1bgs

RECOGNITION BETWEEN A BACTERIAL RIBONUCLEASE, BARNASE, AND ITS NATURAL INHIBITOR, BARSTARRECOGNITION BETWEEN A BACTERIAL RIBONUCLEASE, BARNASE, AND ITS NATURAL INHIBITOR, BARSTAR

Structural highlights 1bgs is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [RNBR_BACAM] Hydrolyzes phosphodiester bonds in RNA, poly- and oligoribonucleotides resulting in 3'-nucleoside monophosphates via 2',3'-cyclophosphate intermediates. [BARS_BACAM] Inhibitor of the ribonuclease barnase. Forms a one-to-one non-covalent complex. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed BACKGROUND: Protein-protein recognition is fundamental to most biological processes. The information we have so far on the interfaces between proteins comes largely from several protease-inhibitor and antigen-antibody complexes. Barnase, a bacterial ribonuclease, and barstar, its natural inhibitor, form a tight complex which provides a good model for the study and design of protein-protein non-covalent interactions. RESULTS: Here we report the structure of a complex between barnase and a fully functional mutant of barstar determined by X-ray analysis. Barstar is composed of three parallel alpha-helices stacked against a three-stranded parallel, beta-sheet, and sterically blocks the active site of the enzyme with an alpha-helix and adjacent loop. The buried surface in the interface between the two molecules totals 1630 A2. The barnase-barstar complex is predominantly stabilized by charge interactions involving positive charges in the active site of the enzyme. Asp39 of barstar binds to the phosphate-binding site of barnase, mimicking enzyme-substrate interactions. CONCLUSION: The phosphate-binding site of the enzyme is the anchor point for inhibitor binding. We propose that this is also likely to be the case for other ribonuclease inhibitors. Recognition between a bacterial ribonuclease, barnase, and its natural inhibitor, barstar.,Guillet V, Lapthorn A, Hartley RW, Mauguen Y Structure. 1993 Nov 15;1(3):165-76. PMID:16100951 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Barnase Barstar Ribonuclease Temp

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