Crystal structure of cobalt-containing nitrile hydratase.
Miyanaga, A., Fushinobu, S., Ito, K., Wakagi, T.(2001) Biochem Biophys Res Commun 288: 1169-1174
- PubMed: 11700034 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.2001.5897
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1IRE - PubMed Abstract: 
The crystal structure of cobalt-containing nitrile hydratase from Pseudonocardia thermophila JCM 3095 at 1.8 A resolution revealed the structure of the noncorrin cobalt at the catalytic center. Two cysteine residues (alphaCys(111) and alphaCys(113)) coordinated to the cobalt were posttranslationally modified to cysteine-sulfinic acid and to cysteine-sulfenic acid, respectively, like in iron-containing nitrile hydratase. A tryptophan residue (betaTrp(72)), which may be involved in substrate binding, replaced the tyrosine residue of iron-containing nitrile hydratase. The difference seems to be responsible for the preference for aromatic nitriles rather than aliphatic ones of cobalt-containing nitrile hydratase.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.