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1BRL

THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF BACTERIAL LUCIFERASE FROM VIBRIO HARVEYI AT 2.4 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION

Summary for 1BRL
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb1brl/pdb
DescriptorBACTERIAL LUCIFERASE, PHOSPHATE ION, ... (4 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsmonooxygenase, luminescence
Biological sourceVibrio harveyi
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Total number of polymer chains4
Total formula weight153258.46
Authors
Fisher, A.J.,Rayment, I. (deposition date: 1995-03-20, release date: 1996-04-01, Last modification date: 2024-02-07)
Primary citationFisher, A.J.,Raushel, F.M.,Baldwin, T.O.,Rayment, I.
Three-dimensional structure of bacterial luciferase from Vibrio harveyi at 2.4 A resolution.
Biochemistry, 34:6581-6586, 1995
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PubMed Abstract: Luciferases are a class of enzymes that generate light in the visible spectrum. Luciferase from luminous marine bacteria is an alpha-beta heterodimer monooxygenase that catalyzes the oxidation of FMNH2 and a long-chain aliphatic aldehyde. The X-ray crystal structure of bacterial luciferase from Vibrio harveyi has been determined to 2.4 A resolution. The structure was solved by a combination of multiple isomorphous replacement and molecular averaging between the two heterodimers in the asymmetric unit. Each subunit folds into a (beta/alpha)8 barrel motif, and dimerization is mediated through a parallel four-helix bundle centered on a pseudo 2-fold axis that relates the structurally similar subunits. The vicinity of the active site has been identified on the alpha subunit by correlations with similar protein motifs and previous biochemical studies. The structure presented here represents the first molecular model of a bioluminescent enzyme.
PubMed: 7756289
DOI: 10.1021/bi00020a002
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.4 Å)
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