aperture between the two domains enclosing the active site. Mutagenesis analysis identified two conserved loops that contribute to the color of the emitted light. These results are expected to advance comparative computational studies into the conformational landscape of the luciferase reaction sequence. Beetle luciferases with naturally red- and blue-shifted emission.,Carrasco-Lopez C, Ferreira JC, Lui NM, Schramm S, Berraud-Pache R, Navizet I, Panjikar S, Naumov P, Rabeh WM Life Sci Alliance. 2018 Aug 16;1(4):e201800072. doi: 10.26508/lsa.201800072., eCollection 2018 Aug. PMID:30456363 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Luciferase 3D structures

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