Plausible phosphoenolpyruvate binding site revealed by 2.6 A structure of Mn2+-bound phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from Escherichia coli
Matsumura, H., Terada, M., Shirakata, S., Inoue, T., Yoshinaga, T., Izui, K., Kai, Y.(1999) FEBS Lett 458: 93-96
- PubMed: 10481043 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01103-5
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1QB4 - PubMed Abstract: 
We have determined the crystal structure of Mn2+-bound Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) using X-ray diffraction at 2.6 A resolution, and specified the location of enzyme-bound Mn2+, which is essential for catalytic activity. The electron density map reveals that Mn2+ is bound to the side chain oxygens of Glu-506 and Asp-543, and located at the top of the alpha/beta barrel in PEPC. The coordination sphere of Mn2+ observed in E. coli PEPC is similar to that of Mn2+ found in the pyruvate kinase structure. The model study of Mn2+-bound PEPC complexed with phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) reveals that the side chains of Arg-396, Arg-581 and Arg-713 could interact with PEP.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.