CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BETAA169L/BETAC170W DOUBLE MUTANT OF TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE COMPLEXED WITH 5-FLUORO-INDOLE-PROPANOL PHOSPHATECRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BETAA169L/BETAC170W DOUBLE MUTANT OF TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE COMPLEXED WITH 5-FLUORO-INDOLE-PROPANOL PHOSPHATE

Structural highlights

1fuy is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:, ,
Gene:TRPA/TRPB (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium)
Activity:Tryptophan synthase, with EC number 4.2.1.20
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

We determined the 2.25 A resolution crystal structure of the betaA169L/betaC170W mutant form of the tryptophan synthase alpha(2)beta(2) complex from Salmonella typhimurium complexed with the alpha-active site substrate analogue 5-fluoro-indole-propanol-phosphate to identify the structural basis for the changed kinetic properties of the mutant (Anderson, K. S., Kim, A. Y., Quillen, J. M., Sayers, E., Yang, X. J., and Miles, E. W. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 29936-29944). Comparison with the wild-type enzyme showed that the betaTrp(170) side chain occludes the tunnel connecting the alpha- and beta-active sites, explaining the accumulation of the intermediate indole during a single enzyme turnover. To prevent a steric clash between betaLeu(169) and betaGly(135), located in the beta-sheet of the COMM (communication) domain (betaGly(102)-betaGly(189)), the latter reorganizes. The changed COMM domain conformation results in a loss of the hydrogen bonding networks between the alpha- and beta-active sites, explaining the poor activation of the alpha-reaction upon formation of the aminoacrylate complex at the beta-active site. The 100-fold reduced affinity for serine seems to result from a movement of betaAsp(305) away from the beta-active site so that it cannot interact with the hydroxyl group of a pyridoxal phosphate-bound serine. The proposed structural dissection of the effects of each single mutation in the betaA169L/betaC170W mutant would explain the very different kinetics of this mutant and betaC170F.

Structural basis for the impaired channeling and allosteric inter-subunit communication in the beta A169L/beta C170W mutant of tryptophan synthase.,Weyand M, Schlichting I J Biol Chem. 2000 Dec 29;275(52):41058-63. PMID:11034989[1]

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References

  1. Weyand M, Schlichting I. Structural basis for the impaired channeling and allosteric inter-subunit communication in the beta A169L/beta C170W mutant of tryptophan synthase. J Biol Chem. 2000 Dec 29;275(52):41058-63. PMID:11034989 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C000479200

1fuy, resolution 2.25Å

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