1C1H

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS FERROCHELATASE IN COMPLEX WITH N-METHYL MESOPORPHYRIN

Summary for 1C1H

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1c1h/pdb
• Related: 1AK1
• Descriptor: FERROCHELATASE, MAGNESIUM ION, N-METHYLMESOPORPHYRIN, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: rossmann fold, alpha/beta fold, ferrochelatase, heme synthesis, porphyrin metallation, pi-helix, lyase
• Biological source: Bacillus subtilis
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm: P32396
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 35994.73

Authors

Lecerof, D.,Fodje, M.,Hansson, A.,Hansson, M.,Al-Karadaghi, S. (deposition date: 1999-07-22, release date: 2000-03-17, Last modification date: 2024-03-13)

Primary citation

Lecerof, D.,Fodje, M.,Hansson, A.,Hansson, M.,Al-Karadaghi, S.
Structural and mechanistic basis of porphyrin metallation by ferrochelatase.
J.Mol.Biol., 297:221-232, 2000

PubMed Abstract: Ferrochelatase, the enzyme catalyzing metallation of protoporphyrin IX at the terminal step of heme biosynthesis, was co-crystallized with an isomer mixture of the potent inhibitor N-methylmesoporphyrin (N-MeMP). The X-ray structure revealed the active site of the enzyme, to which only one of the isomers was bound, and for the first time allowed characterization of the mode of porphyrin macrocycle distortion by ferrochelatase. Crystallization of ferrochelatase and N-MeMP in the presence of Cu(2+) leads to metallation and demethylation of N-MeMP. A mechanism of porphyrin distortion is proposed, which assumes that the enzyme holds pyrrole rings B, C and D in a vice-like grip and forces a 36 degrees tilt on ring A.

PubMed: 10704318
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3569

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.9 Å)