Structural highlights
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 PubMedThe three-dimensional structure of thymidine phosphorylase from Escherichia coli has been determined at 2.8 A resolution using multiple-isomorphous-replacement techniques. The amino acid sequence deduced from the deoA DNA sequence is also reported. Thymidine phosphorylase exists in the crystal as an S-shaped dimer in which the subunits are related by a crystallographic 2-fold axis. Each subunit is composed of a small alpha-helical domain of six helices and a large alpha/beta domain. The alpha/beta domain includes a six-stranded mixed beta-sheet and a four-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet. The active site has been identified by difference Fourier analyses of the binding of thymine and thymidine and lies in a cavity between the small and large domains. The central beta-sheet is splayed open to accommodate a putative phosphate-binding site which is probably occupied by a sulfate ion in the crystal. Three-dimensional structure of thymidine phosphorylase from Escherichia coli at 2.8 A resolution.,Walter MR, Cook WJ, Cole LB, Short SA, Koszalka GW, Krenitsky TA, Ealick SE J Biol Chem. 1990 Aug 15;265(23):14016-22. PMID:2199449[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. ReferencesContents | ||||||||||||||||||||
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