4wza | pdb_00004wza

Asymmetric Nucleotide Binding in the Nitrogenase Complex

spinqualitylabelsall models 4wza, resolution 1.90Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4wza is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Azotobacter vinelandii. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.8995Å Ligands: ACP, ADP, FE, HCA, MG Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function NIFD_AZOVI This molybdenum-iron protein is part of the nitrogenase complex that catalyzes the key enzymatic reactions in nitrogen fixation. Publication Abstract from PubMed The roles of ATP hydrolysis in electron-transfer (ET) reactions of the nitrogenase catalytic cycle remain obscure. Here, we present a new structure of a nitrogenase complex crystallized with MgADP and MgAMPPCP, an ATP analogue. In this structure the two nucleotides are bound asymmetrically by the Fe-protein subunits connected to the two different MoFe-protein subunits. This binding mode suggests that ATP hydrolysis and phosphate release may proceed by a stepwise mechanism. Through the associated Fe-protein conformational changes, a stepwise mechanism is anticipated to prolong the lifetime of the Fe-protein-MoFe-protein complex and, in turn, could orchestrate the sequence of intracomplex ET required for substrate reduction. Structural Evidence for Asymmetrical Nucleotide Interactions in Nitrogenase.,Tezcan FA, Kaiser JT, Howard JB, Rees DC J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Dec 23. PMID:25522159 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Nitrogenase 3D structures

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