1e6m

D57A mutant of CheY

spinqualitylabelsall models 1e6m, resolution 1.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1e6m is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 1udr, 1eay, 1c4w, 1bdj, 1ab5, 1ab6, 1a0o, 1e6k, 1e6l, 3chy, 5chy, 6chy, 1chn, 1cey, 1ymu, 1ymv, 1cye, 1vlz, 1ehc, 1hey, 1d4z, 1djm Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed The signal transduction protein CheY displays an alpha/beta-parallel polypeptide folding, including a highly unstable helix alpha4 and a strongly charged active site. Helix alpha4 has been shown to adopt various positions and conformations in different crystal structures, suggesting that it is a mobile segment. Furthermore, the instability of this helix is believed to have functional significance because it is involved in protein-protein contacts with the transmitter protein kinase CheA, the target protein FliM and the phosphatase CheZ. The active site of CheY comprises a cluster of three aspartic acid residues and a lysine residue, all of which participate in the binding of the Mg(2+) needed for the protein activation. Two steps were followed to study the activation mechanism of CheY upon phosphorylation: first, we independently substituted the three aspartic acid residues in the active site with alanine; second, several mutations were designed in helix alpha 4, both to increase its level of stability and to improve its packing against the protein core. The structural and thermodynamic analysis of these mutant proteins provides further evidence of the connection between the active-site area and helix alpha 4, and helps to understand how small movements at the active site are transmitted and amplified to the protein surface. Towards understanding a molecular switch mechanism: thermodynamic and crystallographic studies of the signal transduction protein CheY.,Sola M, Lopez-Hernandez E, Cronet P, Lacroix E, Serrano L, Coll M, Parraga A J Mol Biol. 2000 Oct 20;303(2):213-25. PMID:11023787 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Chemotaxis protein

Proteopedia Page Contributors and Editors (what is this?)

OCA