Biological Assembly 1  

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

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

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 31115.55 
• Atom Count: 2177 
• Residue Count: 282 
• Unique protein chains: 1

1AJ0

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A TERNARY COMPLEX OF E. COLI DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1AJ0/pdb

• Classification: SYNTHASE
• Organism(s): Escherichia coli (strain K12)


• Deposited: 1997-05-14 Released: 1998-05-20 
• Deposition Author(s): Achari, A., Somers, D.O., Champness, J.N., Bryant, P.K., Rosemond, J., Stammers, D.K.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.206 

Literature

Crystal structure of the anti-bacterial sulfonamide drug target dihydropteroate synthase.

Achari, A., Somers, D.O., Champness, J.N., Bryant, P.K., Rosemond, J., Stammers, D.K.

(1997) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 4: 490-497

• PubMed: 9187658 
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1AJZ, 1AJ2


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Sulfonamides were amongst the first clinically useful antibacterial agents to be discovered. The identification of sulfanilamide as the active component of the dye Prontosil rubrum led to the synthesis of clinically useful analogues. Today sulfamethoxazole (in combination with trimethoprim), is used to treat urinary tract infections caused by bacteria such as Escherichia coli and is also a first-line treatment for pneumonia caused by the fungus Pneumocystis carinii, a common condition in AIDS patients. The site of action is the de novo folate biosynthesis enzyme dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) where sulfonamides act as analogues of one of the substrates, para-aminobenzoic acid (pABA). We report here the crystal structure of E.coli DHPS at 2.0 A resolution refined to an R-factor of 0.185. The single domain of 282 residues forms an eight-stranded alpha/beta-barrel. The 7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphate (DHPPP) substrate binds in a deep cleft in the barrel, whilst sulfanilamide binds closer to the surface. The DHPPP ligand site is highly conserved amongst prokaryotic and eukaryotic DHPSs.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development, Beckenham, Kent, UK. [e-mail]

Macromolecules

Find similar proteins by: Sequence  |  Structure

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE	A	282	Escherichia coli (strain K12)	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: folP (dhpS) EC: 2.5.1.15
Find proteins for P0AC13 (Escherichia coli (strain K12)) Go to UniProtKB:  P0AC13

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram & Interactions
SO4	A	SULFATE ION O4 S QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
PH2	A	2-AMINO-6-HYDROXYMETHYL-7,8-DIHYDRO-3H-PTERIDIN-4-ONE C7 H9 N5 O2 CQQNNQTXUGLUEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SAN	A	SULFANILAMIDE C6 H8 N2 O2 S FDDDEECHVMSUSB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2 Å
• R-Value Work: 0.206 
• Space Group: C 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 92.910	α = 90.00
b = 60.670	β = 114.67
c = 59.820	γ = 90.00

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
XENGEN	data scaling
XENGEN	data reduction
PROFFT	refinement

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1997-05-14 
• Released Date: 1998-05-20 
• Deposition Author(s): Achari, A., Somers, D.O., Champness, J.N., Bryant, P.K., Rosemond, J., Stammers, D.K.

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 1998-05-20
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Derived calculations, Version format compliance