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The crystal structure of urease from Klebsiella aerogenes has been determined at 2.2 A resolution and refined to an R factor of 18.2 percent. The enzyme contains four structural domains: three with novel folds playing structural roles, and an (alpha beta)8 barrel domain, which contains the bi-nickel center. The two active site nickels are 3.5 A apart. One nickel ion is coordinated by three ligands (with low occupancy of a fourth ligand) and the second is coordinated by five ligands. A carbamylated lysine provides an oxygen ligand to each nickel, explaining why carbon dioxide is required for the activation of urease apoenzyme. The structure is compatible with a catalytic mechanism whereby urea ligates Ni-1 to complete its tetrahedral coordination and a hydroxide ligand of Ni-2 attacks the carbonyl carbon. A surprisingly high structural similarity between the urease catalytic domain and that of the zinc-dependent adenosine deaminase reveals a remarkable example of active site divergence.

2KAU is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klebsiella_aerogenes Klebsiella aerogenes] with <scene name='pdbligand=NI:'>NI</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=FMT:'>FMT</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urease Urease], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.5.1.5 3.5.1.5] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2KAU OCA].  

[[Category: Carr, M B.]]

[[Category: Hausinger, R P.]]

[[Category: Karplus, P A.]]

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