scholarly journals X-ray Crystal Structure of Arsenite-Inhibited Xanthine Oxidase: μ-Sulfido,μ-Oxo Double Bridge between Molybdenum and Arsenic in the Active Site

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (32) ◽  
pp. 12414-12417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongnan Cao ◽  
James Hall ◽  
Russ Hille
Author(s):  
Taichi Mizobuchi ◽  
Risako Nonaka ◽  
Motoki Yoshimura ◽  
Katsumasa Abe ◽  
Shouji Takahashi ◽  
...  

Aspartate racemase (AspR) is a pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme that is responsible for D-aspartate biosynthesis in vivo. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report an X-ray crystal structure of a PLP-dependent AspR, which was resolved at 1.90 Å resolution. The AspR derived from the bivalve mollusc Scapharca broughtonii (SbAspR) is a type II PLP-dependent enzyme that is similar to serine racemase (SR) in that SbAspR catalyzes both racemization and dehydration. Structural comparison of SbAspR and SR shows a similar arrangement of the active-site residues and nucleotide-binding site, but a different orientation of the metal-binding site. Superposition of the structures of SbAspR and of rat SR bound to the inhibitor malonate reveals that Arg140 recognizes the β-carboxyl group of the substrate aspartate in SbAspR. It is hypothesized that the aromatic proline interaction between the domains, which favours the closed form of SbAspR, influences the arrangement of Arg140 at the active site.


2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Dang ◽  
B. Mikael Bergdahl ◽  
Frances Separovic ◽  
Robert T. C. Brownlee ◽  
Robert P. Metzger

The conformation of virginiamycin M1 (VM1) in chloroform, determined by high-resolution NMR experiments, differs significantly from that of the X-ray crystal structure of VM1 bound to the 50S ribosome and to the active site of a streptogramin acetyltransferase enzyme. This implies that the binding process to these entities causes a major change in VM1 conformation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 1211-1221
Author(s):  
Manon Mirgaux ◽  
Laurence Leherte ◽  
Johan Wouters

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 has sparked interest as an immunotherapeutic target in cancer research. Its structure includes a loop, named the JK-loop, that controls the orientation of the substrate or inhibitor within the active site. However, little has been reported about the crystal structure of this loop. In the present work, the conformation of the JK-loop is determined for the first time in the presence of the heme cofactor in the active site through X-ray diffraction experiments (2.44 Å resolution). Molecular-dynamics trajectories were also obtained to provide dynamic information about the loop according to the presence of cofactor. This new structural and dynamic information highlights the importance of the JK-loop in confining the labile heme cofactor to the active site.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (28) ◽  
pp. 8614-8615 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Roeland Boer ◽  
Anders Thapper ◽  
Carlos D. Brondino ◽  
Maria J. Romão ◽  
José J. G. Moura

1995 ◽  
Vol 249 (2) ◽  
pp. 360-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Morikawa ◽  
Mariko Ariyoshi ◽  
Dmitry G. Vassylyev ◽  
Osamu Matsumoto ◽  
Katsuo Katayanagi ◽  
...  

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