STRUCTURE OF BEEF-LIVER CATALASE
STRUCTURE OF BEEF-LIVER CATALASE
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(81)90254-0
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
ROSSMANN, MG
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作者:
MURTHY, MRN;REID, TJ;ROSSMANN, MG
The 3 dimensional structure of beef liver catalase was determined to 2.5 .ANG. resolution by a combination of isomorphous and molecular replacement techniques. Heavy-atom positions were found using vector search and difference Fourier methods. The tetrameric catalase molecule has 222 symmetry with one of its dyads coincident with a crystallographic 2-fold axis. The known polypeptide sequence has been unambiguously fitted to the electron density map. The heme is well buried in a hydrophobic pocket, 20 .ANG. below the surface of the molecule and accessible through a hydrophobic channel. Residues that line the heme pocket belong to 2 different subunits. Ty357 is the proximal heme ligand and the catalytically important residues on the distal side are residues His74 and Asn47. The tertiary structure consists of 4 domains: an extended non-globular amino-terminal arm, which stabilizes the quaternary structure; an anti-parallel, 8-stranded .beta.-barrel providing the residues on the distal side of the heme; a rather random wrapping domain around the subunit exterior including the proximal heme ligand; and a final .alpha.-helical structure resembling the E, F, G and H helices of the globins.