title: Enzyme-substrate interactions. Structure of human carbonic anhydrase I complexed with bicarbonate.
abstract: The structure of HCAI-HCO3- complex has been refined with 10-1.6A X-ray diffraction data to an R-value of 17.7%. The structure reveals monodentate binding of the HCO3- anion at an apical tetrahedral position to the zinc ion. The binding mode and interactions of HCO3- in HCAI differ from that in HCAII. The activity linked H2O/OH- group in the free HCAI is replaced by the hydroxyl group of the bicarbonate anion. This result rules out the rearrangement of the bound HCO3- advocated earlier to explain the microscopic reversibility of the catalysed reaction. From the geometry of the H-bonds between Glu106-Thr199 pair and Glu117-His119 couple, the glutamic acids are expected to be ionized and accept H-bonds from their partners. The product-inhibiton by HCO3- anion is explained on the basis of proton localization on His119 in the Glu117-His119 couple. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that Glu117-His119 tunes the ionicity of the Zn2+ and the binding strength of HCO3- anion. A pi hydrogen bond is observed between a water and phenyl ring of the Tyr114 residue.
authors.affiliation: Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kannan
mesh_terms: D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006801:Humans; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases; D015032:Zinc