4CXM

Crystal Structure of Plasmodium Falciparum Spermidine Synthase in Complex with METHYLTHIOADENOSIN AND SPERMIDINE after catalysis in crystal


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.216 
  • R-Value Work: 0.179 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.181 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Three-Dimensional Structures of Plasmodium Falciparum Spermidine Synthase with Bound Inhibitors Suggest New Strategies for Drug Design.

Sprenger, J.Svensson, B.Halander, J.Carey, J.Persson, L.Al-Karadaghi, S.

(2015) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 71: 484

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1399004714027011
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4BP1, 4BP3, 4CWA, 4CXM, 4UOE

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The enzymes of the polyamine-biosynthesis pathway have been proposed to be promising drug targets in the treatment of malaria. Spermidine synthase (SpdS; putrescine aminopropyltransferase) catalyzes the transfer of the aminopropyl moiety from decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine to putrescine, leading to the formation of spermidine and 5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA). In this work, X-ray crystallography was used to examine ligand complexes of SpdS from the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (PfSpdS). Five crystal structures were determined of PfSpdS in complex with MTA and the substrate putrescine, with MTA and spermidine, which was obtained as a result of the enzymatic reaction taking place within the crystals, with dcAdoMet and the inhibitor 4-methylaniline, with MTA and 4-aminomethylaniline, and with a compound predicted in earlier in silico screening to bind to the active site of the enzyme, benzimidazol-(2-yl)pentan-1-amine (BIPA). In contrast to the other inhibitors tested, the complex with BIPA was obtained without any ligand bound to the dcAdoMet-binding site of the enzyme. The complexes with the aniline compounds and BIPA revealed a new mode of ligand binding to PfSpdS. The observed binding mode of the ligands, and the interplay between the two substrate-binding sites and the flexible gatekeeper loop, can be used in the design of new approaches in the search for new inhibitors of SpdS.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Center for Molecular Protein Science, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE
A, B, C
283Plasmodium falciparum 3D7Mutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.5.1.16
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8II73 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7))
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UniProt GroupQ8II73
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.216 
  • R-Value Work: 0.179 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.181 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 197.9α = 90
b = 134.4β = 95.5
c = 48.3γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
XDSdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
MOLREPphasing

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2014-10-08
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-01-14
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2015-03-11
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2015-03-25
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2018-01-17
    Changes: Data collection
  • Version 1.5: 2023-12-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description