Balaev VV, Prokofev II, Gabdoulkhakov AG, Betzel C, Lashkov AA. Crystal structure of pyrimidine-nucleoside phosphorylase from Bacillus subtilis in complex with imidazole and sulfate.
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2018;
74:193-197. [PMID:
29633966 PMCID:
PMC5894104 DOI:
10.1107/s2053230x18002935]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Pyrimidine-nucleoside phosphorylase catalyzes the phosphorolytic cleavage of thymidine and uridine with equal activity. Investigation of this protein is essential for anticancer drug design. Here, the structure of this protein from Bacillus subtilis in complex with imidazole and sulfate is reported at 1.9 Å resolution, which is an improvement on the previously reported structure at 2.6 Å resolution. The localization and position of imidazole in the nucleoside-binding site reflects the possible binding of ligands that possess an imidazole ring.
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