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Homo sapiens L-alpha-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 (GPD1) catalyzes the reversible biological conversion of dihydroxyacetone (DHAP) to glycerol-3-phosphate. The GPD1 protein was expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase. Here we report the apoenzyme structure of GPD1 determined by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing, and other complex structures with small molecules (NAD+ and DHAP) by the molecular replacement method. This enzyme structure is organized into two distinct domains, the N-terminal eight-stranded beta-sheet sandwich domain and the C-terminal helical substrate-binding domain. An electrophilic catalytic mechanism by the epsilon-NH3+ group of Lys204 is proposed on the basis of the structural analyses. In addition, the inhibitory effects of zinc and sulfate on GPDHs are assayed and discussed.

1WPQ is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens] with <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:'>SO4</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=13P:'>13P</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=NAD:'>NAD</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol-3-phosphate_dehydrogenase_(NAD(+)) Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD(+))], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.1.1.8 1.1.1.8] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1WPQ OCA].  

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