3ths

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<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3ths]] is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus Rattus norvegicus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3THS OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3THS FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=BME:BETA-MERCAPTOETHANOL'>BME</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=TAM:TRIS(HYDROXYETHYL)AMINOMETHANE'>TAM</scene><br>

<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=03O:4-({[(6S)-2-AMINO-5-METHYL-4-OXO-3,4,5,6,7,8-HEXAHYDROPTERIDIN-6-YL]METHYL}AMINO)BENZOIC+ACID'>03O</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=ACE:ACETYL+GROUP'>ACE</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GGL:GAMMA-L-GLUTAMIC+ACID'>GGL</scene></td></tr>

<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[3thr|3thr]], [[2idk|2idk]]</td></tr>

<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycine_N-methyltransferase Glycine N-methyltransferase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.1.1.20 2.1.1.20] </span></td></tr>

<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3ths FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3ths OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3ths RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3ths PDBsum]</span></td></tr>

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) is a key regulatory enzyme in methyl group metabolism. In mammalian liver it reduces S-adenosylmethionine levels by using it to methylate glycine, producing N-methylglycine (sarcosine) and S-adenosylhomocysteine. GNMT is inhibited by binding two molecules of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (mono- or polyglutamate forms) per tetramer of the active enzyme. Inhibition is sensitive to the status of the N-terminal valine of GNMT and to polyglutamation of the folate inhibitor. It is inhibited by pentaglutamate form more efficiently compared to monoglutamate form. The native rat liver GNMT contains an acetylated N-terminal valine and is inhibited much more efficiently compared to the recombinant protein expressed in E. coli where the N-terminus is not acetylated. In this work we used a protein crystallography approach to evaluate the structural basis for these differences. We show that in the folate-GNMT complexes with the native enzyme, two folate molecules establish three and four hydrogen bonds with the protein. In the folate-recombinant GNMT complex only one hydrogen bond is established. This difference results in more effective inhibition by folate of the native liver GNMT activity compared to the recombinant enzyme.

 

Differences in folate-protein interactions result in differing inhibition of native rat liver and recombinant glycine N-methyltransferase by 5-methyltetrahydrofolate.,Luka Z, Pakhomova S, Loukachevitch LV, Newcomer ME, Wagner C Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Oct 20. PMID:22037183<ref>PMID:22037183</ref>

 

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>

[[Category: Glycine N-methyltransferase]]

[[Category: Loukachevitch, L V.]]

[[Category: Luka, Z.]]

[[Category: Newcomer, M E.]]

[[Category: Pakhomova, S.]]

[[Category: Wagner, C.]]

[[Category: Transferase-transferase inhibitor complex]]