1DG8

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEXED WITH NADPH


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.183 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.183 

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Literature

Three-dimensional structure of M. tuberculosis dihydrofolate reductase reveals opportunities for the design of novel tuberculosis drugs.

Li, R.Sirawaraporn, R.Chitnumsub, P.Sirawaraporn, W.Wooden, J.Athappilly, F.Turley, S.Hol, W.G.

(2000) J Mol Biol 295: 307-323

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1999.3328
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1DF7, 1DG5, 1DG7, 1DG8

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate and is essential for the synthesis of thymidylate, purines and several amino acids. Inhibition of the enzyme's activity leads to arrest of DNA synthesis and cell death. The enzyme has been studied extensively as a drug target for bacterial, protozoal and fungal infections, and also for neoplastic and autoimmune diseases. Here, we report the crystal structure of dihydrofolate reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a human pathogen responsible for the death of millions of human beings per year. Three crystal structures of ternary complexes of M. tuberculosis DHFR with NADP and different inhibitors have been determined, as well as the binary complex with NADP, with resolutions ranging from 1.7 to 2.0 A. The three DHFR inhibitors are the anticancer drug methotrexate, the antimicrobial trimethoprim and Br-WR99210, an analogue of the antimalarial agent WR99210. Structural comparison of these complexes with human dihydrofolate reductase indicates that the overall protein folds are similar, despite only 26 % sequence identity, but that the environments of both NADP and of the inhibitors contain interesting differences between the enzymes from host and pathogen. Specifically, residues Ala101 and Leu102 near the N6 of NADP are distinctly more hydrophobic in the M. tuberculosis than in the human enzyme. Another striking difference occurs in a region near atoms N1 and N8 of methotrexate, which is also near atom N1 of trimethoprim, and near the N1 and two methyl groups of Br-WR99210. A glycerol molecule binds here in a pocket of the M. tuberculosis DHFR:MTX complex, while this pocket is essentially filled with hydrophobic side-chains in the human enzyme. These differences between the enzymes from pathogen and host provide opportunities for designing new selective inhibitors of M. tuberculosis DHFR.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Departments of Biological Structure and Biochemistry Biomolecular Structure Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE159Mycobacterium tuberculosisMutation(s): 0 
EC: 1.5.1.3
UniProt
Find proteins for P9WNX1 (Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv))
Explore P9WNX1 
Go to UniProtKB:  P9WNX1
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UniProt GroupP9WNX1
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.183 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.183 
  • Space Group: P 41
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 60.38α = 90
b = 60.38β = 90
c = 58.66γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SHARPphasing
X-PLORrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2000-03-09
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Non-polymer description, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-07
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations