Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5512520 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Dehydroquinase (3-dehydroquinate dehydratase, DHQD, EC 4.2.1.10) catalyzes the conversion of dehydroquinate to dehydroshikimate. DHQD from Acinetobacter baumannii (AbDHQD) was cloned, expressed and purified to homogeneity. The binding studies showed that two compounds quinic acid and citrazinic acid bound to AbDHQD at micromolar concentrations. AbDHQD was crystallized using 30% PEG-3350, 50Â mM tris-HCl and 1.0Â M MgSO4 at pH 8.0. Crystals of AbDHQD were stabilized with 25% glycerol for data collection at 100Â K. The X-ray intensity data were collected to 2.0Â Ã
resolution. Crystals belonged to monoclinic space group P21 with cell dimensions, a = 82.3, b = 95.3, c = 132.3 Ã
and β = 95.7°. The structure was solved with molecular replacement method and refined to values of 0.200 and 0.232 for Rcryst and Rfree factors. The structures of 12 crystallographically independent molecules in the asymmetry unit were identical with r.m.s shifts for the Cα atoms ranging from 0.3 Ã
to 0.8Â Ã
. They formed a dodecamer with four trimers arranged in a tetrahedral manner. The classical lid adopted an open conformation although a sulfate ion was observed in the substrate binding site. As a result of which, the compounds quinic acid and citrazinic acid could not bind to AbDHQD.
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Authors
Naseer Iqbal, Mukesh Kumar, Pradeep Sharma, Satya Prakash Yadav, Punit Kaur, Sujata Sharma, Tej P. Singh,