1jlv
From Proteopedia
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| , resolution 1.75Å | |||||||
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| Activity: | Glutathione transferase, with EC number 2.5.1.18 | ||||||
| Related: | 1JLV
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
Anopheles dirus species B glutathione S-transferases 1-3
Overview
Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are dimeric proteins that play an important role in cellular detoxification. Four GSTs from the mosquito Anopheles dirus species B (Ad), an important malaria vector in South East Asia, are produced by alternate splicing of a single transcription product and were previously shown to have detoxifying activity towards pesticides such as DDT. We have determined the crystal structures for two of these alternatively spliced proteins, AdGST1-3 (complexed with glutathione) and AdGST1-4 (apo form), at 1.75 and 2.45 A resolution, respectively. These GST isozymes show differences from the related GST from the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina; in particular, the presence of a C-terminal helix forming part of the active site. This helix causes the active site of the Anopheles GSTs to be enclosed. The glutathione-binding helix alpha2 and flanking residues are disordered in the AdGST1-4 (apo) structure, yet ordered in the AdGST1-3 (GSH-bound) structure, suggesting that insect GSTs operate with an induced fit mechanism similar to that found in the plant phi- and human pi-class GSTs. Despite the high overall sequence identities, the active site residues of AdGST1-4 and AdGST1-3 have different conformations.
About this Structure
1JLV is a Single protein structure of sequence from Anopheles cracens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The crystal structures of glutathione S-transferases isozymes 1-3 and 1-4 from Anopheles dirus species B., Oakley AJ, Harnnoi T, Udomsinprasert R, Jirajaroenrat K, Ketterman AJ, Wilce MC, Protein Sci. 2001 Nov;10(11):2176-85. PMID:11604524
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