BACKGROUND: Catalase is a ubiquitous enzyme present in both the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells of aerobic organisms. It serves, in part, to protect the cell from the toxic effects of small peroxides. Escherichia coli produces two catalases, HPI and HPII, that are quite distinct from other catalases in physical structure and catalytic properties. HPII, studied in this work, is encoded by the katE gene, and has been characterized as an oligomeric, monofunctional catalase containing one cis-heme d prosthetic group per subunit of 753 residues. RESULTS: The crystal structure of catalase HPII from E. coli has been determined to 2.8 A resolution. The asymmetric unit of the crystal contains a whole molecule, which is a tetramer with accurate 222 point group symmetry. In the model built, that includes residues 27-753 and one heme group per monomer, strict non-crystallographic symmetry has been maintained. The crystallographic agreement R-factor is 20.1% for 58,477 reflections in the resolution shell 8.0-2.8 A. CONCLUSIONS: Despite differences in size and chemical properties, which were suggestive of a unique catalase, the deduced structure of HPII is related to the structure of catalase from Penicillium vitale, whose sequence is not yet known. In particular, both molecules have an additional C-terminal domain that is absent in the bovine catalase. This extra domain contains a Rossmann fold but no bound nucleotides have been detected, and its physiological role is unknown. In HPII, the heme group is modified to a heme d and inverted with respect to the orientation determined in all previously reported heme catalases. HPII is the largest catalase for which the structure has been determined to almost atomic resolution.
==About this Structure==
==About this Structure==
1IPH is a [[Single protein]] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1IPH with [[http://pdb.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/pdb57_1.html Catalase]]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1IPH OCA].
1IPH is a [[Single protein]] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1IPH with [[http://pdb.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/pdb57_1.html Catalase]]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1IPH OCA].
==Reference==
Crystal structure of catalase HPII from Escherichia coli., Bravo J, Verdaguer N, Tormo J, Betzel C, Switala J, Loewen PC, Fita I, Structure. 1995 May 15;3(5):491-502. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7663946 7663946]
[[Category: Catalase]]
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1IPH is a Single protein structure of sequence from Escherichia coli. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1IPH with [Catalase]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
