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==CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE FREE RADICAL INTERMEDIATE OF PYRUVATE:FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE FROM DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2uza]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desulfocurvibacter_africanus Desulfocurvibacter africanus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2UZA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2UZA FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.42&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CO2:CARBON+DIOXIDE'>CO2</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=HTL:2-ACETYL-THIAMINE+DIPHOSPHATE'>HTL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SF4:IRON/SULFUR+CLUSTER'>SF4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2uza FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2uza OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2uza PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2uza RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2uza PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2uza ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PFOR_DESAF PFOR_DESAF] Catalyzes the ferredoxin-dependent oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate. Required for the transfer of electrons from pyruvate to ferredoxin (PubMed:9294422, PubMed:7612653). Ferredoxin I and ferredoxin II, which are single 4Fe-4S cluster ferredoxins are the most effective electron carriers of POR (PubMed:7612653).<ref>PMID:7612653</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductases (PFOR) are unique among thiamine pyrophosphate (ThDP)-containing enzymes in giving rise to a rather stable cofactor-based free-radical species upon the decarboxylation of their first substrate, pyruvate. We have obtained snapshots of unreacted and partially reacted (probably as a tetrahedral intermediate) pyruvate-PFOR complexes at different time intervals. We conclude that pyruvate decarboxylation involves very limited substrate-to-product movements but a significant displacement of the thiazolium moiety of ThDP. In this respect, PFOR seems to differ substantially from other ThDP-containing enzymes, such as transketolase and pyruvate decarboxylase. In addition, exposure of PFOR to oxygen in the presence of pyruvate results in significant inhibition of catalytic activity, both in solution and in the crystals. Examination of the crystal structure of inhibited PFOR suggests that the loss of activity results from oxime formation at the 4' amino substituent of the pyrimidine moiety of ThDP.

Flexibility of thiamine diphosphate revealed by kinetic crystallographic studies of the reaction of pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase with pyruvate.,Cavazza C, Contreras-Martel C, Pieulle L, Chabriere E, Hatchikian EC, Fontecilla-Camps JC Structure. 2006 Feb;14(2):217-24. PMID:16472741<ref>PMID:16472741</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase|Pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Desulfocurvibacter africanus]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Cavazza C]]
[[Category: Chabriere E]]
[[Category: Contreras-Martel C]]
[[Category: Fontecilla-Camps JC]]