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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
To elucidate the basis of aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) from the viewpoint of enzyme structure, we constructed structural models of mutant aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA) proteins using molecular modeling software, TINKER. We classified the amino acid substitutions responsible for AGU and divided them into three groups based on the biochemical phenotype. Then, we examined the structural changes in the AGA protein for each group by calculating the solvent-accessible surface area (ASA), the number of atoms affected, and the root-mean-square deviation (RMSD). Our results revealed that the structural changes in group 1, which exhibits folding/transport defects and a complete deficiency of AGA activity, were generally large and located in the core region of the enzyme molecule. In group 2, exhibiting the mature AGA protein but no AGA activity, the functionally important region of the enzyme molecule was seriously affected. In group 3 exhibiting residual AGA activity, the structural changes in AGA were small and localized near the surface of the enzyme molecule. Coloring of affected atoms based on the distances between the wild-type and mutant ones revealed the characteristic structural changes in the AGA protein geographically and semi-quantitatively. Structural investigation provides us with a deeper insight into the basis of AGU.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1090-2104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
377
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1168-72
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural basis of aspartylglucosaminuria.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article