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Structure and diffusive dynamics of aspartate α-decarboxylase (ADC) liganded with d-serine in aqueous solution

Yes / Incoherent neutron spectroscopy, in combination with dynamic light scattering, was used to investigate the effect of ligand binding on the center-of-mass self-diffusion and internal diffusive dynamics of Escherichia coli aspartate α-decarboxylase (ADC). The X-ray crystal structure of ADC in complex with the D-serine inhibitor was also determined, and molecular dynamics simulations were used to further probe the structural rearrangements that occur as a result of ligand binding. These experiments reveal that D-serine forms hydrogen bonds with some of the active site residues, that higher order oligomers of the ADC tetramer exist on ns–ms time-scales, and also show that ligand binding both affects the ADC internal diffusive dynamics and appears to further increase the size of the higher order oligomers. / TR acknowledges a PhD studentship jointly funded by the ILL and the Universität Hamburg (Federal Excellence Cluster Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging EXC 1074).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19983
Date30 August 2024
CreatorsRaskar, T., Niebling, S., Devos, J.M., Yorke, Briony A., Hartlein, M., Huse, N., Forsyth, V.T., Seydel, T., Pearson, A.R.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Published version
RightsThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence., CC-BY

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