3bh2

Structural Studies of Acetoacetate Decarboxylase

spinqualitylabelsall models 3bh2, resolution 2.40Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3bh2 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Cloab. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 3bgt, 3bh3 Gene: adc, CA_P0165 (CLOAB) Activity: Acetoacetate decarboxylase, with EC number 4.1.1.4 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function [ADC_CLOAB] Catalyzes the conversion of acetoacetate to acetone and carbon dioxide.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00597] 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 Acetoacetate decarboxylase (AADase) has long been cited as the prototypical example of the marked shifts in the pK(a) values of ionizable groups that can occur in an enzyme active site. In 1966, it was hypothesized that in AADase the origin of the large pK(a) perturbation (-4.5 log units) observed in the nucleophilic Lys 115 results from the proximity of Lys 116, marking the first proposal of microenvironment effects in enzymology. The electrostatic perturbation hypothesis has been demonstrated in a number of enzymes, but never for the enzyme that inspired its conception, owing to the lack of a three-dimensional structure. Here we present the X-ray crystal structures of AADase and of the enamine adduct with the substrate analogue 2,4-pentanedione. Surprisingly, the shift of the pK(a) of Lys 115 is not due to the proximity of Lys 116, the side chain of which is oriented away from the active site. Instead, Lys 116 participates in the structural anchoring of Lys 115 in a long, hydrophobic funnel provided by the novel fold of the enzyme. Thus, AADase perturbs the pK(a) of the nucleophile by means of a desolvation effect by placement of the side chain into the protein core while enforcing the proximity of polar residues, which facilitate decarboxylation through electrostatic and steric effects. The origin of the electrostatic perturbation in acetoacetate decarboxylase.,Ho MC, Menetret JF, Tsuruta H, Allen KN Nature. 2009 May 21;459(7245):393-7. PMID:19458715 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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