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1: Nat Struct Biol. 1995 May;2(5):402-6.Links

NMR structures of phospholipase A2 reveal conformational changes during interfacial activation.

van den Berg B, Tessari M, Boelens R, Dijkman R, de Haas GH, Kaptein R, Verheij HM.

Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

It has long been proposed that the higher activity of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) for substrates presented as multimolecular aggregates compared to dispersed molecules (interfacial activation) arises due to a conformational change in the enzyme. X-ray studies have, however, failed to identify any such change. Here we report the solution structures of porcine pancreatic PLA2 both free and as a ternary complex with micelles and a competitive inhibitor. Important differences between these structures indicate that conformational changes may play an important role in the mechanism of interfacial activation in PLA2s.

PMID: 7664098 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Structures reported by this article