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SUBMITTER: Bao ZQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3462661 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bao Zhao Qin ZQ Jacobsen Douglas M DM Young Matthew A MA
Structure (London, England : 1993) 20110501 5
We have determined high-resolution crystal structures of a CDK2/Cyclin A transition state complex bound to ADP, substrate peptide, and MgF(3)(-). Compared to previous structures of active CDK2, the catalytic subunit of the kinase adopts a more closed conformation around the active site and now allows observation of a second Mg(2+) ion in the active site. Coupled with a strong [Mg(2+)] effect on in vitro kinase activity, the structures suggest that the transient binding of the second Mg(2+) ion i ...[more]