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We report here the first crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of an A-type Lon protease. Lon proteases are ubiquitous, multidomain, ATP-dependent enzymes with both highly specific and non-specific protein binding, unfolding, and degrading activities. We expressed and purified a stable, monomeric 119-amino acid N-terminal subdomain of the Escherichia coli A-type Lon protease and determined its crystal structure at 2.03 A (Protein Data Bank [PDB] code 2ANE). The structure was solved in two crystal forms, yielding 14 independent views. The domain exhibits a unique fold consisting primarily of three twisted beta-sheets and a single long alpha-helix. Analysis of recent PDB depositions identified a similar fold in BPP1347 (PDB code 1ZBO), a 203-amino acid protein of unknown function from Bordetella parapertussis, crystallized as part of a structural genomics effort. BPP1347 shares sequence homology with Lon N-domains and with a family of other independently expressed proteins of unknown functions. We postulate that, as is the case in Lon proteases, this structural domain represents a general protein and polypeptide interaction domain.

2ANE is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endopeptidase_La Endopeptidase La], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.4.21.53 3.4.21.53] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2ANE OCA].  

[[Category: Maurizi, M R.]]

[[Category: Melnikov, E E.]]

[[Category: Rotanova, T V.]]

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