8cat
THE NADPH BINDING SITE ON BEEF LIVER CATALASE
OverviewOverview
Beef liver and human erythrocyte catalases (EC 1.11.1.6) bind NADP tenaciously [Kirkman, H. N. & Gaetani, G. F. (1984) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 4343-4348]. The position of NADP on beef liver catalase corresponds to the carboxyl-terminal polypeptide hinge in Penicillium vitale fungal catalase, which connects the common catalase structure to the additional flavodoxin-like domain. In contrast to nearly all other known structures of protein-bound NADP, NAD, and FAD, the NADP molecule of beef liver catalase is folded into a right-handed helix and bound, in part, in the vicinity of the carboxyl end of two alpha-helices. A water molecule (W7) occupies a pseudosubstrate site close to the C4 position of the nicotinamide and is hydrogen bonded to His-304. Although the NADP and heme groups approach each other to within 13.7 A, there is no direct interaction. The function of the NADP remains a mystery.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
8CAT is a Single protein structure of sequence from Bos taurus. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entries and 1cat. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 8CAT with [Catalase]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
The NADPH binding site on beef liver catalase., Fita I, Rossmann MG, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Mar;82(6):1604-8. PMID:3856839 Page seeded by OCA on Sun May 4 22:48:50 2008