scholarly journals Crystal structure of a calcium(II)–pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) complex outside a protein environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 1051-1056
Author(s):  
Henning Lumpe ◽  
Peter Mayer ◽  
Lena J. Daumann
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Pyrroloquinoline Quinone ◽  
Crystal Structure Analysis ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Alcohol Dehydrogenases ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Protein Environment

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) is an important cofactor of calcium- and lanthanide-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases, and has been known for over 30 years. Crystal structures of Ca–MDH enzymes (MDH is methanol dehydrogenase) have been known for some time; however, crystal structures of PQQ with biorelevant metal ions have been lacking in the literature for decades. We report here the first crystal structure analysis of a Ca–PQQ complex outside the protein environment, namely, poly[[undecaaquabis(μ-4,5-dioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylato)tricalcium(II)] dihydrate], {[Ca3(C14H3N2O8)2(H2O)11]·2H2O} n . The complex crystallized as Ca3PQQ2·13H2O with Ca2+ in three different positions and PQQ3−, including an extensive hydrogen-bond network. Similarities and differences to the recently reported structure with biorelevant europium (Eu2PQQ2) are discussed.

Halides of Macrocyclic Silver(II) Complexes: Crystal Structures with Hydrogen Bond Network and Reaction Kinetics of the Decomposition

2021 ◽  
pp. 120431
Author(s):  
Akinori Honda ◽  
Shunta Kakihara ◽  
Shuhei Ichimura ◽  
Kazuaki Tomono ◽  
Mina Matsushita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Reaction Kinetics ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Kinetics Of

Supramolecular assembling using synthons with NH—CO(S)—CS—NH and NH—CO—CO—NH functionalities: crystal structures of (S,S)-N,N′-monothiooxalyldileucine methyl ester and its dithio analogue

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biserka Kojić-Prodić ◽  
Berislav Perić ◽  
Zoran Štefanić ◽  
Anton Meden ◽  
Janja Makarević ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Asymmetric Unit ◽  
Orthorhombic Space Group ◽  
Space Group ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Bonding Systems

To compare the structural properties of oxalamide and thiooxalamide groups in the formation of hydrogen bonds suitable for supramolecular assemblies a series of retropeptides was studied. Some of them, having oxalamide bridges, are gelators of organic solvents and water. However, retropeptides with oxygen replaced by the sp 2 sulfur have not exhibited such properties. The crystal structures of the two title compounds are homostructural, i.e. they have similar packing arrangements. The monothio compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P212121 with two molecules in the asymmetric unit arranged in a hydrogen-bond network with an approximate 41 axis along the crystallographic b axis. However, the dithio and dioxo analogues crystallize in the tetragonal space group P41 with similar packing patterns and hydrogen-bonding systems arranged in agreement with a crystallographic 41 axis. Thus, these two analogues are isostructural having closely related hydrogen-bonding patterns in spite of the different size and polarity of oxygen and sulfur which serve as the proton acceptors.

(NH4)[B3PO6(OH)3]·0.5H2O

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. i185-i185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Jingtai Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Ammonium Ions ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Solvothermal Conditions

The title compound, ammonium catena-[monoboro-monodihydrogendiborate-monohydrogenphosphate] hemihydrate, was obtained under solvothermal conditions using glycol as the solvent. The crystal structure is constructed of one-dimensional infinite borophosphate chains, which are interconnected by ammonium ions and water molecules via a complex hydrogen-bond network to form a three-dimensional structure. The water molecules of crystallization are disordered over inversion centres, and their H atoms were not located.

Tautomerism and hydrogen bonding in guaninium phosphite and guaninium phosphate salts

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
El-Eulmi Bendeif ◽  
Slimane Dahaoui ◽  
Nourredine Benali-Cherif ◽  
Claude Lecomte
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Monoclinic Space Group ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Phosphate Salts

The crystal structures of three similar guaninium salts, guaninium monohydrogenphosphite monohydrate, C5H6N5O+·H2O3P−·H2O, guaninium monohydrogenphosphite dihydrate, C5H6N5O+·H2O3P−·2H2O, and guaninium dihydrogenmonophosphate monohydrate, C5H6N5O+·H2O4P−·H2O, are described and compared. The crystal structures have been determined from accurate single-crystal X-ray data sets collected at 100 (2) K. The two phosphite salts are monoclinic, space group P21/c, with different packing and the monophosphate salt is also monoclinic, space group P21/n. An investigation of the hydrogen-bond network in these guaninium salts reveals the existence of two ketoamine tautomers, the N9H form and an N7H form.

Hydrogen-bond network and pH sensitivity in transthyretin: Neutron crystal structure of human transthyretin

2012 ◽  
Vol 177 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Yokoyama ◽  
Mineyuki Mizuguchi ◽  
Yuko Nabeshima ◽  
Katsuhiro Kusaka ◽  
Taro Yamada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Ph Sensitivity ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Bond Network

scholarly journals Crystal Structures of the Ferrous Dioxygen Complex of Wild-type Cytochrome P450eryF and Its Mutants, A245S and A245T

2005 ◽  
Vol 280 (23) ◽  
pp. 22102-22107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Nagano ◽  
Jill R. Cupp-Vickery ◽  
Thomas L. Poulos
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Water Molecule ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Proton Donor ◽  
Initial Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Site Water ◽  
Bond Network

Cytochrome P450eryF (CYP107A) from Saccaropolyspora ertherea catalyzes the hydroxylation of 6-deoxyerythronolide B, one of the early steps in the biosynthesis of erythromycin. P450eryF has an alanine rather than the conserved threonine that participates in the activation of dioxygen (O2) in most other P450s. The initial structure of P450eryF (Cupp-Vickery, J. R., Han, O., Hutchinson, C. R., and Poulos, T. L. (1996) Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 632–637) suggests that the substrate 5-OH replaces the missing threonine OH group and holds a key active site water molecule in position to donate protons to the iron-linked dioxygen, a critical step for the monooxygenase reaction. To probe the proton delivery system in P450eryF, we have solved crystal structures of ferrous wild-type and mutant (Fe2+) dioxygen-bound complexes. The catalytic water molecule that was postulated to provide protons to dioxygen is absent, although the substrate 5-OH group donates a hydrogen bond to the iron-linked dioxygen. The hydrogen bond network observed in the wild-type ferrous dioxygen complex, water 63-Glu360-Ser246-water 53-Ala241 carbonyl in the I-helix cleft, is proposed as the proton transfer pathway. Consistent with this view, the hydrogen bond network in the O2·A245S and O2 ·A245T mutants, which have decreased or no enzyme activity, was perturbed or disrupted, respectively. The mutant Thr245 side chain also perturbs the hydrogen bond between the substrate 5-OH and dioxygen ligand. Contrary to the previously proposed mechanism, these results support the direct involvement of the substrate in O2 activation but raise questions on the role water plays as a direct proton donor to the iron-linked dioxygen.

scholarly journals Characterizing Hydropathy of Amino Acid Side Chain in a Protein Environment by Investigating the Structural Changes of Water Molecules Network

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Di Rienzo ◽  
Mattia Miotto ◽  
Leonardo Bò ◽  
Giancarlo Ruocco ◽  
Domenico Raimondo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Amino Acid Side Chain ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Protein Environment

Assessing the hydropathy properties of molecules, like proteins and chemical compounds, has a crucial role in many fields of computational biology, such as drug design, biomolecular interaction, and folding prediction. Over the past decades, many descriptors were devised to evaluate the hydrophobicity of side chains. In this field, recently we likewise have developed a computational method, based on molecular dynamics data, for the investigation of the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity features of the 20 natural amino acids, analyzing the changes occurring in the hydrogen bond network of water molecules surrounding each given compound. The local environment of each residue is complex and depends on the chemical nature of the side chain and the location in the protein. Here, we characterize the solvation properties of each amino acid side chain in the protein environment by considering its spatial reorganization in the protein local structure, so that the computational evaluation of differences in terms of hydropathy profiles in different structural and dynamical conditions can be brought to bear. A set of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations have been used to characterize the dynamic hydrogen bond network at the interface between protein and solvent, from which we map out the local hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity of amino acid residues.

L-2-Aminobutyric acid: two fully ordered polymorphs with Z′ = 4

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Henrik Görbitz
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Asymmetric Unit ◽  
Space Groups ◽  
Bond Network

The crystal structure of L-2-aminobutyric acid, an L-alanine analogue with an ethyl rather than a methyl side chain, has proved elusive owing to problems growing diffraction quality crystals. Good diffraction data have now been obtained for two polymorphs, in space groups P21 and I2, revealing surprisingly complex, yet fully ordered crystalline arrangements with Z′ = 4. The closely related structures are divided into hydrophilic and hydrophobic layers, the latter being the thinnest ever found for an amino acid (other than α-glycine). The hydrophobic layers furthermore contain conspicuous pseudo-centers-of-symmetry, leading to overall centrosymmetric intensity statistics. Uniquely, the four molecules in the asymmetric unit can be divided into two pairs that each forms an independent hydrogen-bond network.

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