J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 23, 14458-14462, 12, 1984
Molecular structure of trimethylamine dehydrogenase from the bacterium W3A1 at 6.0-A resolution
LW Lim, N Shamala, FS Mathews and DJ Steenkamp
An electron density map of trimethylamine dehydrogenase has been calculated
at 6.0-A resolution. Protein phases were based on two isomorphous mercury
derivatives with similar binding properties, and on anomalous scattering
measurements. The map has been averaged about the noncrystallographic
2-fold axis, plotted on transparent sheets and used to construct a wooden
model. The elipsoidal dimer has a large inter- subunit interface. Each
subunit appears to contain three closely associated domains with the
iron-sulfur cluster located between two of them. The map suggests an
alpha/beta-structure for two of the domains and a large helix content for
the third.