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==CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND LACTOBACILLUS CASEI DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE REFINED AT 1.7 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION. I. GENERAL FEATURES AND BINDING OF METHOTREXATE==
<StructureSection load='4dfr' size='340' side='right'caption='[[4dfr]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.70&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4dfr]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_B Escherichia coli B]. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/send-pdb?obs=1&id=2dfr 2dfr]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4DFR OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4DFR 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]] 1.7&#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=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MTX:METHOTREXATE'>MTX</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=4dfr FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4dfr OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4dfr PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4dfr RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4dfr PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4dfr ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== 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=4dfr ConSurf].
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==See Also==
*[[Dihydrofolate reductase 3D structures|Dihydrofolate reductase 3D structures]]
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Escherichia coli B]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Bolin JT]]
[[Category: Filman DJ]]
[[Category: Kraut J]]
[[Category: Matthews DA]]