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Crystal Structure of a manganese superoxide dismutases from Caenorhabditis elegansCrystal Structure of a manganese superoxide dismutases from Caenorhabditis elegans
Structural highlights
FunctionSODM2_CAEEL Destroys superoxide anion radicals which are normally produced within the cells and which are toxic to biological systems. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedCaenorhabditis elegans expresses two manganese superoxide dismutase enzymes (MnSOD-2 and MnSOD-3) that are targeted to the mitochondrion. MnSOD-2 is constitutively expressed, while synthesis of MnSOD-3 is inducible. The structures of these two mononuclear metalloenzymes have been determined to 1.8 and 1.7 A resolution, respectively. Pink crystals formed in space group P4(1)2(1)2 for each, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 81.0, c = 137.4 A for MnSOD-2 and a = b = 81.8, c = 136.0 A for MnSOD-3. The final structure of MnSOD-3 was refined to R = 21.6% and R(free) = 26.2% at 293 K, and R = 18.9% and R(free) = 22.6% at 100 K, while that of MnSOD-2 was refined to R = 16.9% and R(free) = 20.1% at 100 K. The asymmetric unit cell is comprised of two subunits. The resulting structures are very similar to that of human MnSOD and form a tetramer corresponding to a dimer of dimers. The subunit interface between dimers is comprised of two four-helix bundles that stabilize the biologically significant homotetramer. Purification, crystallization and X-ray structures of the two manganese superoxide dismutases from Caenorhabditis elegans.,Trinh CH, Hunter T, Stewart EE, Phillips SE, Hunter GJ Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2008 Dec 1;64(Pt, 12):1110-4. Epub 2008 Nov 28. PMID:19052361[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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