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Deposition Date 2009-07-29
Release Date 2010-01-19
Last Version Date 2023-11-01
Entry Detail
PDB ID:
3IHB
Keywords:
Title:
Crystal Structure Analysis of Mglu in its tris and glutamate form
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Experimental Method:
Resolution:
2.40 Å
R-Value Free:
0.26
R-Value Work:
0.22
Space Group:
C 1 2 1
Macromolecular Entities
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Salt-tolerant glutaminase
Gene (Uniprot):glsA
Chain IDs:A, B
Chain Length:456
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Micrococcus luteus
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of salt-tolerant glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3 in the presence and absence of its product l-glutamate and its activator Tris
Febs J. 277 738 748 (2010)
PMID: 20050917 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07523.x

Abstact

Glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3 [Micrococcus glutaminase (Mglu); 456 amino acid residues (aa); 48 kDa] is a salt-tolerant enzyme. Our previous study determined the structure of its major 42-kDa fragment. Here, using new crystallization conditions, we determined the structures of the intact enzyme in the presence and absence of its product L-glutamate and its activator Tris, which activates the enzyme by sixfold. With the exception of a 'lid' part (26-29 aa) and a few other short stretches, the structures were all very similar over the entire polypeptide chain. However, the presence of the ligands significantly reduced the length of the disordered regions: 41 aa in the unliganded structure (N), 21 aa for L-glutamate (G), 8 aa for Tris (T) and 6 aa for both L-glutamate and Tris (TG). L-glutamate was identified in both the G and TG structures, whereas Tris was only identified in the TG structure. Comparison of the glutamate-binding site between Mglu and salt-labile glutaminase (YbgJ) from Bacillus subtilis showed significantly smaller structural changes of the protein part in Mglu. A comparison of the substrate-binding pocket of Mglu, which is highly specific for L-glutamine, with that of Erwinia carotovora asparaginase, which has substrates other than L-glutamine, shows that Mglu has a larger substrate-binding pocket that prevents the binding of L-asparagine with proper interactions.

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