2dx7

Crystal structure of Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 aspartate racemase complex with citric acid

spinqualitylabelsall models 2dx7, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2dx7 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2Å Ligands: CIT Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function RACD_PYRHO 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 Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 aspartate racemase (PhAspR) catalyzes the interconversion between L- and D-aspartate. The X-ray structure of PhAspR revealed a pseudo mirror-symmetric distribution of the residues around its active site, which is very reasonable for its chiral substrates, L-aspartate and D-aspartate. In this study, we have determined the crystal structure of an inactive mutant PhAspR complexed with a citric acid (Cit) at a resolution of 2.0 A. Cit contains the substrate analogue moieties of both L- and D-aspartate and exhibits a low competitive inhibition activity against PhAspR. In the structure, Cit binds to the catalytic site of PhAspR, which induced the conformational change to close the active site. The distance between the thiolates was estimated to be 7.4 A, representing a catalytic state and the substrate binding modes of PhAspR. Two conserved basic residues, Arg48 and Lys164, seem to be indispensable for PhAspR activity. Arg48 is thought to be responsible for recognizing carboxyl groups of the substrates L-/D-aspartates and stabilizing a reaction intermediate, and Lys164 is responsible for stabilizing a closed state structure. In this structure, the L-aspartate moiety of Cit is likely to take the substrate position of the PhAspR-substrate complex, which is very similar to that of Glutamate racemase. There is also another possibility that the two substrate analogue moieties of the bound Cit reflect the binding modes of both L- and D-aspartates. Based on the PhAspR-Cit complex structure, the reaction mechanism of aspartate racemase was elucidated. Structure of aspartate racemase complexed with a dual substrate analogue, citric acid, and implications for the reaction mechanism.,Ohtaki A, Nakano Y, Iizuka R, Arakawa T, Yamada K, Odaka M, Yohda M Proteins. 2008 Mar;70(4):1167-74. PMID:17847084 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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