1d4c
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE UNCOMPLEXED FORM OF THE FLAVOCYTOCHROME C FUMARATE REDUCTASE OF SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS STRAIN MR-1
OverviewOverview
Fumarate respiration is one of the most widespread types of anaerobic respiration. The soluble fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 is a periplasmic tetraheme flavocytochrome c. The crystal structures of the enzyme were solved to 2.9 A for the uncomplexed form and to 2.8 A and 2.5 A for the fumarate and the succinate-bound protein, respectively. The structures reveal a flexible capping domain linked to the FAD-binding domain. A catalytic mechanism for fumarate reduction based on the structure of the complexed protein is proposed. The mechanism for the reverse reaction is a model for the homologous succinate dehydrogenase (complex II) of the respiratory chain. In flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase, all redox centers are in van der Waals contact with one another, thus providing an efficient conduit of electrons from the hemes via the FAD to fumarate.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1D4C is a Single protein structure of sequence from Shewanella putrefaciens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Structure and mechanism of the flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1., Leys D, Tsapin AS, Nealson KH, Meyer TE, Cusanovich MA, Van Beeumen JJ, Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Dec;6(12):1113-7. PMID:10581551 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 13:26:10 2008