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Crystal structure of an (R)-selective ?-transaminase from Aspergillus terreus.


ABSTRACT: Chiral amines are important building blocks for the synthesis of pharmaceutical products, fine chemicals, and agrochemicals. ?-Transaminases are able to directly synthesize enantiopure chiral amines by catalysing the transfer of an amino group from a primary amino donor to a carbonyl acceptor with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) as cofactor. In nature, (S)-selective amine transaminases are more abundant than the (R)-selective enzymes, and therefore more information concerning their structures is available. Here, we present the crystal structure of an (R)-?-transaminase from Aspergillus terreus determined by X-ray crystallography at a resolution of 1.6 Å. The structure of the protein is a homodimer that displays the typical class IV fold of PLP-dependent aminotransferases. The PLP-cofactor observed in the structure is present in two states (i) covalently bound to the active site lysine (the internal aldimine form) and (ii) as substrate/product adduct (the external aldimine form) and free lysine. Docking studies revealed that (R)-transaminases follow a dual binding mode, in which the large binding pocket can harbour the bulky substituent of the amine or ketone substrate and the ?-carboxylate of pyruvate or amino acids, and the small binding pocket accommodates the smaller substituent.

SUBMITTER: Lyskowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907554 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystal structure of an (R)-selective ω-transaminase from Aspergillus terreus.

Łyskowski Andrzej A   Gruber Christian C   Steinkellner Georg G   Schürmann Martin M   Schwab Helmut H   Gruber Karl K   Steiner Kerstin K  

PloS one 20140130 1


Chiral amines are important building blocks for the synthesis of pharmaceutical products, fine chemicals, and agrochemicals. ω-Transaminases are able to directly synthesize enantiopure chiral amines by catalysing the transfer of an amino group from a primary amino donor to a carbonyl acceptor with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) as cofactor. In nature, (S)-selective amine transaminases are more abundant than the (R)-selective enzymes, and therefore more information concerning their structures is av  ...[more]

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