Biological Assembly 1  

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Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 13234.80 
• Atom Count: 916 
• Residue Count: 118 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1POA

INTERFACIAL CATALYSIS: THE MECHANISM OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1POA/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Naja atra


• Deposited: 1992-09-07 Released: 1993-10-31 
• Deposition Author(s): Scott, D.L., Otwinowski, Z., Sigler, P.B.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.5 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.143 

Literature

Interfacial catalysis: the mechanism of phospholipase A2.

Scott, D.L., White, S.P., Otwinowski, Z., Yuan, W., Gelb, M.H., Sigler, P.B.

(1990) Science 250: 1541-1546

• PubMed: 2274785 


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

A chemical description of the action of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) can now be inferred with confidence from three high-resolution x-ray crystal structures. The first is the structure of the PLA2 from the venom of the Chinese cobra (Naja naja atra) in a complex with a phosphonate transition-state analogue. This enzyme is typical of a large, well-studied homologous family of PLA2S. The second is a similar complex with the evolutionarily distant bee-venom PLA2. The third structure is the uninhibited PLA2 from Chinese cobra venom. Despite the different molecular architectures of the cobra and bee-venom PLA2s, the transition-state analogue interacts in a nearly identical way with the catalytic machinery of both enzymes. The disposition of the fatty-acid side chains suggests a common access route of the substrate from its position in the lipid aggregate to its productive interaction with the active site. Comparison of the cobra-venom complex with the uninhibited enzyme indicates that optimal binding and catalysis at the lipid-water interface is due to facilitated substrate diffusion from the interfacial binding surface to the catalytic site rather than an allosteric change in the enzyme's structure. However, a second bound calcium ion changes its position upon the binding of the transition-state analogue, suggesting a mechanism for augmenting the critical electrophile.

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Related Citations: 

• Crystal Structure of Cobra-Venom Phospholipase A2 in a Complex with a Transition-State Analogue
  White, S.P.,Scott, D.L.,Otwinowski, Z.,Gelb, M.H.,Sigler, P.B.
  (1990) Science 250: 1560




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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
PHOSPHOLIPASE A2	A	118	Naja atra	Mutation(s): 0  EC: 3.1.1.4
Find proteins for P00598 (Naja atra) Go to UniProtKB:  P00598

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram & Interactions
CA	A	CALCIUM ION Ca BHPQYMZQTOCNFJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.5 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.143 
• Space Group: I 4

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 93.000	α = 90.00
b = 93.000	β = 90.00
c = 22.200	γ = 90.00

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	model building
PROFFT	refinement
X-PLOR	phasing
X-PLOR	refinement

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1992-09-07 
• Released Date: 1993-10-31 
• Deposition Author(s): Scott, D.L., Otwinowski, Z., Sigler, P.B.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 1993-10-31
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-03
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance