Protein Kinase A Catalytic Subunit Primed for Action: Time-Lapse Crystallography of Michaelis Complex Formation.
Das, A., Gerlits, O., Parks, J.M., Langan, P., Kovalevsky, A., Heller, W.T.(2015) Structure 23: 2331-2340
- PubMed: 26585512 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.10.005
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3X2U, 3X2V, 3X2W - PubMed Abstract: 
The catalytic subunit of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKAc) catalyzes the transfer of the γ-phosphate of bound Mg2ATP to a serine or threonine residue of a protein substrate. Here, time-lapse X-ray crystallography was used to capture a series of complexes of PKAc with an oligopeptide substrate and unreacted Mg2ATP, including the Michaelis complex, that reveal important geometric rearrangements in and near the active site preceding the phosphoryl transfer reaction ...