1EP8

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A MUTATED THIOREDOXIN, D30A, FROM CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.20 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.220 
  • R-Value Work: 0.196 

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Literature

Crystal structure of the wild-type and D30A mutant thioredoxin h of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and implications for the catalytic mechanism.

Menchise, V.Corbier, C.Didierjean, C.Saviano, M.Benedetti, E.Jacquot, J.P.Aubry, A.

(2001) Biochem J 359: 65-75

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/0264-6021:3590065
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1EP7, 1EP8

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Thioredoxins are ubiquitous proteins which catalyse the reduction of disulphide bridges on target proteins. The catalytic mechanism proceeds via a mixed disulphide intermediate whose breakdown should be enhanced by the involvement of a conserved buried residue, Asp-30, as a base catalyst towards residue Cys-39. We report here the crystal structure of wild-type and D30A mutant thioredoxin h from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which constitutes the first crystal structure of a cytosolic thioredoxin isolated from a eukaryotic plant organism. The role of residue Asp-30 in catalysis has been revisited since the distance between the carboxylate OD1 of Asp-30 and the sulphur SG of Cys-39 is too great to support the hypothesis of direct proton transfer. A careful analysis of all available crystal structures reveals that the relative positioning of residues Asp-30 and Cys-39 as well as hydrophobic contacts in the vicinity of residue Asp-30 do not allow a conformational change sufficient to bring the two residues close enough for a direct proton transfer. This suggests that protonation/deprotonation of Cys-39 should be mediated by a water molecule. Molecular-dynamics simulations, carried out either in vacuo or in water, as well as proton-inventory experiments, support this hypothesis. The results are discussed with respect to biochemical and structural data.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Modélisation des Matériaux Minéraux et Biologiques, Groupe Biocristallographie, ESA 7036, Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy I, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
THIOREDOXIN CH1, H-TYPE
A, B
112Chlamydomonas reinhardtiiMutation(s): 1 
UniProt
Find proteins for P80028 (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P80028
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UniProt GroupP80028
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.20 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.220 
  • R-Value Work: 0.196 
  • Space Group: P 31 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 49.692α = 90
b = 49.692β = 90
c = 145.551γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
AMoREphasing
CNSrefinement

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2001-12-12
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2021-11-03
    Changes: Database references