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PDBsum entry 1cs1

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Lyase PDB id
1cs1
Contents
Protein chains
384 a.a. *
Ligands
DHD
Waters ×1301
* Residue conservation analysis

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Key reference
Title Crystal structure of escherichia coli cystathionine gamma-Synthase at 1.5 a resolution.
Authors T.Clausen, R.Huber, L.Prade, M.C.Wahl, A.Messerschmidt.
Ref. Embo J, 1998, 17, 6827-6838.
PubMed id 9843488
Abstract
The transsulfuration enzyme cystathionine gamma-synthase (CGS) catalyses the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent gamma-replacement of O-succinyl-L-homoserine and L-cysteine, yielding L-cystathionine. The crystal structure of the Escherichia coli enzyme has been solved by molecular replacement with the known structure of cystathionine beta-lyase (CBL), and refined at 1.5 A resolution to a crystallographic R-factor of 20.0%. The enzyme crystallizes as an alpha4 tetramer with the subunits related by non-crystallographic 222 symmetry. The spatial fold of the subunits, with three functionally distinct domains and their quaternary arrangement, is similar to that of CBL. Previously proposed reaction mechanisms for CGS can be checked against the structural model, allowing interpretation of the catalytic and substrate-binding functions of individual active site residues. Enzyme-substrate models pinpoint specific residues responsible for the substrate specificity, in agreement with structural comparisons with CBL. Both steric and electrostatic designs of the active site seem to achieve proper substrate selection and productive orientation. Amino acid sequence and structural alignments of CGS and CBL suggest that differences in the substrate-binding characteristics are responsible for the different reaction chemistries. Because CGS catalyses the only known PLP-dependent replacement reaction at Cgamma of certain amino acids, the results will help in our understanding of the chemical versatility of PLP.
Secondary reference #1
Title Cloning, Purification, Crystallization, And preliminary X-Ray diffraction analysis of cystathionine gamma-Synthase from e. Coli.
Authors M.C.Wahl, R.Huber, L.Prade, S.Marinkovic, A.Messerschmidt, T.Clausen.
Ref. Febs Lett, 1997, 414, 492-496. [DOI no: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)01057-0]
PubMed id 9323022
Full text Abstract
Figure 2.
Fig. 2. Crystals of eCGS (preparation 2). Crystallization setup as described in the text. Note the influence of the pH. The two photographs are on the same scale. a: 100 mM MES/Tris, pH 7.5, 18% (w/v) PEG-4000, 10% (v/v) 2-propanol. b: 100 mM MES/Tris, pH 7.2, 18% (w/v) PEG-4000, 10% (v/v) 2-propanol.
Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Results from a locked self rotation function contoured with a cutoff of 2.5σ. The peaks indicate two groups of three orthogonal axes (Table 2).
The above figures are reproduced from the cited reference with permission from the Federation of European Biochemical Societies
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