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Unusual folded conformation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide bound to flavin reductase P

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2002

JOHN J. TANNER
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211
SHIAO-CHUN TU
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5934
LEONARD J. BARBOUR
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211
CHARLES L. BARNES
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211
KURT L. KRAUSE
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5934 Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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Abstract

The 2.1 Å resolution crystal structure of flavin reductase P with the inhibitor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) bound in the active site has been determined. NAD adopts a novel, folded conformation in which the nicotinamide and adenine rings stack in parallel with an inter-ring distance of 3.6 Å. The pyrophosphate binds next to the flavin cofactor isoalloxazine, while the stacked nicotinamide/adenine moiety faces away from the flavin. The observed NAD conformation is quite different from the extended conformations observed in other enzyme/NAD(P) structures; however, it resembles the conformation proposed for NAD in solution. The flavin reductase P/NAD structure provides new information about the conformational diversity of NAD, which is important for understanding catalysis. This structure offers the first crystallographic evidence of a folded NAD with ring stacking, and it is the first enzyme structure containing an FMN cofactor interacting with NAD(P). Analysis of the structure suggests a possible dynamic mechanism underlying NADPH substrate specificity and product release that involves unfolding and folding of NADP(H).

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Copyright
© 1999 The Protein Society

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