2p8c
Crystal structure of N-succinyl Arg/Lys racemase from Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 complexed with N-succinyl Arg.Crystal structure of N-succinyl Arg/Lys racemase from Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 complexed with N-succinyl Arg.
Structural highlights
FunctionNSAR_BACCR Catalyzes efficient racemization of N-succinyl-L-Arg and N-succinyl-L-Lys, suggesting that these are physiological substrates of this enzyme. Has low activity with L-Asp-L-Lys, and even lower activity with L-Leu-L-Arg, L-Leu-L-Lys, N-succinyl-L-His and N-succinyl-L-Met (in vitro).[1] 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 PubMedThe protein databases contain many proteins with unknown function. A computational approach for predicting ligand specificity that requires only the sequence of the unknown protein would be valuable for directing experiment-based assignment of function. We focused on a family of unknown proteins in the mechanistically diverse enolase superfamily and used two approaches to assign function: (i) enzymatic assays using libraries of potential substrates, and (ii) in silico docking of the same libraries using a homology model based on the most similar (35% sequence identity) characterized protein. The results matched closely; an experimentally determined structure confirmed the predicted structure of the substrate-liganded complex. We assigned the N-succinyl arginine/lysine racemase function to the family, correcting the annotation (L-Ala-D/L-Glu epimerase) based on the function of the most similar characterized homolog. These studies establish that ligand docking to a homology model can facilitate functional assignment of unknown proteins by restricting the identities of the possible substrates that must be experimentally tested. Prediction and assignment of function for a divergent N-succinyl amino acid racemase.,Song L, Kalyanaraman C, Fedorov AA, Fedorov EV, Glasner ME, Brown S, Imker HJ, Babbitt PC, Almo SC, Jacobson MP, Gerlt JA Nat Chem Biol. 2007 Aug;3(8):486-91. Epub 2007 Jul 1. PMID:17603539[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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