5CSC

STRUCTURE OF AN OPEN FORM OF CHICKEN HEART CITRATE SYNTHASE AT 2.8 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION

Summary for 5CSC

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5csc/pdb
• Descriptor: CITRATE SYNTHASE (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: oxo-acid-lyase
• Biological source: Gallus gallus (chicken); More
• Cellular location: Mitochondrion matrix: P23007 P23007
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 94303.92

Authors

Liao, D.-I.,Karpusas, M.,Remington, S.J. (deposition date: 1990-05-07, release date: 1991-04-15, Last modification date: 2024-03-06)

Primary citation

Liao, D.-I.,Karpusas, M.,Remington, S.J.
Crystal structure of an open conformation of citrate synthase from chicken heart at 2.8-A resolution
Biochemistry, 30:6031-6036, 1991

PubMed Abstract: The X-ray structure of a new crystal form of chicken heart muscle citrate synthase, grown from solutions containing citrate and coenzyme A or L-malate and acetyl coenzyme A, has been determined by molecular replacement at 2.8-A resolution. The space group is P4(3) with a = 58.9 A and c = 259.2 A and contains an entire dimer of molecular weight 100,000 in the asymmetric unit. Both "closed" conformation chicken heart and "open" conformation pig heart citrate synthase models (Brookhaven Protein Data Bank designations 3CTS and 1CTS) were used in the molecular replacement solution, with crystallographic refinement being initiated with the latter. The conventional crystallographic R factor of the final refined model is 19.6% for the data between 6- and 2.8-A resolution. The model has an rms deviation from ideal values of 0.034 A for bond lengths and of 3.6 degrees for bond angles. The conformation of the enzyme is essentially identical with that of a previously determined "open" form of pig heart muscle citrate synthase which crystallizes in a different space group, with one monomer in the asymmetric unit, from either phosphate or citrate solution. The crystalline environment of each subunit of the chicken enzyme is different, yet the conformation is the same in each. The open conformation is therefore not an artifact of crystal packing or crystallization conditions and is not species dependent. Both "open" and "closed" crystal forms of the chicken heart enzyme grow from the same drop, showing that both conformations of the enzyme are present at equilibrium in solution containing reaction products or substrate analogues.

PubMed: 2043641
DOI: 10.1021/bi00238a029

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.8 Å)