Structural highlights
Function
SODM_BACSU Destroys superoxide anion radicals which are normally produced within the cells and which are toxic to biological systems.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The sodA gene of Bacillus subtilis was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized. The crystal structure of MnSOD was solved by molecular replacement with four dimers per asymmetric unit and refined to an R factor of 21.1% at 1.8 A resolution. The dimer structure is very similar to that of the related enzyme from B. anthracis. Larger structural differences were observed with the human MnSOD, which has one less helix in the helical domain and a longer loop between two beta-strands and also showed differences in three amino acids at the intersubunit interface in the dimer compared with the two bacterial MnSODs. These structural differences can be exploited in the design of drugs that selectively target the Bacillus enzymes.
Structure of Bacillus subtilis superoxide dismutase.,Liu P, Ewis HE, Huang YJ, Lu CD, Tai PC, Weber IT Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2007 Dec 1;63(Pt, 12):1003-7. Epub 2007 Nov 21. PMID:18084079[1]
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References
- ↑ Liu P, Ewis HE, Huang YJ, Lu CD, Tai PC, Weber IT. Structure of Bacillus subtilis superoxide dismutase. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2007 Dec 1;63(Pt, 12):1003-7. Epub 2007 Nov 21. PMID:18084079 doi:10.1107/S1744309107054127
