1tec
From Proteopedia
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC REFINEMENT BY INCORPORATION OF MOLECULAR DYNAMICS. THE THERMOSTABLE SERINE PROTEASE THERMITASE COMPLEXED WITH EGLIN-C
Overview
In order to investigate the principles of protein thermostability, the crystal structure of thermitase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, a thermostable member of the subtilisin family of serine proteases, has been determined in a complex with eglin c. Eglin c is a serine protease inhibitor from the leech Hirudo medicinalis. After data collection with a television area-detector diffractometer and initial structure solution by molecular-replacement methods, crystallographic refinement proceeded with incorporation of molecular-dynamics techniques. It appeared that this refinement procedure has a large convergence radius with movements of more than 5 A for many atoms. Two procedures for the crystallographic molecular-dynamics refinement have been tested. They differed mainly in time span and weight on the X-ray 'energy'. The best results were obtained with a procedure which allowed the molecular-dynamics technique to search a large area in conformational space by having less weight on the X-ray restraints and allowing more time. The use of molecular-dynamics refinement considerably simplified the laborious and difficult task of fitting the model in its electron density during the refinement process. The final crystallographic R factor is 17.9% at 2.2 A resolution.
About this Structure
1TEC is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Hirudo medicinalis and Thermoactinomyces vulgaris. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystallographic refinement by incorporation of molecular dynamics: thermostable serine protease thermitase complexed with eglin c., Gros P, Fujinaga M, Dijkstra BW, Kalk KH, Hol WG, Acta Crystallogr B. 1989 Oct 1;45 ( Pt 5):488-99. PMID:2688688 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 09:50:57 2008
