TOROIDAL STRUCTURE OF LAMBDA EXONUCLEASE DETERMINED AT 2.4 ANGSTROMSTOROIDAL STRUCTURE OF LAMBDA EXONUCLEASE DETERMINED AT 2.4 ANGSTROMS

Structural highlights

1avq is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Bacteriophage lambda. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:,
Activity:Exodeoxyribonuclease (lambda-induced), with EC number 3.1.11.3
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[EXO_LAMBD] Facilitates phage DNA recombination through the double-strand break repair (DSBR) and single-strand annealing pathways. Also important for the late, rolling-circle mode of lambda DNA replication.

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

Structure determination at 2.4 angstrom resolution shows that lambda-exonuclease consists of three subunits that form a toroid. The central channel is funnel shaped, tapering from an inner diameter of about 30 angstroms at the wider end to 15 angstroms at the narrow end. This is adequate to accommodate the DNA substrate and thus provides a structural basis for the ability of the enzyme to sequentially hydrolyze thousands of nucleotides in a highly processive manner. The results also suggest the locations of the active sites and the constraints that limit cleavage to a single strand.

Toroidal structure of lambda-exonuclease.,Kovall R, Matthews BW Science. 1997 Sep 19;277(5333):1824-7. PMID:9295273[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

See Also

References

  1. Kovall R, Matthews BW. Toroidal structure of lambda-exonuclease. Science. 1997 Sep 19;277(5333):1824-7. PMID:9295273

1avq, resolution 2.40Å

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