1pma
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PROTEASOME FROM THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM
Overview
The three-dimensional structure of the proteasome from the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum has been elucidated by x-ray crystallographic analysis by means of isomorphous replacement and cyclic averaging. The atomic model was built and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 22.1 percent. The 673-kilodalton protease complex consists of 14 copies of two different subunits, alpha and beta, forming a barrel-shaped structure of four stacked rings. The two inner rings consist of seven beta subunits each, and the two outer rings consist of seven alpha subunits each. A narrow channel controls access to the three inner compartments. The alpha 7 beta 7 beta 7 alpha 7 subunit assembly has 72-point group symmetry. The structures of the alpha and beta subunits are similar, consisting of a core of two antiparallel beta sheets that is flanked by alpha helices on both sides. The binding of a peptide aldehyde inhibitor marks the active site in the central cavity at the amino termini of the beta subunits and suggests a novel proteolytic mechanism.
About this Structure
1PMA is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Thermoplasma acidophilum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of the 20S proteasome from the archaeon T. acidophilum at 3.4 A resolution., Lowe J, Stock D, Jap B, Zwickl P, Baumeister W, Huber R, Science. 1995 Apr 28;268(5210):533-9. PMID:7725097 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 05:14:40 2008
