› 3vjc

X-ray diffraction
1.89Å resolution

Crystal structure of the human squalene synthase in complex with zaragozic acid A

Released:
DOI: 10.2210/pdb3vjc/pdb
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Source organism: Homo sapiens
Primary publication:
Binding modes of zaragozic acid A to human squalene synthase and staphylococcal dehydrosqualene synthase.
Liu CI, Jeng WY, Chang WJ, Ko TP, Wang AH
J Biol Chem 287 18750-7 (2012)
PMID: 22474324

Function and Biology Details

Reaction catalysed: 
(1a) 2 farnesyl diphosphate = diphosphate + presqualene diphosphate
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:
  • not assigned
Sequence domains:

Structure analysis Details

Assembly composition:
homo trimer (preferred)
Assembly name:
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-153386 (preferred)
Entry contents:
1 distinct polypeptide molecule
Macromolecule:
Squalene synthase Chains: A, B, C, D, E, F
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, B, C, D, E, F
Length: 343 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 39.45 KDa
Source organism: Homo sapiens
Expression system: Escherichia coli
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P37268 (Residues: 31-370; Coverage: 82%)
Gene name: FDFT1
Sequence domains: Squalene/phytoene synthase
Structure domains: Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase

Ligands and Environments

3 bound ligands:
Ligand ZGA 6 x ZGA
Ligand PO4 6 x PO4
Ligand MG 2 x MG
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: NSRRC BEAMLINE BL13B1
Spacegroup: P21
Unit cell:
a: 85.873Å b: 153.153Å c: 91.855Å
α: 90° β: 91.72° γ: 90°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.15 0.148 0.197
Expression system: Escherichia coli

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Citations

1 review citation

Structure, catalysis, and inhibition mechanism of prenyltransferase.
Chang et al. (2021)
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3 mentions without citation

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Park et al. (2014)
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