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
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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.
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, South Korea.
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