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E. coli MetH C-terminal fragment (649-1227)E. coli MetH C-terminal fragment (649-1227)
Structural highlights
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 PubMedB(12)-dependent methionine synthase (MetH) from Escherichia coli is a large modular protein that uses bound cobalamin as an intermediate methyl carrier. Major domain rearrangements have been postulated to explain how cobalamin reacts with three different substrates: homocysteine, methyltetrahydrofolate and S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet). Here we describe the 3.0 A structure of a 65 kDa C-terminal fragment of MetH that spans the cobalamin- and AdoMet-binding domains, arranged in a conformation suitable for the methyl transfer from AdoMet to cobalamin that occurs during activation. In the conversion to the activation conformation, a helical domain that capped the cofactor moves 26 A and rotates by 63 degrees, allowing formation of a new interface between cobalamin and the AdoMet-binding (activation) domain. Interactions with the MetH activation domain drive the cobalamin away from its binding domain in a way that requires dissociation of the axial cobalt ligand and, thereby, provide a mechanism for control of the distribution of enzyme conformations. Domain alternation switches B(12)-dependent methionine synthase to the activation conformation.,Bandarian V, Pattridge KA, Lennon BW, Huddler DP, Matthews RG, Ludwig ML Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Jan;9(1):53-6. PMID:11731805[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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