scholarly journals High-resolution crystal structures of transient intermediates in the phytochrome photocycle

Structure ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Carrillo ◽  
Suraj Pandey ◽  
Juan Sanchez ◽  
Moraima Noda ◽  
Ishwor Poudyal ◽  
...  
1999 ◽  
Vol 82 (08) ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Spraggon ◽  
Stephen Everse ◽  
Russell Doolittle

IntroductionAfter a long period of anticipation,1 the last two years have witnessed the first high-resolution x-ray structures of fragments from fibrinogen and fibrin.2-7 The results confirmed many aspects of fibrinogen structure and function that had previously been inferred from electron microscopy and biochemistry and revealed some unexpected features. Several matters have remained stubbornly unsettled, however, and much more work remains to be done. Here, we review several of the most significant findings that have accompanied the new x-ray structures and discuss some of the problems of the fibrinogen-fibrin conversion that remain unresolved. * Abbreviations: GPR—Gly-Pro-Arg-derivatives; GPRPam—Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro-amide; GHRPam—Gly-His-Arg-Pro-amide


Author(s):  
Robert E. Dinnebier ◽  
Hanne Nuss ◽  
Martin Jansen

AbstractThe crystal structures of solvent-free lithium, sodium, rubidium, and cesium squarates have been determined from high resolution synchrotron and X-ray laboratory powder patterns. Crystallographic data at room temperature of Li


1998 ◽  
Vol 279 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Davies ◽  
Dirksen E Bussiere ◽  
Barbara L Golden ◽  
Stephanie J Porter ◽  
Venki Ramakrishnan ◽  
...  

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Chim ◽  
Lynnette N Jackson ◽  
Anh M Trinh ◽  
John C Chaput

High resolution crystal structures of DNA polymerase intermediates are needed to study the mechanism of DNA synthesis in cells. Here we report five crystal structures of DNA polymerase I that capture new conformations for the polymerase translocation and nucleotide pre-insertion steps in the DNA synthesis pathway. We suggest that these new structures, along with previously solved structures, highlight the dynamic nature of the finger subdomain in the enzyme active site.


Author(s):  
Shukun Luo ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
Shaoyun Xiang ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Chunyun Chen ◽  
...  

Human indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a heme-dependent enzyme with important roles in many cellular processes and is a potential target for drug discovery against cancer and other diseases. Crystal structures of IDO1 in complex with various inhibitors have been reported. Many of these crystals belong to the same crystal form and most of the reported structures have resolutions in the range 3.2–2.3 Å. Here, three new crystal forms of human IDO1 obtained by introducing a surface mutation, K116A/K117A, distant from the active site are reported. One of these crystal forms diffracted to 1.5 Å resolution and can be readily used for soaking experiments to determine high-resolution structures of IDO1 in complex with the substrate tryptophan or inhibitors that coordinate the heme. In addition, this mutant was used to produce crystals of a complex with an inhibitor that targets the apo form of the enzyme under the same conditions; the structure of this complex was determined at 1.7 Å resolution. Overall, this mutant represents a robust platform for determining the structures of inhibitor and substrate complexes of IDO1 at high resolution.


Author(s):  
Maria A. Schumacher ◽  
Tomoo Ohashi ◽  
Lauren Corbin ◽  
Harold P. Erickson

Bacterial cytokinesis is mediated by the Z-ring, which is formed by the prokaryotic tubulin homolog FtsZ. Recent data indicate that the Z-ring is composed of small patches of FtsZ protofilaments that travel around the bacterial cell by treadmilling. Treadmilling involves a switch from a relaxed (R) state, favored for monomers, to a tense (T) conformation, which is favored upon association into filaments. The R conformation has been observed in numerous monomeric FtsZ crystal structures and the T conformation in Staphylococcus aureus FtsZ crystallized as assembled filaments. However, while Escherichia coli has served as a main model system for the study of the Z-ring and the associated divisome, a structure has not yet been reported for E. coli FtsZ. To address this gap, structures were determined of the E. coli FtsZ mutant FtsZ(L178E) with GDP and GTP bound to 1.35 and 1.40 Å resolution, respectively. The E. coli FtsZ(L178E) structures both crystallized as straight filaments with subunits in the R conformation. These high-resolution structures can be employed to facilitate experimental cell-division studies and their interpretation in E. coli.


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