Structural highlights
Function[DFPA_LOLVU] Biological function and substrate unknown. However, it is capable of acting on phosphorus anhydride bonds (such as phosphorus-halide and phosphorus-cyanide) in organophosphorus compounds (including nerve gases).[1] Publication Abstract from PubMedBACKGROUND: Hydrogen atoms represent about half of the total number of atoms in proteins and are often involved in substrate recognition and catalysis. Unfortunately, X-ray protein crystallography at usual resolution fails to access directly their positioning, mainly because light atoms display weak contributions to diffraction. However, sub-Angstrom diffraction data, careful modeling and a proper refinement strategy can allow the positioning of a significant part of hydrogen atoms. RESULTS: A comprehensive study on the X-ray structure of the diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase (DFPase) was performed, and the hydrogen atoms were modeled, including those of solvent molecules. This model was compared to the available neutron structure of DFPase, and differences in the protein and the active site solvation were noticed. CONCLUSIONS: A further examination of the DFPase X-ray structure provides substantial evidence about the presence of an activated water molecule that may constitute an interesting piece of information as regard to the enzymatic hydrolysis mechanism. Hydrogen atoms in protein structures: high-resolution X-ray diffraction structure of the DFPase.,Elias M, Liebschner D, Koepke J, Lecomte C, Guillot B, Jelsch C, Chabriere E BMC Res Notes. 2013 Aug 2;6:308. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-308. PMID:23915572[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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