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The X-ray structure of nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDP kinase) from the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum has been determined to 2.2-A resolution and refined to an R-factor of 0.19 with and without bound ADP-Mg2+. The nucleotide binds near His 122, a residue which becomes phosphorylated during the catalytic cycle. The mode of binding is different from that observed in other phosphokinases, and it involves no glycine-rich sequence. The adenine base makes only nonpolar contacts with the protein. It points outside, explaining the lack of specificity of NDP kinase toward the base. The ribose 2'- and 3'-hydroxyls and the pyrophosphate moiety are H-bonded to polar side chains. A Mg2+ ion bridges the alpha- to the beta-phosphate which approaches the imidazole group of His 122 from the N delta side. The geometry at the active site in the ADP-Mg2+ complex suggests a mechanism for catalysis whereby the gamma-phosphate of a nucleoside triphosphate can be transferred onto His 122 with a minimum of atomic motion.

1NDP is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyostelium_discoideum Dictyostelium discoideum] with <scene name='pdbligand=MG:'>MG</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=ADP:'>ADP</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoside-diphosphate_kinase Nucleoside-diphosphate kinase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.7.4.6 2.7.4.6] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1NDP OCA].  

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