User:Adrian Aldrich/Prokaryotic Glutamine Synthetase Pfam Domains Outline

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Prokaryotic Glutamine Synthetase Tertiary Structure: PFam domains

Prokaryotic Glutamine Synthetase is a dodecamer, comprised of 12 identical polypeptide chains, organized as a dimer of two disk like pentamers. Each protomer contains 2 Pfam domains, the Beta Grasp domain and the catalytic domain, preceded by meanders of a few resides in length which link the protomers together in the dodecamers core.

Beta Grasp domain

The beta grasp domain is the N-terminal domain, extending from residues 13-94. This domain is responsible for binding ATP, Glutamate, and Ammonia. ATP binds first, activating the site for binding glutamate. (need a more thorough description if possible.) <show protein alignment image> <show structures of the domain w and without ligands bound>

Catalytic domain

The catalytic domain is the C-terminal domain, extending from residues 101-382. (mechanism is not described, more research is necessary here)

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Active site

The dodecamer contains 12 active sites total, each formed from the Beta grasp domain of one protomer and the Catalytic domain of the neighboring protomer. <show relation between chains, domains, and active sites with viewer> -describe visually the important aspects of the active site, residues binding interactions etc..(havent generated the scenes yet) <show active site and ligands relationship, will need multiple scenes>

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PDB ID 1lgr

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1lgr, resolution 2.79Å ()
Ligands: ,
Activity: Glutamate--ammonia ligase, with EC number 6.3.1.2
Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB
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