1nue
X-RAY STRUCTURE OF NM23 HUMAN NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE B COMPLEXED WITH GDP AT 2 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION
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| , resolution 2.0Å | |||||||
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| Ligands: | and | ||||||
| Activity: | Nucleoside-diphosphate kinase, with EC number 2.7.4.6 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
OverviewOverview
BACKGROUND: Nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinases provide precursors for DNA and RNA synthesis. In mammals, these enzymes are also involved in cell regulations. Human NDP kinase B, product of the human nm23-H2 gene, is both an enzyme and a transcription factor. It activates transcription of the c-myc oncogene independently of its catalytic function, by binding to its promoter DNA. How do the two functions coexist? RESULTS: Recombinant human NDP kinase B was co-crystallized with GDP. The X-ray structure was solved at 2.0 A resolution by molecular replacement from the homologous Drosophila Awd protein. Both enzymes are homo-hexamers with a characteristic beta alpha beta beta alpha beta fold. GDP binds near the active site His118. The guanine base is in a surface cleft and interacts with the C terminus of another subunit. CONCLUSIONS: The beta alpha beta beta alpha beta fold, also present in the 'palm' domain of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I and HIV reverse transcriptase, is both a mononucleotide- and a polynucleotide-binding fold. If NDP kinase B binds DNA in the same way as the polymerases, the enzyme must undergo a conformation change in order to carry out gene activation.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1NUE is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
X-ray structure of human nucleoside diphosphate kinase B complexed with GDP at 2 A resolution., Morera S, Lacombe ML, Xu Y, LeBras G, Janin J, Structure. 1995 Dec 15;3(12):1307-14. PMID:8747457
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