Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of various enzyme-substrate complexes of isopropylmalate dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2010 Jun 1;66(Pt 6):738-43. doi: 10.1107/S174430911001626X. Epub 2010 May 29.

Abstract

The Thermus thermophilus 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (Tt-IPMDH) enzyme catalyses the penultimate step of the leucine-biosynthesis pathway. It converts (2R,3S)-3-isopropylmalate to (2S)-2-isopropyl-3-oxosuccinate in the presence of divalent Mg(2+) or Mn(2+) and with the help of NAD(+). In order to elucidate the detailed structural and functional mode of the enzymatic reaction, crystals of Tt-IPMDH were grown in the presence of various combinations of substrate and/or cofactors. Here, the crystallization, data collection and preliminary crystallographic analyses of six such complexes are reported.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase / chemistry*
  • 3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Thermus thermophilus / enzymology*

Substances

  • 3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase