Insights into metal ion binding in phospholipases A(2): ultra high-resolution crystal structures of an acidic phospholipase A(2) in the Ca2+ free and bound states
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2006-05-01
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Murakami, M. T.
Gabdoulkhakov, A.
Genov, N.
Cintra, A. C. O.
Betzel, C.
Arni, R. K.
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Elsevier B.V.
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The electrophile Ca2+ is an essential multifunctional co-factor in the phospholipase A(2) mediated hydrolysis of phospholipids. Crystal structures of an acidic phospholipase A(2) from the venom of Bothrops jararacussu have been determined both in the Ca2+ free and bound states at 0.97 and 1.60 angstrom resolutions, respectively. In the Ca2+ bound state, the Ca2+ ion is penta-coordinated by a distorted pyramidal cage of oxygen and nitrogen atoms that is significantly different to that observed in structures of other Group I/II phospholipases A(2). In the absence of Ca2+, a water molecule occupies the position of the Ca2+ ion and the side chain of Asp49 and the calcium-binding loop adopts a different conformation. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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snake venom, phospholipase A(2), Ca2+ coordination, anticoagulant activity, X-ray analysis
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Biochimie. Paris: Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, v. 88, n. 5, p. 543-549, 2006.