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==Three Dimensional Structure Analysis of the R195A Variant of Human Pancreatic Alpha Amylase==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1kb3]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1KB3 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1KB3 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='NonStdRes'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=PCA:PYROGLUTAMIC+ACID'>PCA</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1bsi|1bsi]]</td></tr>
<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-amylase Alpha-amylase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.2.1.1 3.2.1.1] </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=1kb3 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1kb3 OCA], [http://pdbe.org/1kb3 PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1kb3 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1kb3 PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1kb3 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Human pancreatic alpha-amylase (HPA) is a member of the alpha-amylase family involved in the degradation of starch. Some members of this family, including HPA, require chloride for maximal activity. To determine the mechanism of chloride activation, a series of mutants (R195A, R195Q, N298S, R337A, and R337Q) were made in which residues in the chloride ion binding site were replaced. Mutations in this binding site were found to severely affect the ability of HPA to bind chloride ions with no binding detected for the R195 and R337 mutant enzymes. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that these mutations did not result in significant structural changes. However, the introduction of these mutations did alter the kinetic properties of the enzyme. Mutations to residue R195 resulted in a 20-450-fold decrease in the activity of the enzyme toward starch and shifted the pH optimum to a more basic pH. Interestingly, replacement of R337 with a nonbasic amino acid resulted in an alpha-amylase that no longer required chloride for catalysis and has a pH profile similar to that of wild-type HPA. In contrast, a mutation at residue N298 resulted in an enzyme that had much lower binding affinity for chloride but still required chloride for maximal activity. We propose that the chloride is required to increase the pK(a) of the acid/base catalyst, E233, which would otherwise be lower due to the presence of R337, a positively charged residue.

Probing the role of the chloride ion in the mechanism of human pancreatic alpha-amylase.,Numao S, Maurus R, Sidhu G, Wang Y, Overall CM, Brayer GD, Withers SG Biochemistry. 2002 Jan 8;41(1):215-25. PMID:11772019<ref>PMID:11772019</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Amylase 3D structures|Amylase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Alpha-amylase]]
[[Category: Human]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Brayer, G D]]
[[Category: Maurus, R]]
[[Category: Numao, S]]
[[Category: Overall, C M]]
[[Category: Sidhu, G]]
[[Category: Wang, Y]]
[[Category: Withers, S G]]
[[Category: Catalysis]]
[[Category: Chloride binding]]
[[Category: Enzyme]]
[[Category: Hydrolase]]
[[Category: Mutagenesis]]
[[Category: Pancreatic]]
[[Category: Pichia pastori]]