MURINE INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE OXYGENASE DIMER (DELTA 65) WITH SWAPPED N-TERMINAL HOOKMURINE INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE OXYGENASE DIMER (DELTA 65) WITH SWAPPED N-TERMINAL HOOK

Structural highlights

1qom is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.7Å
Ligands:,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

NOS2_MOUSE Produces nitric oxide (NO) which is a messenger molecule with diverse functions throughout the body. In macrophages, NO mediates tumoricidal and bactericidal actions. Also has nitrosylase activity and mediates cysteine S-nitrosylation of cytoplasmic target proteins such COX2.[1]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Nitric oxide synthase oxygenase domains (NOS(ox)) must bind tetrahydrobiopterin and dimerize to be active. New crystallographic structures of inducible NOS(ox) reveal that conformational changes in a switch region (residues 103-111) preceding a pterin-binding segment exchange N-terminal beta-hairpin hooks between subunits of the dimer. N-terminal hooks interact primarily with their own subunits in the 'unswapped' structure, and two switch region cysteines (104 and 109) from each subunit ligate a single zinc ion at the dimer interface. N-terminal hooks rearrange from intra- to intersubunit interactions in the 'swapped structure', and Cys109 forms a self-symmetric disulfide bond across the dimer interface. Subunit association and activity are adversely affected by mutations in the N-terminal hook that disrupt interactions across the dimer interface only in the swapped structure. Residue conservation and electrostatic potential at the NOS(ox) molecular surface suggest likely interfaces outside the switch region for electron transfer from the NOS reductase domain. The correlation between three-dimensional domain swapping of the N-terminal hook and metal ion release with disulfide formation may impact inducible nitric oxide synthase (i)NOS stability and regulation in vivo.

N-terminal domain swapping and metal ion binding in nitric oxide synthase dimerization.,Crane BR, Rosenfeld RJ, Arvai AS, Ghosh DK, Ghosh S, Tainer JA, Stuehr DJ, Getzoff ED EMBO J. 1999 Nov 15;18(22):6271-81. PMID:10562539[2]

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See Also

References

  1. Kim SF, Huri DA, Snyder SH. Inducible nitric oxide synthase binds, S-nitrosylates, and activates cyclooxygenase-2. Science. 2005 Dec 23;310(5756):1966-70. PMID:16373578 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1119407
  2. Crane BR, Rosenfeld RJ, Arvai AS, Ghosh DK, Ghosh S, Tainer JA, Stuehr DJ, Getzoff ED. N-terminal domain swapping and metal ion binding in nitric oxide synthase dimerization. EMBO J. 1999 Nov 15;18(22):6271-81. PMID:10562539 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/18.22.6271

1qom, resolution 2.70Å

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