1kss
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Crystal Structure of His505Ala Mutant Flavocytochrome c3 from Shewanella frigidimarina
Overview
The X-ray structure of the soluble fumarate reductase from Shewanella, frigidimarina [Taylor, P., Pealing, S. L., Reid, G. A., Chapman, S. K., and Walkinshaw, M. D. (1999) Nat. Struct. Biol. 6, 1108-1112] clearly, shows the presence of an internally bound sodium ion. This sodium ion is, coordinated by one solvent water molecule (Wat912) and five backbone, carbonyl oxygens from Thr506, Met507, Gly508, Glu534, and Thr536 in what, is best described as octahedral geometry (despite the rather long distance, from the sodium ion to the backbone oxygen of Met507 (3.1 A)). The water, ligand (Wat912) is, in turn, hydrogen bonded to the imidazole ring of, His505. This histidine residue is adjacent to His504, a key active-site, residue thought to be responsible for the observed pK(a) of the enzyme., Thus, it is possible that His505 may be important in both maintaining the, sodium site and in influencing the active site. Here we describe the, crystallographic and kinetic characterization of the H505A and H505Y, mutant forms of the Shewanella fumarate reductase. The crystal structures, of both mutant forms of the enzyme have been solved to 1.8 and 2.0 A, resolution, respectively. Both show the presence of the sodium ion in the, equivalent position to that found in the wild-type enzyme. The structure, of the H505A mutant shows the presence of two water molecules in place of, the His505 side-chain which form part of a hydrogen-bonding network with, Wat48, a ligand to the sodium ion. The structure of the H505Y mutant shows, the hydroxyl group of the tyrosine side-chain hydrogen-bonding to a water, molecule which is also a ligand to the sodium ion. Apart from these, features, there are no significant structural alterations as a result of, either substitution. Both the mutant enzymes are catalytically active but, show markedly different pH profiles compared to the wild-type enzyme. At, high pH (above 8.5), the wild type and mutant enzymes have very similar, activities. However, at low pH (6.0), the H505A mutant enzyme is some, 20-fold less active than wild-type. The combined crystallographic and, kinetic results suggest that His505 is not essential for sodium binding, but does affect catalytic activity perhaps by influencing the pK(a) of the, adjacent His504.
About this Structure
1KSS is a Single protein structure of sequence from Shewanella frigidimarina with NA, HEM, FAD and FUM as ligands. Active as Succinate dehydrogenase, with EC number 1.3.99.1 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Role of His505 in the soluble fumarate reductase from Shewanella frigidimarina., Pankhurst KL, Mowat CG, Miles CS, Leys D, Walkinshaw MD, Reid GA, Chapman SK, Biochemistry. 2002 Jul 9;41(27):8551-6. PMID:12093271
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