1k8z
From Proteopedia
| |||||||
| , resolution 1.70Å | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligands: | , and | ||||||
| Gene: | TRPA/TRPB (Salmonella typhimurium) | ||||||
| Activity: | Tryptophan synthase, with EC number 4.2.1.20 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE BETA-SER178PRO MUTANT COMPLEXED WITH N-[1H-INDOL-3-YL-ACETYL]GLYCINE ACID
Overview
The catalytic activity of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent tryptophan synthase alpha(2)beta(2) complex is allosterically regulated. The hydrogen bond between the helix betaH6 residue betaSer(178) and the loop alphaL6 residue Gly(181) was shown to be critical in ligand-induced intersubunit signaling, with the alpha-beta communication being completely lost in the mutant betaSer(178) --> Pro (Marabotti, A., De Biase, D., Tramonti, A., Bettati, S., and Mozzarelli, A. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 17747-17753). The structural basis of the impaired allosteric regulation was investigated by determining the crystal structures of the mutant betaSer(178) --> Pro in the absence and presence of the alpha-subunit ligands indole-3-acetylglycine and glycerol 3-phosphate. The mutation causes local and distant conformational changes especially in the beta-subunit. The ligand-free structure exhibits larger differences at the N-terminal part of helix betaH6, whereas the enzyme ligand complexes show differences at the C-terminal side. In contrast to the wild-type enzyme loop alphaL6 remains in an open conformation even in the presence of alpha-ligands. This effects the equilibrium between active and inactive conformations of the alpha-active site, altering k(cat) and K(m), and forms the structural basis for the missing allosteric communication between the alpha- and beta-subunits.
About this Structure
1K8Z is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Salmonella typhimurium. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of the beta Ser178--> Pro mutant of tryptophan synthase. A "knock-out" allosteric enzyme., Weyand M, Schlichting I, Herde P, Marabotti A, Mozzarelli A, J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 22;277(12):10653-60. Epub 2001 Dec 26. PMID:11756454
Page seeded by OCA on Sun Mar 23 12:27:13 2008
