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==MGATP-BOUND AND NUCLEOTIDE-FREE STRUCTURES OF A NITROGENASE PROTEIN COMPLEX BETWEEN LEU127DEL-FE PROTEIN AND THE MOFE PROTEIN==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1g21]] is a 8 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azotobacter_vinelandii Azotobacter vinelandii]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1G21 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1G21 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ATP:ADENOSINE-5-TRIPHOSPHATE'>ATP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CFM:FE-MO-S+CLUSTER'>CFM</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CLF:FE(8)-S(7)+CLUSTER'>CLF</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=HCA:3-HYDROXY-3-CARBOXY-ADIPIC+ACID'>HCA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SF4:IRON/SULFUR+CLUSTER'>SF4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1g20|1g20]], [[1n2c|1n2c]], [[2min|2min]], [[3min|3min]], [[2nip|2nip]]</td></tr>
<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogenase Nitrogenase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.18.6.1 1.18.6.1] </span></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1g21 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1g21 OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1g21 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1g21 PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NIFD_AZOVI NIFD_AZOVI]] This molybdenum-iron protein is part of the nitrogenase complex that catalyzes the key enzymatic reactions in nitrogen fixation. [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NIFH1_AZOVI NIFH1_AZOVI]] The key enzymatic reactions in nitrogen fixation are catalyzed by the nitrogenase complex, which has 2 components: the iron protein (component 2) and a component 1 which is either a molybdenum-iron protein, a vanadium-iron, or an iron-iron protein.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00533] [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NIFK_AZOVI NIFK_AZOVI]] This molybdenum-iron protein is part of the nitrogenase complex that catalyzes the key enzymatic reactions in nitrogen fixation. 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
A mutant form of the nitrogenase iron protein with a deletion of residue Leu 127, located in the switch II region of the nucleotide binding site, forms a tight, inactive complex with the nitrogenase molybdenum iron (MoFe) protein in the absence of nucleotide. The structure of this complex generated with proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii (designated the L127Delta-Av2-Av1 complex) has been crystallographically determined in the absence of nucleotide at 2.2 A resolution and with bound MgATP (introduced by soaking) at 3.0 A resolution. As observed in the structure of the complex between the wild-type A. vinelandii nitrogenase proteins stabilized with ADP.AlF(4-), the most significant conformational changes in the L127Delta complex occur in the Fe-protein component. While the interactions at the interface between the MoFe-protein and Fe-proteins are conserved in the two complexes, significant differences are evident at the subunit-subunit interface of the dimeric Fe-proteins, with the L127Delta-Av2 structure having a more open conformation than the wild-type Av2 in the complex stabilized by ADP.AlF(4-). Addition of MgATP to the L127Delta-Av2-Av1 complex results in a further increase in the separation between Fe-protein subunits so that the structure more closely resembles that of the wild-type, nucleotide-free, uncomplexed Fe-protein, rather than the Fe-protein conformation in the ADP.AlF(4-) complex. The L127Delta mutation precludes key interactions between the Fe-protein and nucleotide, especially, but not exclusively, in the region corresponding to the switch II region of G-proteins, where the deletion constrains Gly 128 and Asp 129 from forming hydrogen bonds to the gamma-phosphate and activating water for attack on this group, respectively. These alterations account for the inability of this mutant to support mechanistically productive ATP hydrolysis. The ability of the L127Delta-Av2-Av1 complex to bind MgATP demonstrates that dissociation of the nitrogenase complex is not required for nucleotide binding.

MgATP-Bound and nucleotide-free structures of a nitrogenase protein complex between the Leu 127 Delta-Fe-protein and the MoFe-protein.,Chiu H, Peters JW, Lanzilotta WN, Ryle MJ, Seefeldt LC, Howard JB, Rees DC Biochemistry. 2001 Jan 23;40(3):641-50. PMID:11170380<ref>PMID:11170380</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Nitrogenase|Nitrogenase]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Azotobacter vinelandii]]
[[Category: Nitrogenase]]
[[Category: Chiu, H J]]
[[Category: Howard, J B]]
[[Category: Lanzilotta, W N]]
[[Category: Peters, J W]]
[[Category: Rees, D C]]
[[Category: Ryle, M J]]
[[Category: Seefeldt, L C]]
[[Category: Fe protein]]
[[Category: Femo cofactor]]
[[Category: Moefe protein]]
[[Category: Nitrogen-fixation]]
[[Category: Oxidoreductase]]
[[Category: P-cluster]]