title: Staphylococcal nuclease reviewed: a prototypic study in contemporary enzymology. III. Correlation of the three-dimensional structure with the mechanisms of enzymatic action.
abstract: This is the third in a series of four articles in which the chemical, enzymological and crystallographic work on Ribonucleate (deoxribonucleate)-3'-nucleotidohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.4 (staphylococcal nuclease, micrococcal nuclease) will be reviewed and correlated. This article describes the structure of the nuclease and of a nuclease-inhibitor complex as determined by x-ray crystallography. The crystal structures are correlated with some of the known chemical and enzymological properties of the enzyme, and the three areas combined to propose a mechanism of action.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease