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ArticleScientific reports2020

Heat induces end to end repetitive association in P. furiosus L-asparaginase which enables its thermophilic property.

Pankaj Sharma, Rachana Tomar, Shivpratap Singh Yadav, Maulik D Badmalia, Samir Kumar Nath, Ashish, Bishwajit Kundu

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Hyperthermophilic L-Asparaginase fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  2. Towards a dependable data set of structures for L-asparaginase research.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2024
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7 authors.

Pankaj SharmaCSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec 39 A, Chandigarh, 160036, India.
Rachana TomarKusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India.
Shivpratap Singh YadavCSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec 39 A, Chandigarh, 160036, India.
Maulik D BadmaliaCSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec 39 A, Chandigarh, 160036, India.
Samir Kumar NathCSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec 39 A, Chandigarh, 160036, India.
AshishCSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec 39 A, Chandigarh, 160036, India. ashgang@imtech.res.in.
Bishwajit KunduKusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India. bkundu@bioschool.iitd.ac.in.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It remains undeciphered how thermophilic enzymes display enhanced stability at elevated temperatures. Taking L-asparaginase from P. furiosus (PfA) as an example, we combined scattering shapes deduced from small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data at increased temperatures with symmetry mates from crystallographic structures to find that heating caused end-to-end association. The small contact point of self-binding appeared to be enabled by a terminal short β-strand in N-terminal domain, Leu

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Hot TemperatureAmino Acid SequenceAsparaginaseCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme StabilityProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein DenaturationProtein DomainsPyrococcus furiosusAsparaginase

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PMID33303914
PMCPMC7728782

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