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1hnj
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BETA-KETOACYL-ACP SYNTHASE III + MALONYL-COA
Overview
beta-Ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (FabH) is a condensing enzyme that plays central roles in fatty acid biosynthesis. Three-dimensional structures of E. coli FabH in the presence and absence of ligands have been refined to 1.46 A resolution. The structures of improved accuracy revealed detailed interactions involved in ligand binding. These structures also provided new insights into the FabH mechanism, e.g. the possible role of a water or hydroxyl anion in Cys112 deprotonation. A structure of the apo enzyme uncovered large conformational changes in the active site, exemplified by the disordering of four essential loops (84-86, 146-152, 185-217 and 305-307) and the movement of catalytic residues (Cys112 and His244). The disordering of the loops leads to greater than 50 % reduction in the FabH dimer interface, suggesting a dynamic nature for an unusually large portion of the dimer interface. The existence of a large solvent-accessible channel in the dimer interface as well as two cis-peptides (cis-Pro88 and cis-Phe308) in two of the disordered loops may explain the observed structural instabilities.
About this Structure
1HNJ is a Single protein structure of sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Refined structures of beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III., Qiu X, Janson CA, Smith WW, Head M, Lonsdale J, Konstantinidis AK, J Mol Biol. 2001 Mar 16;307(1):341-56. PMID:11243824 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 19:02:41 2008
