1thj

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CARBONIC ANHYDRASE FROM METHANOSARCINA

Overview

A carbonic anhydrase from the thermophilic archaeon Methanosarcina, thermophila that exhibits no significant sequence similarity to known, carbonic anhydrases has recently been characterized. Here we present the, structure of this enzyme, which adopts a left-handed parallel beta-helix, fold. This fold is of particular interest since it contains only, left-handed crossover connections between the parallel beta-strands, which, so far have been observed very infrequently. The active form of the enzyme, is a trimer with three zinc-containing active sites, each located at the, interface between two monomers. While the arrangement of active site, groups differs between this enzyme and the carbonic anhydrases from higher, vertebrates, there are structural similarities in the zinc coordination, ... [(full description)]

About this Structure

1THJ is a [Single protein] structure of sequence from [Methanosarcina thermophila] with ZN as [ligand]. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1THJ with [Carbonic Anhydrase]. Active as [Carbonate dehydratase], with EC number [4.2.1.1]. Structure known Active Sites: 1, 2 and 3. Full crystallographic information is available from [OCA].

Reference

A left-hand beta-helix revealed by the crystal structure of a carbonic anhydrase from the archaeon Methanosarcina thermophila., Kisker C, Schindelin H, Alber BE, Ferry JG, Rees DC, EMBO J. 1996 May 15;15(10):2323-30. PMID:8665839

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