Structural analysis of the PP2C Family Phosphatase tPphA from Thermosynechococcus elongatusStructural analysis of the PP2C Family Phosphatase tPphA from Thermosynechococcus elongatus

Structural highlights

2j82 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Synechococcus elongatus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.28Å
Ligands:,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

Q8DGS1_THEVB

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The homologue of the phosphoprotein PII phosphatase PphA from Thermosynechococcus elongatus, termed tPphA, was identified and its structure was resolved in two different space groups, C222(1) and P4(1)2(1)2, at a resolution of 1.28 and 3.05 A, respectively. tPphA belongs to a large and widely distributed subfamily of Mg(2+)/Mn(2+)-dependent phosphatases of the PPM superfamily characterized by the lack of catalytic and regulatory domains. The core structure of tPphA shows a high degree of similarity to the two PPM structures identified so far. In contrast to human PP2C, but similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphatase PstP, the catalytic centre exhibits a third metal ion in addition to the dinuclear metal centre universally conserved in all PPM members. The fact that the third metal is only liganded by amino acids, which are universally conserved in all PPM members, implies that the third metal could be general for all members of this family. As a specific feature of tPphA, a flexible subdomain, previously recognized as a flap domain, could be revealed. Comparison of different structural isomers of tPphA as well as site-specific mutagenesis implied that the flap domain is involved in substrate binding and catalytic activity. The structural arrangement of the flap domain was accompanied by a large side-chain movement of an Arg residue (Arg169) at the basis of the flap. Mutation of this residue strongly impaired protein stability as well as catalytic activity, emphasizing the importance of this amino acid for the regional polysterism of the flap subdomain and confirming the assumption that flap domain flexibility is involved in catalysis.

Structural analysis of the PP2C phosphatase tPphA from Thermosynechococcus elongatus: a flexible flap subdomain controls access to the catalytic site.,Schlicker C, Fokina O, Kloft N, Grune T, Becker S, Sheldrick GM, Forchhammer K J Mol Biol. 2008 Feb 15;376(2):570-81. Epub 2007 Dec 5. PMID:18164312[1]

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References

  1. Schlicker C, Fokina O, Kloft N, Grune T, Becker S, Sheldrick GM, Forchhammer K. Structural analysis of the PP2C phosphatase tPphA from Thermosynechococcus elongatus: a flexible flap subdomain controls access to the catalytic site. J Mol Biol. 2008 Feb 15;376(2):570-81. Epub 2007 Dec 5. PMID:18164312 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.097

2j82, resolution 1.28Å

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