View source for 1rx8


==DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE COMPLEXED WITH FOLATE AND 2'-MONOPHOSPHOADENOSINE 5'-DIPHOSPHORIBOSE==
<StructureSection load='1rx8' size='340' side='right'caption='[[1rx8]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.80&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1rx8]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1RX8 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1RX8 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]] 2.8&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=BME:BETA-MERCAPTOETHANOL'>BME</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=FOL:FOLIC+ACID'>FOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MN:MANGANESE+(II)+ION'>MN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAP:NADP+NICOTINAMIDE-ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE+PHOSPHATE'>NAP</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=1rx8 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1rx8 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1rx8 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1rx8 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1rx8 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1rx8 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
</table>
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/DYR_ECOLI DYR_ECOLI] Key enzyme in folate metabolism. Catalyzes an essential reaction for de novo glycine and purine synthesis, and for DNA precursor synthesis.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
[[Image:Consurf_key_small.gif|200px|right]]
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    <text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text>
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/main_output.php?pdb_ID=1rx8 ConSurf].
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==See Also==
*[[Dihydrofolate reductase 3D structures|Dihydrofolate reductase 3D structures]]
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Escherichia coli]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Sawaya MR]]