2WSY

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF WILD-TYPE TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.05 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.299 
  • R-Value Work: 0.197 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.197 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Loop closure and intersubunit communication in tryptophan synthase.

Schneider, T.R.Gerhardt, E.Lee, M.Liang, P.H.Anderson, K.S.Schlichting, I.

(1998) Biochemistry 37: 5394-5406

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi9728957
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1A50, 1A5S, 2WSY

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Crystal structures of wild-type tryptophan synthase alpha2beta2 complexes from Salmonella typhimurium were determined to investigate the mechanism of allosteric activation of the alpha-reaction by the aminoacrylate intermediate formed at the beta-active site. Using a flow cell, the aminoacrylate (A-A) intermediate of the beta-reaction () was generated in the crystal under steady state conditions in the presence of serine and the alpha-site inhibitor 5-fluoroindole propanol phosphate (F-IPP). A model for the conformation of the Schiff base between the aminoacrylate and the beta-subunit cofactor pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is presented. The structure is compared with structures of the enzyme determined in the absence (TRPS) and presence (TRPSF-IPP) of F-IPP. A detailed model for binding of F-IPP to the alpha-subunit is presented. In contrast to findings by Hyde et al. [(1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263,17857-17871] and Rhee et al. [(1997) Biochemistry 36, 7664-7680], we find that the presence of an alpha-site alone ligand is sufficient for loop alphaL6 closure atop the alpha-active site. Part of this loop, alphaThr183, is important not only for positioning the catalytic alphaAsp60 but also for coordinating the concomitant ordering of loop alphaL2 upon F-IPP binding. On the basis of the three structures, a pathway for communication between the alpha- and beta-active sites has been established. The central element of this pathway is a newly defined rigid, but movable, domain that on one side interacts with the alpha-subunit via loop alphaL2 and on the other side with the beta-active site. These findings provide a structural basis for understanding the allosteric properties of tryptophan synthase.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department for Physical Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE268Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar TyphimuriumMutation(s): 0 
EC: 4.2.1.20
UniProt
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UniProt GroupP00929
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  • Reference Sequence
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE396Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar TyphimuriumMutation(s): 0 
EC: 4.2.1.20
UniProt
Find proteins for P0A2K1 (Salmonella typhimurium (strain LT2 / SGSC1412 / ATCC 700720))
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UniProt GroupP0A2K1
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Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
PLP
Query on PLP

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D [auth B]PYRIDOXAL-5'-PHOSPHATE
C8 H10 N O6 P
NGVDGCNFYWLIFO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
NA
Query on NA

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C [auth B]SODIUM ION
Na
FKNQFGJONOIPTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.05 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.299 
  • R-Value Work: 0.197 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.197 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 185.1α = 90
b = 61.2β = 94.7
c = 67.6γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
X-PLORmodel building
X-PLORrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
X-PLORphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 1999-03-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-03-25
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Non-polymer description, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-08-09
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description