User:Adrian Aldrich/Prokaryotic Glutamine Synthetase Pfam Domains Outline

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Prokaryotic Glutamine Synthetase Tertiary Structure: PFam domains

PDB ID 1lgr

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1lgr, resolution 2.79Å ()
Ligands: ,
Activity: Glutamate--ammonia ligase, with EC number 6.3.1.2
Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB
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Prokaryotic Glutamine Synthetase is a dodecamer, comprised of 12 identical polypeptide chains, organized as a dimer of two disk like hexamers. Each protomer contains 2 Pfam domains, the Beta Grasp domain and the catalytic domain, preceded by meanders of a few resides in length which link the protomers together in the dodecamers core.

Beta Grasp domain

The beta grasp domain is the N-terminal domain, extending from residues 13-94. This domain is responsible for binding ATP, Glutamate, and Ammonia. ATP binds first, activating the site for binding glutamate.


Catalytic domain

The catalytic domain is the C-terminal domain, extending from residues 101-382.


Active site

The dodecamer contains 12 active sites total, each formed from the Beta grasp domain of one protomer and the Catalytic domain of the neighboring protomer.