1wad

CYTOCHROME C3 WITH 4 HEME GROUPS AND ONE CALCIUM IONCYTOCHROME C3 WITH 4 HEME GROUPS AND ONE CALCIUM ION

Structural highlights 1wad is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Desulfovibrio gigas. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: , Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function [CYC3_DESGI] Participates in sulfate respiration coupled with phosphorylation by transferring electrons from the enzyme dehydrogenase to ferredoxin. 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 Crystals of the tetraheme cytochrome c3 from sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio gigas (Dg) (MW 13 kDa, 111 residues, four heme groups) were obtained and X-ray diffraction data collected to 1.8 A resolution. The structure was solved by the method of molecular replacement and the resulting model refined to a conventional R-factor of 14.9%. The three-dimensional structure shows many similarities to other known crystal structures of tetraheme c3 cytochromes, but it also shows some remarkable differences. In particular, the location of the aromatic residues around the heme groups, which may play a fundamental role in the electron transfer processes of the molecule, are well conserved in the cases of hemes I, III, and IV. However, heme II has an aromatic environment that is completely different to that found in other related cytochromes c3. Another unusual feature is the presence of a Ca2+ ion coordinated by oxygen atoms supplied by the protein within a loop near the N-terminus. It is speculated that this loop may be stabilized by the presence of this Ca2+ ion, may contribute to heme-redox perturbation, and might even be involved in the specificity of recognition with its redox partner. Cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio gigas: crystal structure at 1.8 A resolution and evidence for a specific calcium-binding site.,Matias PM, Morais J, Coelho R, Carrondo MA, Wilson K, Dauter Z, Sieker L Protein Sci. 1996 Jul;5(7):1342-54. PMID:8819167 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Cytochrome C 3D structures User:Eric Martz/Entertaining PDB codes

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