CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THIOREDOXIN FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI AT 1.68A RESOLUTION
CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THIOREDOXIN FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI AT 1.68A RESOLUTION
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(90)90313-b
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发表时间:
1990-03-05
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
EKLUND, H
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作者:
KATTI, SK;LEMASTER, DM;EKLUND, H
The crystal structure of thioredoxin from Escherichia coli has been refined by the sterochemically restrained least-squares procedure to a crystallographic R-factor of 0.165 at 1.68 .ANG. resolution. In the final model, the root-mean-square deviation from ideality for bond distances is 0.015 .ANG. and for angle distances 0.035 .ANG.. The structure contains 1644 protein atoms from two independent molecules, two Cu2+, 140 water molecules and seven methylpentanediol molecules. Ten residues have been modeled in two alternative confirmations. E. coli thioredoxin is a compact molecule with 90% of its residues in helices, .beta.-strands or reverse turns. The molecule consists of two conformational domains, .beta..alpha..beta..alpha..beta. and .beta..beta..alpha., connected by a single-turn .alpha.-helix and a 310 helix. The .beta.-sheet forms the core of the molecule packed on either side by cluster of hydrophobic residues. Helices form the external surface. The active site disulfide bridge between Cys32 and Cys35 is located at the amino terminus of the second .alpha.-helix. The positive electrostatic field due to the helical dipole is probably important for stabilizing the anionic intermediate during the disulfide reductase function of the protein. The more reactive cysteine, Cys32, has its sulfur atom exposed to solvent and also involved in a hydrogen bond with a backbone amide group. Residues 29 to 37, which include the active site cysteine residues, form a protrusion on the surface of the protein and make relatively fewer interactions with the rest of the structure. The disulfide bridge exhibits a right-handed conformation with a torsion angle of 81.degree. and 72.degree. about the S-S bond in the two molecules. Twenty-five pairs of water molecules obey the non-crystallographic symmetry. Most of them are involved in establishing intramolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions between protein atoms and thus surve as integral parts of the folded protein structure. Methylpentanediol molecules often pack against the loops and stabilize their structure. Cu2+ used for crysallization exhibit a distorted octahedral square bipyramid co-ordination and provide essential packing interactions in the crystal. The two independent protein molecules are very similar in confirmation but distinctly different in atomic detail (root-mean-square = 0.94 .ANG.). The differences, which may be related to the crystal contacts, are localized mostly to regions far from the active site.