1Q6X

Crystal structure of rat choline acetyltransferase


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.251 
  • R-Value Work: 0.223 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.226 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Choline acetyltransferase structure reveals distribution of mutations that cause motor disorders.

Cai, Y.Cronin, C.N.Engel, A.G.Ohno, K.Hersh, L.B.Rodgers, D.W.

(2004) EMBO J 23: 2047-2058

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7600221
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1Q6X

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) synthesizes acetylcholine in neurons and other cell types. Decreases in ChAT activity are associated with a number of disease states, and mutations in ChAT cause congenital neuromuscular disorders. The crystal structure of ChAT reported here shows the enzyme divided into two domains with the active site in a solvent accessible tunnel at the domain interface. A low-resolution view of the complex with one substrate, coenzyme A, defines its binding site and suggests an additional interaction not found in the related carnitine acetyltransferase. Also, the preference for choline over carnitine as an acetyl acceptor is seen to result from both electrostatic and steric blocks to carnitine binding at the active site. While half of the mutations that cause motor disorders are positioned to affect enzyme activity directly, the remaining changes are surprisingly distant from the active site and must exert indirect effects. The structure indicates how ChAT is regulated by phosphorylation and reveals an unusual pattern of basic surface patches that may mediate membrane association or macromolecular interactions.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Center for Structural Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
choline O-acetyltransferase
A, B
644Rattus norvegicusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: cholinergic gene locus
EC: 2.3.1.6
UniProt
Find proteins for P32738 (Rattus norvegicus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P32738
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupP32738
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.251 
  • R-Value Work: 0.223 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.226 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 84.701α = 90
b = 78.882β = 98.38
c = 139.364γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
CNSphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2004-06-01
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-29
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-08-16
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description