Pyrococcus furiosus PCNA mutant (Met73Leu, Asp143Ala, Asp147Ala): orthorhombic formPyrococcus furiosus PCNA mutant (Met73Leu, Asp143Ala, Asp147Ala): orthorhombic form

Structural highlights

1iz5 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Pyrococcus furiosus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.8Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

PCNA_PYRFU Sliding clamp subunit. Responsible for tethering the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase to DNA during high-speed replication.

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Two mutant proliferating cell nuclear antigens from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, PfuPCNA(D143A) and PfuPCNA(D143A/D147A), were prepared by site-specific mutagenesis. The results from gel filtration showed that mutations at D143 and D147 drastically affect the stability of the trimeric structure of PfuPCNA. The PfuPCNA(D143A) still retained the activity to stimulate the DNA polymerase reaction, but PfuPCNA(D143A/D147A) lost the activity. Crystal structures of the mutant PfuPCNAs were determined. Although the wild-type PCNA forms a toroidal trimer with intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the N- and C-terminal domains, the mutant PfuPCNAs exist as V-shaped dimers through intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the two C-terminal domains in the crystal. Because the mutated residues are involved in the intermolecular ion pairs through their side chains in the wild-type PfuPCNA, these ion pairs seem to play a key role in maintaining the toroidal structure of the PfuPCNA trimer. The comparison of the crystal structures revealed intriguing conformational flexibility of each domain in the PfuPCNA subunit. This structural versatility of PCNA may be involved in the mechanisms for ring opening and closing.

Intermolecular ion pairs maintain the toroidal structure of Pyrococcus furiosus PCNA.,Matsumiya S, Ishino S, Ishino Y, Morikawa K Protein Sci. 2003 Apr;12(4):823-31. PMID:12649440[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

See Also

References

  1. Matsumiya S, Ishino S, Ishino Y, Morikawa K. Intermolecular ion pairs maintain the toroidal structure of Pyrococcus furiosus PCNA. Protein Sci. 2003 Apr;12(4):823-31. PMID:12649440

1iz5, resolution 1.80Å

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