嗜酸热原体菌的超氧化物歧化酶的结构模建和进化踪迹分析

为考察来源于极端高温酸性环境中的超氧化物歧化酶,建立了一个由嗜酸热原体茵的sod基因编码的蛋白质的可靠三维分子结构,并对这个蛋白质进行进化踪迹分析识别出了11个踪迹残基?其中,残基Asn39,Gly105和Glu162的位置随机遍布整个结构,其余的残基却全部都明显地聚于一个靠近铁原子的子类当中?由此从在三维结构确认sod基因编码含铁的超氧化物歧化酶.此外,那些被识别的靠近铁原子的踪迹残基可能跟铁的绑定和催化功能直接相关?

Structure Modeling and Evolutionary Trace Analysis of Superoxide Dismutase from Extremophile Thermoplasma Acidophilum

To investigate the superoxide dismutase in extremthermoacidal environment,a reliable three-dimensional molecular structure of the protein encoded by the sod gene from Thermoplasma acidophilum was built.Evolutionary trace analysis of this protein detected 11 trace residues.Among them,the residues of Ash39,Gly105 and Glu162 were randomly scattered throughout the mapped structure;the other residues were all distinctly clusteredin a subgroup near Fe atom binding site.From these results,this gene encoded a Fe-depending superoxide dismutase based on the modeled structure;moreover,the detected trace residues around Fe atom might be directly responsible for Febinding and catalytic function.