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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2017

Structural Insights into l-Tryptophan Dehydrogenase from a Photoautotrophic Cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme.

Taisuke Wakamatsu, Haruhiko Sakuraba, Megumi Kitamura, Yuichi Hakumai, Kenji Fukui, Kouhei Ohnishi, Makoto Ashiuchi, Toshihisa Ohshima

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Taisuke WakamatsuAgricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan t-wakamatsu@kochi-u.ac.jp.
Haruhiko SakurabaDepartment of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Megumi KitamuraAgricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.
Yuichi HakumaiAgricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.
Kenji FukuiDepartment of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
Kouhei OhnishiResearch Institute of Molecular Genetics, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.
Makoto AshiuchiAgricultural Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.
Toshihisa OhshimaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan.
Kōchi University · JPKagawa University · JPOsaka Institute of Technology · JPOsaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

l-Tryptophan dehydrogenase from Nostoc punctiforme NIES-2108 (NpTrpDH), despite exhibiting high amino acid sequence identity (>30%)/homology (>50%) with NAD(P) IMPORTANCE: In this study, we determined the three-dimensional structure of l-Trp dehydrogenase, analyzed its various site-directed substitution mutants at residues located in the active site, and obtained the following informative results. Several residues in the active site form a hydrophobic cluster, which may be a part of the hydrophobic core essential for protein folding. To our knowledge, there is no previous report demonstrating that a hydrophobic cluster in the active site of any l-amino acid dehydrogenase may have a critical impact on protein folding. Furthermore, our results suggest that this hydrophobic cluster could strictly accommodate l-Trp. These studies show the structural characteristics of l-Trp dehydrogenase and hence would facilitate novel applications of l-Trp dehydrogenase.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesCrystallizationMolecular Docking SimulationMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNostocOxidoreductasesSequence AlignmentBacterial ProteinsOxidoreductasescrystal structurefoldinghydrophobic clusterl-tryptophan dehydrogenasesubstrate recognition

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PMID27815281
PMCPMC5203629
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