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    Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jun;6(6):588-93.

    The 2.0 A structure of human hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in complex with a transition-state analog inhibitor.

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    Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.

    Abstract

    The structure of human HGPRT bound to the transition-state analog immucillinGP and Mg2+-pyrophosphate has been determined to 2.0 A resolution. ImmucillinGP was designed as a stable analog with the stereoelectronic features of the transition state. Bound inhibitor at the catalytic site indicates that the oxocarbenium ion of the transition state is stabilized by neighboring-group participation from MgPPi and O5'. A short hydrogen bond forms between Asp 137 and the purine ring analog. Two Mg2+ ions sandwich the pyrophosphate and contact both hydroxyls of the ribosyl analog. The transition-state analog is shielded from bulk solvent by a catalytic loop that moves approximately 25 A to cover the active site and becomes an ordered antiparallel beta-sheet.

    PMID:
    10360366
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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