Structure of apo-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Synechococcus PCC7942
Kitatani, T., Nakamura, Y., Wada, K., Kinoshita, T., Tamoi, M., Shigeoka, S., Tada, T.(2006) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 62: 727-730
- PubMed: 16880542 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309106027916
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2DUU - PubMed Abstract: 
The crystal structure of NADP-dependent apo-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (apo-GAPDH) from Synechococcus PCC 7942 is reported. The crystal structure was solved by molecular replacement and refined to an R of 21.7% and R(free) of 27.5% at 2.9 angstroms resolution. The structural features of apo-GAPDH are as follows. The S-loop has an extremely flexible conformation and the sulfate ion is only taken into the classical P(i) site. A structural comparison with holo-GAPDHs indicated that the S-loop fixation is essential in the discrimination of NADP and NAD molecules.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Applied Biochemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.