1urh

THE "RHODANESE" FOLD AND CATALYTIC MECHANISM OF 3-MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFOTRANSFERASES: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF SSEA FROM ESCHERICHIA COLITHE "RHODANESE" FOLD AND CATALYTIC MECHANISM OF 3-MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFOTRANSFERASES: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF SSEA FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI

Structural highlights 1urh is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: NonStd Res: Activity: 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase, with EC number 2.8.1.2 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [THTM_ECOLI] Transfers a sulfur ion to cyanide or to other thiol compounds. Also has weak rhodanese activity (130-fold lower). Its participation in detoxification of cyanide may be small. May be involved in the enhancement of serine sensitivity. 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 3-Mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferases (MSTs) catalyze, in vitro, the transfer of a sulfur atom from substrate to cyanide, yielding pyruvate and thiocyanate as products. They display clear structural homology with the protein fold observed in the rhodanese sulfurtransferase family, composed of two structurally related domains. The role of MSTs in vivo, as well as their detailed molecular mechanisms of action have been little investigated. Here, we report the crystal structure of SseA, a MST from Escherichia coli, which is the first MST three-dimensional structure disclosed to date. SseA displays specific structural differences relative to eukaryotic and prokaryotic rhodaneses. In particular, conformational variation of the rhodanese active site loop, hosting the family invariant catalytic Cys residue, may support a new sulfur transfer mechanism involving Cys237 as the nucleophilic species and His66, Arg102 and Asp262 as residues assisting catalysis. The "rhodanese" fold and catalytic mechanism of 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferases: crystal structure of SseA from Escherichia coli.,Spallarossa A, Forlani F, Carpen A, Armirotti A, Pagani S, Bolognesi M, Bordo D J Mol Biol. 2004 Jan 9;335(2):583-93. PMID:14672665 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Sulfurtransferase

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