Publication Date:
1987-01-23
Description:
The atomic structure of thymidylate synthase from Lactobacillus casei was determined at 3 angstrom resolution. The native enzyme is a dimer of identical subunits. The dimer interface is formed by an unusual association between five-stranded beta sheets present in each monomer. Comparison of known sequences with the Lactobacillus casei structure suggests that they all have a common core structure around which loops are inserted or deleted in different sequences. Residues from both subunits contribute to each active site. Two arginine side chains can contribute to binding phosphate on the substrate. The side chains of several conserved amino acids can account for other determinants of substrate binding.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hardy, L W -- Finer-Moore, J S -- Montfort, W R -- Jones, M O -- Santi, D V -- Stroud, R M -- AI 19358/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA41323/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM 24485/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Jan 23;235(4787):448-55.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3099389" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Crystallography
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Deoxyuracil Nucleotides/metabolism
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Lactobacillus casei/enzymology
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Models, Molecular
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Protein Conformation
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Structure-Activity Relationship
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*Thymidylate Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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