1SJA

X-ray structure of o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase complexed with N-acetylmethionine


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.280 
  • R-Value Work: 0.211 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.215 

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Literature

Evolution of Enzymatic Activity in the Enolase Superfamily: Structural Studies of the Promiscuous o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase from Amycolatopsis

Thoden, J.B.Taylor-Ringia, E.A.Garrett, J.B.Gerlt, J.A.Holden, H.M.Rayment, I.

(2004) Biochemistry 43: 5716-5727

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi0497897
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1SJA, 1SJB, 1SJC, 1SJD

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Divergent evolution of enzyme function is commonly explained by a gene duplication event followed by mutational changes that allow the protein encoded by the copy to acquire a new function. An alternate hypothesis is that this process is facilitated when the progenitor enzyme acquires a second function while maintaining the original activity. This phenomenon has been suggested to occur in the o-succinylbenzoate synthase (OSBS) from a species of Amycolatopsis that catalyzes not only the physiological syn-dehydration reaction of 2-succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate but also an accidental racemization of N-acylamino acids [Palmer, D. R., Garrett, J. B., Sharma, V., Meganathan, R., Babbitt, P. C., and Gerlt, J. A. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 4252-4258]. To understand the molecular basis of this promiscuity, three-dimensional structures of liganded complexes of this enzyme have been determined, including the product of the OSBS reaction and three N-acylamino acid substrates for the N-acylamino acid racemase (NAAAR) reaction, N-acetylmethionine, N-succinylmethionine, and N-succinylphenylglycine, to 2.2, 2.3, 2.1, and 1.9 A resolution, respectively. These structures show how the active-site cavity can accommodate both the hydrophobic substrate for the OSBS reaction and the substrates for the accidental NAAAR reaction. As expected, the N-acylamino acid is sandwiched between lysines 163 and 263, which function as the catalytic bases for the abstraction of the alpha-proton in the (R)- and (S)-racemization reactions, respectively [Taylor Ringia, E. A., Garrett, J. B, Thoden, J. B., Holden, H. M., Rayment, I., and Gerlt, J. A. (2004) Biochemistry 42, 224-229]. Importantly, the protein forms specific favorable interactions with the hydrophobic amino acid side chain, alpha-carbon, carboxylate, and the polar components of the N-acyl linkage. Accommodation of the components of the N-acyl linkage appears to be the reason that this enzyme is capable of a racemization reaction on these substrates, whereas the orthologous OSBS from Escherichia coli lacks this functionality.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
N-acylamino acid racemase
A, B, C, D
368Amycolatopsis sp.Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: AAAR
UniProt
Find proteins for Q44244 (Amycolatopsis sp)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q44244
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UniProt GroupQ44244
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.280 
  • R-Value Work: 0.211 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.215 
  • Space Group: H 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 215.3α = 90
b = 215.3β = 90
c = 259.1γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
d*TREKdata scaling
HKL-2000data reduction
SOLVEphasing
TNTrefinement
d*TREKdata reduction
HKL-2000data scaling

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2004-06-01
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-29
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations