title: The crystallographic structure of a human dihydropteridine reductase NADH binary complex expressed in Escherichia coli by a cDNA constructed from its rat homologue.
abstract: A human dihydropteridine reductase (EC 1.6.99.10) has been created from a rat cDNA clone by a single five-oligonucleotide mutagenesis reaction and expressed in good yield in Escherichia coli. The enzyme has been purified to homogeneity, and kinetic identity to the naturally occurring enzyme has been proven. Crystallization has also been achieved, and the crystal structure was solved using 2.5 A data that was refined to an R value of 16.9%. The structure described in this report represents the first complete structural characterization of this important human enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0317.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Varughese
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Xuong
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Whiteley
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004093:Dihydropteridine Reductase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009243:NAD / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009243:NAD; D004093:Dihydropteridine Reductase