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. 2021 Jul 29;16(7):e0255098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255098

Table 2. The amino acid content of SSPs and structural parts of the active site of TaTT, BCAT from E. coli and R-TA from Aspergillus fumigatus.

Parts of the active site: BCAT from E. coli, (PDB ID: 1IYE) R-TA from A. fumigatus, (PDB ID: 4CHI) TaTT (PDB ID: 6GKR)
P-pocket:
SSP G39 V60 G41
R40 - R43
G256 - G259
A259 G276 A262
Structural parts:
αCOOH binding sites R40 + 256GTAA259 R43 + 259GTHA262
Y99 + R97 Y101
β-turn 256GTAA259 273TTAG276 259GTHA262
Interdomain loop 125PWGAYLGAEALE136 144PYIWVMAPENQL155 130PAVSRLEEDFS140
O-pocket:
SSP Y31* H53* S34*
F36 Y58 F39
R97 - M103
- R126 S115*
Y164 W183 Y166
Structural parts:
α-COOH binding sites - R126* -
left side/bottom H27*, H30*, F36, R97, M107*, L109*, G161, Tyr164 F51*, M52*, H53*, Y58, E115, I117, L181, W183 W31*, W32*, F39, M103, L105, L163, Y166
O-pocket loop* (from the adjacent subunit) 103GDVGMGVNPPAGYS116 121GLTGVRGSKPEDLYNN136 110GNKAFSVVGDR120
PLP coordination:
of phenyl group Y164 F36 W183 Y58 Y166 F39
of N1-atom E193 E212 E195
of phosphate group R59 I220 T221 T257 R77 I237 T238 T274 R64 I222 T223 T260

Sites in TaTT sequence chosen for mutagenesis are shown in Bold. Residues from the adjacent subunit of the dimer are marked with an asterisk.