Lipase: Difference between revisions

The <scene name='Lipase/Secondary_structures/1'>secondary structure</scene>s of lipase (just one subunit) include 102 residues which create 13 alpha helices, shown in red, and 139 residues involved in beta sheets totaling 28 strands, shown in gold. The alpha helices account fot 22% of the proteing, while the beta sheets comprise 30%.  Each chain contains two well defined <scene name='Lipase/N_and_c_terminus/1'>domains</scene>. The N terminal domain, shown in blue, is characterized by an alpha/beta hydrolase fold.  While the C terminal domain, shown in green,  contains a beta sheet sandwich which interacts with colipase <ref>http://www.pdb.org/pdb/explore/explore.do?structureId=1HPL</ref>.  Each monomer and dimer structure of lipase is held together by disulfide bonds, hydrogen bonds, and electrostatic interactions (salt bridges).  Lipase has 12 total <scene name='Lipase/Disulfide_bonds/2'>disulfide bonds</scene> between Cys residues.  <scene name='Lipase/Salt_bridges/1'>Salt bridges</scene> are formed between the positively charge nitrogens (blue) in Arg and Lys, and negative oxygens (red) in Asp and Glu residues.  <scene name='Lipase/Hydrogen_bonds/1'>Hydrogen bonds</scene> also stabilize the enzyme <scene name='Lipase/Main_chain_h_bonds/1'>between main chain atoms</scene> and <scene name='Lipase/Side_chain_h_bonds/1'>between side chain atoms</scene>.  Lipase has a distinct distribution of hydrophobic and hydrophilic residues.  Hydrophobic collapse contributes to much of the secondary and tertiary structures, as the <scene name='Lipase/Hphobic_residues/2'>hydrophobic residues</scene>, shown in grey, point towards the interior of the protein.  Conversely, the <scene name='Lipase/Polar_residues/1'>polar residues</scene>, in pink, point outwards <ref>http://www.pdb.org/pdb/explore/remediatedSequence.do?structureId=1HPL</ref>.  In addition, lipase has two <scene name='Lipase/Lipase_ligand/1'>calcium ligands</scene>, one buried in each monomer subunit.  The image shows the green calcium ion in subunit A, coordinated by Glu187, Arg190, Asp192, and Asp195.  The Ca(+2) charge is stabilized by negatively charged glutamate and aspartate residues, and the oxygen atoms from two water molecules (pink).  The calcium ion is essential to protein folding and enzyme activity <ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/g5h1613440115701/fulltext.pdf</ref>.