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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-22
pubmed:abstractText
The three-dimensional structure of the highly thermostable 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IPMDH) from Thermus thermophilus has been determined by the multiple isomorphous replacement method and refined to 2.2 A resolution. The final R-factor is 0.185 for 20,307 reflections. The crystal asymmetric unit has one subunit consisting of 345 amino acid residues. The polypeptide chain of this subunit is folded into two domains (first and second domains) with parallel alpha/beta motifs. The domains are similar in their conformations and folding topologies, but differ from those of the NAD-binding domains of such well-known enzymes as the alcohol and lactate dehydrogenases. A beta-strand that is a part of the long arm-like polypeptide protruding from the second domain comes into contact with another subunit and contributes to the formation of an isologous dimer with a crystallographic 2-fold symmetry. Close subunit contacts are also present at two alpha-helices in the second domain. These helices strongly interact hydrophobically with the corresponding helices of the other subunit to form a hydrophobic core at the center of the dimer. Two large pockets that exist between the first domain of one subunit and the second domain of the other include the amino acid residues responsible for substrate binding. These results indicate that the dimeric form is essential for the IPMDH to express enzymatic activity and that the close subunit contact at the hydrophobic core is important for the thermal stability of the enzyme.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
222
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
725-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1748999-3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Alcohol Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Anions, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Crystallography, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Enzyme Stability, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-NAD, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Proline, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Surface Properties, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Thermus thermophilus, pubmed-meshheading:1748999-Water
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional structure of a highly thermostable enzyme, 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of Thermus thermophilus at 2.2 A resolution.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Protein Research Osaka University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article