1ojx
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN ARCHAEAL FRUCTOSE 1,6-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE
OverviewOverview
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBPA) catalyzes the reversible cleavage of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate in the glycolytic pathway. FBPAs from archaeal organisms have recently been identified and characterized as a divergent family of proteins. Here, we report the first crystal structure of an archaeal FBPA at 1.9-A resolution. The structure of this 280-kDa protein complex was determined using single wavelength anomalous dispersion followed by 10-fold non-crystallographic symmetry averaging and refined to an R-factor of 14.9% (Rfree 17.9%). The protein forms a dimer of pentamers, consisting of subunits adopting the ubiquitous (betaalpha)8 barrel fold. Additionally, a crystal structure of the archaeal FBPA covalently bound to dihydroxyacetone phosphate was solved at 2.1-A resolution. Comparison of the active site residues with those of classical FBPAs, which share no significant sequence identity but display the same overall fold, reveals a common ancestry between these two families of FBPAs. Structural comparisons, furthermore, establish an evolutionary link to the triosephosphate isomerases, a superfamily hitherto considered independent from the superfamily of aldolases.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1OJX is a Single protein structure of sequence from Thermoproteus tenax. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1OJX with [The Glycolytic Enzymes]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Crystal structure of an archaeal class I aldolase and the evolution of (betaalpha)8 barrel proteins., Lorentzen E, Pohl E, Zwart P, Stark A, Russell RB, Knura T, Hensel R, Siebers B, J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 21;278(47):47253-60. Epub 2003 Aug 26. PMID:12941964 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 03:56:31 2008