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The X-ray crystal structures of the protease subtilisin Carlsberg in 40% acetonitrile and in 20% dioxane have been determined to at least 2.3 A resolution, and their solvent binding patterns have been compared to those observed in the neat organic solvents. The structures of the protein in the two aqueous-organic mixtures are essentially the same as in pure water, acetonitrile, and dioxane. Interestingly, the enzyme-bound organic solvent molecules tend to congregate in the active site. Three of the five bound acetonitrile molecules observed in the structure of subtilisin in 40% acetonitrile are situated in the enzyme active site, as is the single enzyme-bound dioxane molecule observed in 20% dioxane (whose location is distinct from that of any bound acetonitrile molecule). Furthermore, the organic solvent molecules detected in the enzyme active site in the aqueous-organic mixtures are in the same locations as in the structures in the corresponding neat organic solvents.

1BFU is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_licheniformis Bacillus licheniformis] with <scene name='pdbligand=CA:'>CA</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=DIO:'>DIO</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtilisin Subtilisin], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.4.21.62 3.4.21.62] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1BFU OCA].  

[[Category: Klibanov, A M.]]

[[Category: Schmitke, J L.]]

[[Category: Stern, L J.]]

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