X-ray crystal structure of human serine racemase in complex with malonate a potent inhibitorX-ray crystal structure of human serine racemase in complex with malonate a potent inhibitor

Structural highlights

3l6b is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. 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:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

SRR_HUMAN Catalyzes the synthesis of D-serine from L-serine. D-serine is a key coagonist with glutamate at NMDA receptors. Has dehydratase activity towards both L-serine and D-serine.[1] [2]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

  1. De Miranda J, Santoro A, Engelender S, Wolosker H. Human serine racemase: moleular cloning, genomic organization and functional analysis. Gene. 2000 Oct 3;256(1-2):183-8. PMID:11054547
  2. Smith MA, Mack V, Ebneth A, Moraes I, Felicetti B, Wood M, Schonfeld D, Mather O, Cesura A, Barker J. The structure of mammalian serine racemase: evidence for conformational changes upon inhibitor binding. J Biol Chem. 2010 Apr 23;285(17):12873-81. Epub 2010 Jan 27. PMID:20106978 doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.050062

3l6b, resolution 1.50Å

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