Structure of inorganic pyrophosphatase from Helicobacter pylori.
Wu, C.A., Lokanath, N.K., Kim, D.Y., Park, H.J., Hwang, H.Y., Kim, S.T., Suh, S.W., Kim, K.K.(2005) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 61: 1459-1464
- PubMed: 16239722 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444905025667
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1YGZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) is a ubiquitous cytosolic enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) to orthophosphate (Pi). The crystal structure of inorganic pyrophosphatase from Helicobacter pylori (H-PPase) has been solved by MAD and refined to an R factor of 20.6% at 2.6 A resolution. The crystallographic asymmetric unit contains a homohexameric H-PPase arranged as a dimer of trimers. While most of the structural elements of PPases are highly conserved in H-PPase, some unique structural features are localized in the flexible loops near the active site, suggesting that the structural flexibility of these loops is required for the catalytic efficiency of PPase.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, South Korea.