1nqn
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'''Structure of Avm-W110K (W110K mutant of avidin)''' | '''Structure of Avm-W110K (W110K mutant of avidin)''' | ||
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Revision as of 23:51, 2 May 2008
Structure of Avm-W110K (W110K mutant of avidin)
Overview
The biotin-binding tetrameric proteins, streptavidin from Streptomyces avidinii and chicken egg white avidin, are excellent models for the study of subunit-subunit interactions of a multimeric protein. Efforts are thus being made to prepare mutated forms of streptavidin and avidin, which would form monomers or dimers, in order to examine their effect on quaternary structure and assembly. In the present communication, we compared the crystal structures of binding site W-->K mutations in streptavidin and avidin. In solution, both mutant proteins are known to form dimers, but upon crystallization, both formed tetramers with the same parameters as the native proteins. All of the intersubunit bonds were conserved, except for the hydrophobic interaction between biotin and the tryptophan that was replaced by lysine. In the crystal structure, the binding site of the mutated apo-avidin contains 3 molecules of structured water instead of the 5 contained in the native protein. The lysine side chain extends in a direction opposite that of the native tryptophan, the void being partially filled by an adjacent lysine residue. Nevertheless, the binding-site conformation observed for the mutant tetramer is an artificial consequence of crystal packing that would not be maintained in the solution-phase dimer. It appears that the dimer-tetramer transition may be concentration dependent, and the interaction among subunits obeys the law of mass action.
About this Structure
1NQN is a Single protein structure of sequence from Gallus gallus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Dimer-tetramer transition between solution and crystalline states of streptavidin and avidin mutants., Pazy Y, Eisenberg-Domovich Y, Laitinen OH, Kulomaa MS, Bayer EA, Wilchek M, Livnah O, J Bacteriol. 2003 Jul;185(14):4050-6. PMID:12837778 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 02:51:53 2008
