1OB8

Holliday Junction Resolving Enzyme

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.8 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.246 
  • R-Value Work: 0.197 

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Literature

Substrate Recognition and Catalysis by the Holliday Junction Resolving Enzyme Hje.

Middleton, C.L., Parker, J.L., Richard, D.J., White, M.F., Bond, C.S.

(2004) Nucleic Acids Res. 32: 5442

  • DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh869
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Two archaeal Holliday junction resolving enzymes, Holliday junction cleavage (Hjc) and Holliday junction endonuclease (Hje), have been characterized. Both are members of a nuclease superfamily that includes the type II restriction enzymes, although t ...

    Two archaeal Holliday junction resolving enzymes, Holliday junction cleavage (Hjc) and Holliday junction endonuclease (Hje), have been characterized. Both are members of a nuclease superfamily that includes the type II restriction enzymes, although their DNA cleaving activity is highly specific for four-way junction structure and not nucleic acid sequence. Despite 28% sequence identity, Hje and Hjc cleave junctions with distinct cutting patterns--they cut different strands of a four-way junction, at different distances from the junction centre. We report the high-resolution crystal structure of Hje from Sulfolobus solfataricus. The structure provides a basis to explain the differences in substrate specificity of Hje and Hjc, which result from changes in dimer organization, and suggests a viral origin for the Hje gene. Structural and biochemical data support the modelling of an Hje:DNA junction complex, highlighting a flexible loop that interacts intimately with the junction centre. A highly conserved serine residue on this loop is shown to be essential for the enzyme's activity, suggesting a novel variation of the nuclease active site. The loop may act as a conformational switch, ensuring that the active site is completed only on binding a four-way junction, thus explaining the exquisite specificity of these enzymes.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Division of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
HOLLIDAY-JUNCTION RESOLVASE
A, B
135Saccharolobus solfataricus (strain ATCC 35092 / DSM 1617 / JCM 11322 / P2)Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: hje
EC: 3.1.22.4
Find proteins for Q97YX6 (Saccharolobus solfataricus (strain ATCC 35092 / DSM 1617 / JCM 11322 / P2))
Go to UniProtKB:  Q97YX6
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
SO4
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A, B
SULFATE ION
O4 S
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
 Ligand Interaction
EDO
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A
1,2-ETHANEDIOL
ETHYLENE GLYCOL
C2 H6 O2
LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.8 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.246 
  • R-Value Work: 0.197 
  • Space Group: P 65
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 90.577α = 90.00
b = 90.577β = 90.00
c = 70.920γ = 120.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
DENZOdata reduction

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2004-10-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-07-05
    Type: Refinement description
  • Version 1.4: 2018-01-31
    Type: Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.5: 2019-03-06
    Type: Data collection, Experimental preparation