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Crystals of Peptide Deformylase from Plasmodium falciparum with Ten Subunits per Asymmetric Unit Reveal Critical Characteristics of the Active Site for Drug Design

spinqualitylabelsall models 1jym, resolution 2.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1jym is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Plafa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: CO NonStd Res: MSE Gene: PDF (PLAFA) Activity: Formylmethionine deformylase, with EC number 3.5.1.31 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT 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 Peptide deformylase catalyzes the deformylation reaction of the amino terminal fMet residue of newly synthesized proteins in bacteria, and most likely in Plasmodium falciparum, and has therefore been identified as a potential antibacterial and antimalarial drug target. The structure of P. falciparum peptide deformylase, determined at 2.8 A resolution with ten subunits per asymmetric unit, is similar to the bacterial enzyme with the residues involved in catalysis, the position of the bound metal ion, and a catalytically important water structurally conserved between the two enzymes. However, critical differences in the substrate binding region explain the poor affinity of E. coli deformylase inhibitors and substrates toward the Plasmodium enzyme. The Plasmodium structure serves as a guide for designing novel antimalarials. Crystals of peptide deformylase from Plasmodium falciparum reveal critical characteristics of the active site for drug design.,Kumar A, Nguyen KT, Srivathsan S, Ornstein B, Turley S, Hirsh I, Pei D, Hol WG Structure. 2002 Mar;10(3):357-67. PMID:12005434 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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