Crystal structures of the elusive Rhizobium etli l-asparaginase reveal a peculiar active site

L-asparaginases catalyse the hydrolysis of L-asparagine to L-aspartic acid and ammonia. Here, the authors present high resolution crystal structures of Rhizobium etli L-asparaginase that contains a Zn2+ binding site without a catalytic role and discuss the catalytic mechanism of the enzyme.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joanna I. Loch, Barbara Imiolczyk, Joanna Sliwiak, Anna Wantuch, Magdalena Bejger, Miroslaw Gilski, Mariusz Jaskolski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27105-x