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1QHX

CHLORAMPHENICOL PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE IN COMPLEX WITH ATP FROM STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE

Summary for 1QHX
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb1qhx/pdb
Related1QHN 1QHS 1QHX 1QHY
DescriptorPROTEIN (CHLORAMPHENICOL PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE), MAGNESIUM ION, ADENOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE, ... (4 entities in total)
Functional Keywordskinase, antibiotic resistance, phosphorylation, mononucleotide binding fold, transferase
Biological sourceStreptomyces venezuelae
Total number of polymer chains1
Total formula weight19365.85
Authors
Izard, T. (deposition date: 1999-05-31, release date: 2000-06-01, Last modification date: 2023-08-16)
Primary citationIzard, T.,Ellis, J.
The Crystal Structures of Chloramphenicol Phosphotransferase Reveal a Novel Inactivation Mechanism
Embo J., 19:2690-2700, 2000
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PubMed Abstract: Chloramphenicol (Cm), produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae, is an inhibitor of bacterial ribosomal peptidyltransferase activity. The Cm-producing streptomycete modifies the primary (C-3) hydroxyl of the antibiotic by a novel Cm-inactivating enzyme, chloramphenicol 3-O-phosphotransferase (CPT). Here we describe the crystal structures of CPT in the absence and presence of bound substrates. The enzyme is dimeric in a sulfate-free solution and tetramerization is induced by ammonium sulfate, the crystallization precipitant. The tetrameric quaternary structure exhibits crystallographic 222 symmetry and has ATP binding pockets located at a crystallographic 2-fold axis. Steric hindrance allows only one ATP to bind per dimer within the tetramer. In addition to active site binding by Cm, an electron-dense feature resembling the enzyme's product is found at the other subunit interface. The structures of CPT suggest that an aspartate acts as a general base to accept a proton from the 3-hydroxyl of Cm, concurrent with nucleophilic attack of the resulting oxyanion on the gamma-phosphate of ATP. Comparison between liganded and substrate-free CPT structures highlights side chain movements of the active site's Arg136 guanidinium group of >9 A upon substrate binding.
PubMed: 10835366
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.1.1
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X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.5 Å)
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