2V32

Crystal Structure of the C45S mutant of the Peroxiredoxin 6 of Arenicola Marina. Monoclinic form 2

Summary for 2V32

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2v32/pdb
• Related: 2V2G
• Descriptor: PEROXIREDOXIN 6, BENZOIC ACID (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: oxidoreductase, peroxiredoxins, antioxidant enzymes, arenicola marina
• Biological source: ARENICOLA MARINA (LUGWORM)
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 103711.16

Authors

Smeets, A.,Declercq, J.P. (deposition date: 2007-06-11, release date: 2008-04-08, Last modification date: 2023-12-13)

Primary citation

Smeets, A.,Loumaye, E.,Clippe, A.,Rees, J.F.,Knoops, B.,Declercq, J.P.
The Crystal Structure of the C45S Mutant of Annelid Arenicola Marina Peroxiredoxin 6 Supports its Assignment to the Mechanistically Typical 2-Cys Subfamily without Any Formation of Toroid-Shaped Decamers.
Protein Sci., 17:700-, 2008

PubMed Abstract: The peroxiredoxins (PRDXs) define a superfamily of thiol-dependent peroxidases able to reduce hydrogen peroxide, alkyl hydroperoxides, and peroxynitrite. Besides their cytoprotective antioxidant function, PRDXs have been implicated in redox signaling and chaperone activity, the latter depending on the formation of decameric high-molecular-weight structures. PRDXs have been mechanistically divided into three major subfamilies, namely typical 2-Cys, atypical 2-Cys, and 1-Cys PRDXs, based on the number and position of cysteines involved in the catalysis. We report the structure of the C45S mutant of annelid worm Arenicola marina PRDX6 in three different crystal forms determined at 1.6, 2.0, and 2.4 A resolution. Although A. marina PRDX6 was cloned during the search of annelid homologs of mammalian 1-Cys PRDX6s, the crystal structures support its assignment to the mechanistically typical 2-Cys PRDX subfamily. The protein is composed of two distinct domains: a C-terminal domain and an N-terminal domain exhibiting a thioredoxin fold. The subunits are associated in dimers compatible with the formation of intersubunit disulfide bonds between the peroxidatic and the resolving cysteine residues in the wild-type enzyme. The packing of two crystal forms is very similar, with pairs of dimers associated as tetramers. The toroid-shaped decamers formed by dimer association and observed in most typical 2-Cys PRDXs is not present. Thus, A. marina PRDX6 presents structural features of typical 2-Cys PRDXs without any formation of toroid-shaped decamers, suggesting that it should function more like a cytoprotective antioxidant enzyme or a modulator of peroxide-dependent cell signaling rather than a molecular chaperone.

PubMed: 18359859
DOI: 10.1110/PS.073399308

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2 Å)