Download MendeleyThree-dimensional structure of thymidine phosphorylase from Escherichia coli at 2.8 A resolution.
Walter, M.R., Cook, W.J., Cole, L.B., Short, S.A., Koszalka, G.W., Krenitsky, T.A., Ealick, S.E.(1990) J Biol Chem 265: 14016-14022
- PubMed: 2199449
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb1tpt/pdb
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1TPT - PubMed Abstract:
The three-dimensional structure of thymidine phosphorylase from Escherichia coli has been determined at 2.8 A resolution using multiple-isomorphous-replacement techniques. The amino acid sequence deduced from the deoA DNA sequence is also reported. Thymidine phosphorylase exists in the crystal as an S-shaped dimer in which the subunits are related by a crystallographic 2-fold axis. Each subunit is composed of a small alpha-helical domain of six helices and a large alpha/beta domain. The alpha/beta domain includes a six-stranded mixed beta-sheet and a four-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet. The active site has been identified by difference Fourier analyses of the binding of thymine and thymidine and lies in a cavity between the small and large domains. The central beta-sheet is splayed open to accommodate a putative phosphate-binding site which is probably occupied by a sulfate ion in the crystal.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
