1arg
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ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, PHOSPHO-5'-PYRIDOXYL ASPARTATE COMPLEX
OverviewOverview
The electron distribution in the coenzyme-substrate adduct of aspartate aminotransferase was changed by replacing active-site Arg386 with alanine and introducing a new arginine residue nearby. [Y225R, R386A]Aspartate aminotransferase decarboxylates L-aspartate to L-alanine (kcat = 0.04 s-1), while its transaminase activity towards dicarboxylic amino acids is decreased by three orders of magnitude (kcat = 0.19 s-1). Molecular-dynamics simulations based on the crystal structure of the mutant enzyme suggest that a new hydrogen bond to the imine N atom of the pyridoxal-5'-phosphate- aspartate adduct and an altered electrostatic potential around its beta-carboxylate group underlie the 650,000-fold increase in the ratio of beta-decarboxylase/transaminase activity.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1ARG is a Single protein structure of sequence from Escherichia coli with as ligand. Active as Aspartate transaminase, with EC number 2.6.1.1 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Changing the reaction specificity of a pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-dependent enzyme., Graber R, Kasper P, Malashkevich VN, Sandmeier E, Berger P, Gehring H, Jansonius JN, Christen P, Eur J Biochem. 1995 Sep 1;232(2):686-90. PMID:7556224
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