A novel deamido-NAD+-binding site revealed by the trapped NAD-adenylate intermediate in the NAD+ synthetase structure.
Rizzi, M., Bolognesi, M., Coda, A.(1998) Structure 6: 1129-1140
- PubMed: 9753692 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00114-2
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2NSY - PubMed Abstract: 
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has a central role in life processes. The ubiquitous enzyme NAD+ synthetase catalyzes a key step in NAD+ biosynthesis, transforming deamido-NAD+ into NAD+ by a two-step reaction. NAD+ synthetase belongs to the amidotransferase family and has been recognized as a member of the family of N-type ATP pyrophosphatases. In order to investigate the mechanism of the reaction carried out by NAD+ synthetase we have determined a high-resolution three-dimensional structure of the Bacillus subtilis homodimeric NAD+ synthetase in complex with the trapped reaction intermediate NAD-adenylate.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology University of Torino, Italy. rizzi@ipvgen.unipv.it