INTERFACIAL CATALYSIS: THE MECHANISM OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2INTERFACIAL CATALYSIS: THE MECHANISM OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2

Structural highlights

1poa is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Naja atra. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.5Å
Ligands:
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Function

PA2A1_NAJAT Snake venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) that has high affinity for muscarinic acetylcholine receptors mAChRs (CHRM) and has the ability to activate them. In guinea-pig ileum, produces an onset and dose-dependent contraction. Has also weak anticoagulant activity. PLA2 catalyzes the calcium-dependent hydrolysis of the 2-acyl groups in 3-sn-phosphoglycerides.[1] [2]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

A chemical description of the action of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) can now be inferred with confidence from three high-resolution x-ray crystal structures. The first is the structure of the PLA2 from the venom of the Chinese cobra (Naja naja atra) in a complex with a phosphonate transition-state analogue. This enzyme is typical of a large, well-studied homologous family of PLA2S. The second is a similar complex with the evolutionarily distant bee-venom PLA2. The third structure is the uninhibited PLA2 from Chinese cobra venom. Despite the different molecular architectures of the cobra and bee-venom PLA2s, the transition-state analogue interacts in a nearly identical way with the catalytic machinery of both enzymes. The disposition of the fatty-acid side chains suggests a common access route of the substrate from its position in the lipid aggregate to its productive interaction with the active site. Comparison of the cobra-venom complex with the uninhibited enzyme indicates that optimal binding and catalysis at the lipid-water interface is due to facilitated substrate diffusion from the interfacial binding surface to the catalytic site rather than an allosteric change in the enzyme's structure. However, a second bound calcium ion changes its position upon the binding of the transition-state analogue, suggesting a mechanism for augmenting the critical electrophile.

Interfacial catalysis: the mechanism of phospholipase A2.,Scott DL, White SP, Otwinowski Z, Yuan W, Gelb MH, Sigler PB Science. 1990 Dec 14;250(4987):1541-6. PMID:2274785[3]

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See Also

References

  1. Huang LF, Zheng JB, Xu Y, Song HT, Yu CX. A snake venom phospholipase A2 with high affinity for muscarinic acetylcholine receptors acts on guinea pig ileum. Toxicon. 2008 May;51(6):1008-16. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.01.006. Epub 2008, Jan 17. PMID:18281071 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.01.006
  2. Kini RM, Evans HJ. Structure-function relationships of phospholipases. The anticoagulant region of phospholipases A2. J Biol Chem. 1987 Oct 25;262(30):14402-7. PMID:3117784
  3. Scott DL, White SP, Otwinowski Z, Yuan W, Gelb MH, Sigler PB. Interfacial catalysis: the mechanism of phospholipase A2. Science. 1990 Dec 14;250(4987):1541-6. PMID:2274785

1poa, resolution 1.50Å

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