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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 22, Pages 23447-23452Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M401336200
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Allantoicase (EC 3.5.3.4) catalyzes the conversion of allantoate into ureidoglycolate and urea, one of the final steps in the degradation of purines to urea. The mechanism of most enzymes involved in this pathway, which has been known for a long time, is unknown. In this paper we describe the three-dimensional crystal structure of the yeast allantoicase determined at a resolution of 2.6 Angstrom by single anomalous diffraction. This constitutes the first structure for an enzyme of this pathway. The structure reveals a repeated jelly roll beta-sheet motif, also present in proteins of unrelated biochemical function. Allantoicase has a hexameric arrangement in the crystal (dimer of trimers). Analysis of the protein sequence against the structural data reveals the presence of two totally conserved surface patches, one on each jelly roll motif. The hexameric packing concentrates these patches into conserved pockets that probably constitute the active site.
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