Structural highlights
Function
[RUBR_PYRAB] Rubredoxin is a small nonheme, iron protein lacking acid-labile sulfide. Its single Fe, chelated to 4 Cys, functions as an electron acceptor and may also stabilize the conformation of the molecule (By similarity).
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structure of Pyrococcus abyssi rubredoxin mutant W4L/R5S was solved by direct methods. The model of the air-oxidized protein was refined by partially restrained full-matrix least-squares refinement against intensity data to 0.69 A resolution. This first ultrahigh-resolution structure of a rubredoxin provides very detailed and precise information about the Fe(SCys)(4) centre and its environment, the peptide-backbone stereochemistry, H atoms and hydrogen bonds, static and dynamic disorder, the solvent structure and the electron-density distribution. P. abyssi rubredoxin W4L/R5S is the first of a series of mutants studied by atomic and ultrahigh-resolution X-ray crystallography which are expected to contribute to the understanding of structure-function relationships in iron-sulfur proteins.
Ultrahigh-resolution study on Pyrococcus abyssi rubredoxin. I. 0.69 A X-ray structure of mutant W4L/R5S.,Bonisch H, Schmidt CL, Bianco P, Ladenstein R Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2005 Jul;61(Pt 7):990-1004. Epub 2005, Jun 24. PMID:15983423[1]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Bonisch H, Schmidt CL, Bianco P, Ladenstein R. Ultrahigh-resolution study on Pyrococcus abyssi rubredoxin. I. 0.69 A X-ray structure of mutant W4L/R5S. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2005 Jul;61(Pt 7):990-1004. Epub 2005, Jun 24. PMID:15983423 doi:10.1107/S090744490501293X
