2v1p

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE APO FORM OF Y74F MUTANT E. COLI TRYPTOPHANASE

spinqualitylabelsall models 2v1p, resolution 1.90Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2v1p 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. Ligands: CL, MG NonStd Res: CME Related: 2c44, 2v0y Activity: Tryptophanase, with EC number 4.1.99.1 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 BACKGROUND: Oligomeric enzymes can undergo a reversible loss of activity at low temperatures. One such enzyme is tryptophanase (Trpase) from Escherichia coli. Trpase is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent tetrameric enzyme with a Mw of 210 kD. PLP is covalently bound through an enamine bond to Lys270 at the active site. The incubation of holo E. coli Trpases at 2 degrees C for 20 h results in breaking this enamine bond and PLP release, as well as a reversible loss of activity and dissociation into dimers. This sequence of events is termed cold lability and its understanding bears relevance to protein stability and shelf life. RESULTS: We studied the reversible cold lability of E. coli Trpase and its Y74F, C298S and W330F mutants. In contrast to the holo E. coli Trpase all apo forms of Trpase dissociated into dimers already at 25 degrees C and even further upon cooling to 2 degrees C. The crystal structures of the two mutants, Y74F and C298S in their apo form were determined at 1.9A resolution. These apo mutants were found in an open conformation compared to the closed conformation found for P. vulgaris in its holo form. This conformational change is further supported by a high pressure study. CONCLUSION: We suggest that cold lability of E. coli Trpases is primarily affected by PLP release. The enhanced loss of activity of the three mutants is presumably due to the reduced size of the side chain of the amino acids. This prevents the tight assembly of the active tetramer, making it more susceptible to the cold driven changes in hydrophobic interactions which facilitate PLP release. The hydrophobic interactions along the non catalytic interface overshadow the effect of point mutations and may account for the differences in the dissociation of E. coli Trpase to dimers and P. vulgaris Trpase to monomers. Conformational changes and loose packing promote E. coli Tryptophanase cold lability.,Kogan A, Gdalevsky GY, Cohen-Luria R, Goldgur Y, Phillips RS, Parola AH, Almog O BMC Struct Biol. 2009 Oct 8;9:65. PMID:19814824 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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