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The Structure of Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Alcaligenes Xylosoxidans at 1.7 A Resolution

(2003) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 59: 835

• PubMed: 12777799 Search on PubMed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/s0907444903041441
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
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• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  The enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) from the Gram-negative denitrifying bacterial species Alcaligenes xylosoxidans was purified and crystallized as a contaminant protein during purification of nitrous oxide reductase. This is the first structure of a GAPDH from a denitrifying species. The crystal structure was solved at 1.7 A resolution by molecular replacement using the structure of GAPDH from Bacillus stearothermophilus as a starting model. The quality of the structure enabled the amino-acid sequence of the A. xylosoxidans GAPDH to be assigned. The structure is that of the apo-enzyme, lacking the NAD+ cofactor and with the active-site residue Cys154 oxidized. The global structure of the enzyme has a homotetrameric quaternary structure similar to that observed for its bacterial and eukaryotic counterparts. The essential role of Cys154 in the enzyme activity has been confirmed. In monomer O two half-occupancy sulfate ions were found at the active site, which are analogous to the substrate and the "attacking" phosphate seen in B. stearothermophilus. One half-occupancy sulfate ion is also located in the substrate-binding site of monomer P.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Molecular Biophysics Group, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, England.