Biological Assembly 1  

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

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly 2  

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

Biological assembly 2 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 69365.83 
• Atom Count: 4608 
• Residue Count: 612 
• Unique protein chains: 1

2DDT

Crystal structure of sphingomyelinase from Bacillus cereus with magnesium ion

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb2DDT/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Bacillus cereus
• Expression System: Bacillus subtilis


• Deposited: 2006-02-02 Released: 2006-05-02 
• Deposition Author(s): Ago, H., Oda, M., Tsuge, H., Katunuma, N., Miyano, M., Sakurai, J., RIKEN Structural Genomics/Proteomics Initiative (RSGI)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.8 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.230 
• R-Value Work: 0.193 

Literature

Structural basis of the sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase activity in neutral sphingomyelinase from Bacillus cereus.

Ago, H., Oda, M., Takahashi, M., Tsuge, H., Ochi, S., Katunuma, N., Miyano, M., Sakurai, J.

(2006) J.Biol.Chem. 281: 16157-16167

• PubMed: 16595670 
• DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M601089200
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  2DDS, 2DDR


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Sphingomyelinase (SMase) from Bacillus cereus (Bc-SMase) hydrolyzes sphingomyelin to phosphocholine and ceramide in a divalent metal ion-dependent manner. Bc-SMase is a homologue of mammalian neutral SMase (nSMase) and mimics the actions of the endogenous mammalian nSMase in causing differentiation, development, aging, and apoptosis. Thus Bc-SMase may be a good model for the poorly characterized mammalian nSMase. The metal ion activation of sphingomyelinase activity of Bc-SMase was in the order Co2+ > or = Mn2+ > or = Mg2+ > Ca2+ > or = Sr2+. The first crystal structures of Bc-SMase bound to Co2+, Mg2+, or Ca2+ were determined. The water-bridged double divalent metal ions at the center of the cleft in both the Co2+- and Mg2+-bound forms were concluded to be the catalytic architecture required for sphingomyelinase activity. In contrast, the architecture of Ca2+ binding at the site showed only one binding site. A further single metal-binding site exists at one side edge of the cleft. Based on the highly conserved nature of the residues of the binding sites, the crystal structure of Bc-SMase with bound Mg2+ or Co2+ may provide a common structural framework applicable to phosphohydrolases belonging to the DNase I-like folding superfamily. In addition, the structural features and site-directed mutagenesis suggest that the specific beta-hairpin with the aromatic amino acid residues participates in binding to the membrane-bound sphingomyelin substrate.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Structural Biophysics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan. [e-mail]

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase	A, B	306	Bacillus cereus	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: sph EC: 3.1.4.12
Find proteins for P11889 (Bacillus cereus) Go to UniProtKB:  P11889

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram & Interactions
SO4	A, B	SULFATE ION O4 S QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
MG	A, B	MAGNESIUM ION Mg JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
MES	A, B	2-(N-MORPHOLINO)-ETHANESULFONIC ACID C6 H13 N O4 S SXGZJKUKBWWHRA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.8 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.230 
• R-Value Work: 0.193 
• Space Group: P 1

Unit Cell:

Length (Å)	Angle (°)
a = 50.844	α = 81.87
b = 50.893	β = 81.84
c = 59.506	γ = 79.68

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
MOLREP	phasing
CCP4	data scaling
REFMAC	refinement
MOSFLM	data reduction

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2006-02-02 
• Released Date: 2006-05-02 
• Deposition Author(s): Ago, H., Oda, M., Tsuge, H., Katunuma, N., Miyano, M., Sakurai, J., RIKEN Structural Genomics/Proteomics Initiative (RSGI)

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2006-05-02
  Type: Initial release
• Version 1.1: 2008-04-30
  Type: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Type: Version format compliance