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The stereospecificity of the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase was examined by steady-state kinetics and x-ray crystallography. The enzyme has the intriguing property that the apoenzyme in the absence of divalent metal showed a selectivity for the inactive l-enantiomer of the substrate isocitrate, whereas the enzyme containing magnesium showed selectivity for the physiologically active d-enantiomer. The hydrogen atom on the C2 carbon that is transferred during the reaction was, in both the d- and l-isocitrate complexes, in an orientation very close to that expected for delivery of a hydride ion to the cosubstrate NADP+. The beta-carboxylate that is eliminated as a CO2 molecule during the reaction occupied the same site on the protein in both the d- and l-isocitrate complexes. In addition, the C3 carbon was in the same protein site in both the d- and l-enantiomers. Only the fourth group, the OH atom, was in a very different position in the apo enzyme and in the metal-containing complexes. A four-location model is necessary to explain the enantiomeric specificity of IDH in contrast to the conventional three-point attachment model. The thermodynamic and kinetic ramifications of this model are explored.

1PB3 is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli] with <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:'>SO4</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=GOL:'>GOL</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isocitrate_dehydrogenase_(NADP(+)) Isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP(+))], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.1.1.42 1.1.1.42] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1PB3 OCA].  

[[Category: Jr., D E.Koshland.]]

[[Category: Mesecar, A D.]]

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