1b5t
ESCHERICHIA COLI METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE
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OverviewOverview
Elevated plasma homocysteine levels are associated with increased risk for, cardiovascular disease and neural tube defects in humans. Folate treatment, decreases homocysteine levels and dramatically reduces the incidence of, neural tube defects. The flavoprotein methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, (MTHFR) is a likely target for these actions of folate. The most common, genetic cause of mildly elevated plasma homocysteine in humans is the, MTHFR polymorphism A222V (base change C677-->T). The X-ray analysis of E., coli MTHFR, reported here, provides a model for the catalytic domain that, is shared by all MTHFRs. This domain is a beta8alpha8 barrel that binds, FAD in a novel fashion. Ala 177, corresponding to Ala 222 in human MTHFR, is near the bottom of the barrel and distant from the FAD. The mutation, A177V does not affect Km or k(cat) but instead increases the propensity, for bacterial MTHFR to lose its essential flavin cofactor. Folate, derivatives protect wild-type and mutant E. coli enzymes against flavin, loss, and protect human MTHFR and the A222V mutant against thermal, inactivation, suggesting a mechanism by which folate treatment reduces, homocysteine levels.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1B5T is a Single protein structure of sequence from Escherichia coli with HG and FAD as ligands. Active as Deleted entry, with EC number 1.7.99.5 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
The structure and properties of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli suggest how folate ameliorates human hyperhomocysteinemia., Guenther BD, Sheppard CA, Tran P, Rozen R, Matthews RG, Ludwig ML, Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Apr;6(4):359-65. PMID:10201405
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