title: Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli peptide methionine sulphoxide reductase at 1.9 A resolution.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Peptide methionine sulphoxide reductases catalyze the reduction of oxidized methionine residues in proteins. They are implicated in the defense of organisms against oxidative stress and in the regulation of processes involving peptide methionine oxidation/reduction. These enzymes are found in numerous organisms, from bacteria to mammals and plants. Their primary structure shows no significant similarity to any other known protein.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The X-ray structure of the peptide methionine sulphoxide reductase from Escherichia coli was determined at 3 A resolution by the multiple wavelength anomalous dispersion method for the selenomethionine-substituted enzyme, and it was refined to 1.9 A resolution for the native enzyme. The 23 kDa protein is folded into an alpha/beta roll and contains a large proportion of coils. Among the three cysteine residues involved in the catalytic mechanism, Cys-51 is positioned at the N terminus of an alpha helix, in a solvent-exposed area composed of highly conserved amino acids. The two others, Cys-198 and Cys-206, are located in the C-terminal coil.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sequence alignments show that the overall fold of the peptide methionine sulphoxide reductase from E. coli is likely to be conserved in many species. The characteristics observed in the Cys-51 environment are in agreement with the expected accessibility of the active site of an enzyme that reduces methionine sulphoxides in various proteins. Cys-51 could be activated by the influence of an alpha helix dipole. The involvement of the two other cysteine residues in the catalytic mechanism requires a movement of the C-terminal coil. Several conserved amino acids and water molecules are discussed as potential participants in the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et de Modélisation des Matériaux Minéraux et Biologiques Groupe Biocristallographie University Henri Poincaré BP239 54506, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cédex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tête-Favier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cobessi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boschi-Muller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Branlant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aubry
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D051150:Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012645:Selenomethionine / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012645:Selenomethionine; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D051150:Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases; C027219:methionine sulfoxide reductase; D003545:Cysteine