6JRL

Crystal structure of Drosophila alpha methyldopa-resistant protein/3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb6JRL/pdb

• Classification: OXIDOREDUCTASE
• Organism(s): Drosophila melanogaster
• Expression System: Escherichia coli 'BL21-Gold(DE3)pLysS AG
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2019-04-04 Released: 2019-04-17 
• Deposition Author(s): Wei, S., Vavrick, C.J., Guan, H., Liao, C., Robinson, H., Liang, J., Wang, D., Han, Q., Li, J.
• Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.20 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.267 
• R-Value Work: 0.218 
• R-Value Observed: 0.220 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Structural basis for the bifunctional mechanism of Drosophila alpha methyldopa-resistant protein/3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase

Wei, S., Vavricka, C.J., Guan, H., Liao, C., Robinson, H., Liang, J., Wang, D., Han, Q., Li, J.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 57.32 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,808 
• Modelled Residue Count: 465 
• Deposited Residue Count: 510 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase	A	510	Drosophila melanogaster	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: alpha methyldopa-resistant gene EC: 1.13.12.15 (PDB Primary Data), 4.1.1.107 (UniProt)
UniProt
Find proteins for P18486 (Drosophila melanogaster) Explore P18486  Go to UniProtKB:  P18486

Small Molecules

Modified Residues  1 Unique
ID	Chains	Type	Formula	2D Diagram	Parent
LLP	A	L-PEPTIDE LINKING	C14 H22 N3 O7 P		LYS

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.20 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.267 
• R-Value Work: 0.218 
• R-Value Observed: 0.220 
• Space Group: C 2 2 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 72.469	α = 90
b = 117.307	β = 90
c = 139.801	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
REFMAC	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
XSCALE	data scaling
MOLREP	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2019-04-17 
Deposition Author(s): Wei, S., Vavrick, C.J., Guan, H., Liao, C., Robinson, H., Liang, J., Wang, D., Han, Q., Li, J.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China	China	31860702
National Natural Science Foundation of China	China	31472186

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2019-04-17
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-11-22
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description