X-ray crystal structure and small-angle X-ray scattering of sheep liver sorbitol dehydrogenase

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  • Hemant Yennawar
  • Magda Møller
  • Richard Gillilan
  • Neela Yennawar
The X-ray crystal structure of sheep liver sorbitol dehydrogenase (slSDH) has been determined using the crystal structure of human sorbitol dehydrogenase (hSDH) as a molecular-replacement model. slSDH crystallized in space group I222 with one monomer in the asymmetric unit. A conserved tetramer that superposes well with that seen in hSDH (despite belonging to a different space group) and obeying the 222 crystal symmetry is seen in slSDH. An acetate molecule is bound in the active site, coordinating to the active-site zinc through a water molecule. Glycerol, a substrate of slSDH, also occupies the substrate-binding pocket together with the acetate designed by nature to fit large polyol substrates. The substrate-binding pocket is seen to be in close proximity to the tetramer interface, which explains the need for the structural integrity of the tetramer for enzyme activity. Small-angle X-ray scattering was also used to identify the quaternary structure of the tetramer of slSDH in solution.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftActa Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography
Vol/bind67
Udgave nummerPt 5
Sider (fra-til)440-446
ISSN0907-4449
DOI
StatusUdgivet - maj 2011

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Keywords: sheep liver sorbitol dehydrogenase; 3qe3

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