ATP-grasp

ATP-grasp domain
Cartoon representation of the X-ray crystal structure of glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase from Escherichia coli. , which belongs to the ATP grasp superfamily (PDB: 1gso​).[1]
Identifiers
SymbolATP-grasp
PfamPF02222
Pfam clanCL0179
ECOD206.1.3
InterProIPR013815
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

In molecular biology, the ATP-grasp fold is a unique ATP-binding protein structural motif made of two α+β subdomains that "grasp" a molecule of ATP between them. ATP-grasp proteins have ATP-dependent carboxylate-amine/thiol ligase activity.[2][3]

  1. ^ Wang W, Kappock TJ, Stubbe J, Ealick SE (November 1998). "X-ray crystal structure of glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase from Escherichia coli". Biochemistry. 37 (45): 15647–15662. doi:10.1021/bi981405n. PMID 9843369.
  2. ^ Eroglu B, Powers-Lee SG (November 2002). "Mutational analysis of ATP-grasp residues in the two ATP sites of Saccharomyces cerevisiae carbamoyl phosphate synthetase". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 407 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00510-6. PMID 12392708.
  3. ^ Fawaz MV, Topper ME, Firestine SM (December 2011). "The ATP-grasp enzymes". Bioorganic Chemistry. 39 (5–6): 185–191. doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2011.08.004. PMC 3243065. PMID 21920581.