Structural studies of human brain-type creatine kinase complexed with the ADP-Mg2+-NO3- -creatine transition-state analogue complex
Bong, S.M., Moon, J.H., Nam, K.H., Lee, K.S., Chi, Y.M., Hwang, K.Y.(2008) FEBS Lett 582: 3959-3965
- PubMed: 18977227 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2008.10.039
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3B6R, 3DRB, 3DRE - PubMed Abstract: 
Creatine kinase is a member of the phosphagen kinase family, which catalyzes the reversible phosphoryl transfer reaction that occurs between ATP and creatine to produce ADP and phosphocreatine. Here, three structural aspects of human-brain-type-creatine-kinase (hBB-CK) were identified by X-ray crystallography: the ligand-free-form at 2.2A; the ADP-Mg2+, nitrate, and creatine complex (transition-state-analogue complex; TSAC); and the ADP-Mg2+-complex at 2.0A. The structures of ligand-bound hBB-CK revealed two different monomeric states in a single homodimer. One monomer is a closed form, either bound to TSAC or the ADP-Mg2+-complex, and the second monomer is an unliganded open form. These structural studies provide a detailed mechanism indicating that the binding of ADP-Mg2+ alone may trigger conformational changes in hBB-CK that were not observed with muscle-type-CK.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea.