Structural highlights
Function
[KCRB_HUMAN] Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of phosphate between ATP and various phosphogens (e.g. creatine phosphate). Creatine kinase isoenzymes play a central role in energy transduction in tissues with large, fluctuating energy demands, such as skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spermatozoa.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Creatine kinase is a member of the phosphagen kinase family, which catalyzes the reversible phosphoryl transfer reaction that occurs between ATP and creatine to produce ADP and phosphocreatine. Here, three structural aspects of human-brain-type-creatine-kinase (hBB-CK) were identified by X-ray crystallography: the ligand-free-form at 2.2A; the ADP-Mg2+, nitrate, and creatine complex (transition-state-analogue complex; TSAC); and the ADP-Mg2+-complex at 2.0A. The structures of ligand-bound hBB-CK revealed two different monomeric states in a single homodimer. One monomer is a closed form, either bound to TSAC or the ADP-Mg2+-complex, and the second monomer is an unliganded open form. These structural studies provide a detailed mechanism indicating that the binding of ADP-Mg2+ alone may trigger conformational changes in hBB-CK that were not observed with muscle-type-CK.
Structural studies of human brain-type creatine kinase complexed with the ADP-Mg2+-NO3- -creatine transition-state analogue complex.,Bong SM, Moon JH, Nam KH, Lee KS, Chi YM, Hwang KY FEBS Lett. 2008 Nov 26;582(28):3959-65. Epub 2008 Oct 31. PMID:18977227[1]
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References
- ↑ Bong SM, Moon JH, Nam KH, Lee KS, Chi YM, Hwang KY. Structural studies of human brain-type creatine kinase complexed with the ADP-Mg2+-NO3- -creatine transition-state analogue complex. FEBS Lett. 2008 Nov 26;582(28):3959-65. Epub 2008 Oct 31. PMID:18977227 doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2008.10.039
