3ECU

Crystal structure of human apo Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD1)


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.279 
  • R-Value Work: 0.239 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.243 

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Literature

Structural and dynamic aspects related to oligomerization of apo SOD1 and its mutants.

Banci, L.Bertini, I.Boca, M.Calderone, V.Cantini, F.Girotto, S.Vieru, M.

(2009) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106: 6980-6985

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809845106
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3ECU, 3ECV, 3ECW

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The structural and dynamical properties of the metal-free form of WT human superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and its familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS)-related mutants, T54R and I113T, were characterized both in solution, through NMR, and in the crystal, through X-ray diffraction. We found that all 3 X-ray structures show significant structural disorder in 2 loop regions that are, at variance, well defined in the fully-metalated structures. Interestingly, the apo state crystallizes only at low temperatures, whereas all 3 proteins in the metalated form crystallize at any temperature, suggesting that crystallization selects one of the most stable conformations among the manifold adopted by the apo form in solution. Indeed, NMR experiments show that the protein in solution is highly disordered, sampling a large range of conformations. The large conformational variability of the apo state allows the free reduced cysteine Cys-6 to become highly solvent accessible in solution, whereas it is essentially buried in the metalated state and the crystal structures. Such solvent accessibility, together with that of Cys-111, accounts for the tendency to oligomerization of the metal-free state. The present results suggest that the investigation of the solution state coupled with that of the crystal state can provide major insights into SOD1 pathway toward oligomerization in relation to fALS.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, FiorGen Foundation, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn]
A, B, C, D
153Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: SOD1
EC: 1.15.1.1
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P00441 (Homo sapiens)
Explore P00441 
Go to UniProtKB:  P00441
PHAROS:  P00441
GTEx:  ENSG00000142168 
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UniProt GroupP00441
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.279 
  • R-Value Work: 0.239 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.243 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 156.169α = 90
b = 33.528β = 111.64
c = 113.982γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CrysalisProdata collection
MOLREPphasing
REFMACrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-05-19
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-08-30
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description