1FTR

FORMYLMETHANOFURAN:TETRAHYDROMETHANOPTERIN FORMYLTRANSFERASE FROM METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb1FTR/pdb

• Classification: FORMYLTRANSFERASE
• Organism(s): Methanopyrus kandleri
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 1997-09-21 Released: 1998-10-14 
• Deposition Author(s): Ermler, U., Merckel, M.C., Thauer, R.K., Shima, S.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.70 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.248 
• R-Value Work: 0.198 
• R-Value Observed: 0.198 

Literature

Formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri - new insights into salt-dependence and thermostability.

Ermler, U., Merckel, M., Thauer, R., Shima, S.

(1997) Structure 5: 635-646

• PubMed: 9195883 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00219-0
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1FTR


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  Formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase (Ftr) from the methanogenic Archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri (optimum growth temperature 98 degrees C) is a hyperthermophilic enzyme that is absolutely dependent on the presence of lyotropic salts for activity and thermostability. The enzyme is involved in the pathway of carbon dioxide reduction to methane and catalyzes the transfer of formyl from formylmethanofuran to tetrahydromethanopterin.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 7, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany. [e-mail]

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Dihedral - D2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 4-mer - A4 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 126.75 kDa 
• Atom Count: 9,590 
• Modelled Residue Count: 1,184 
• Deposited Residue Count: 1,184 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
FORMYLMETHANOFURAN\:TETRAHYDROMETHANOPTERIN FORMYLTRANSFERASE	A, B, C, D	296	Methanopyrus kandleri	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: FTR EC: 2.3.1.101
UniProt
Find proteins for Q49610 (Methanopyrus kandleri (strain AV19 / DSM 6324 / JCM 9639 / NBRC 100938)) Explore Q49610  Go to UniProtKB:  Q49610

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.70 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.248 
• R-Value Work: 0.198 
• R-Value Observed: 0.198 
• Space Group: I 4₁ 2 2

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 157.5	α = 90
b = 157.5	β = 90
c = 242.1	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
MLPHARE	phasing
SHELXS	phasing
MOSFLM	data reduction
CCP4	data scaling
Agrovata	data scaling

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 1998-10-14 
Deposition Author(s): Ermler, U., Merckel, M.C., Thauer, R.K., Shima, S.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 1998-10-14
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.3: 2024-02-07
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description