research communications
Pyrimidine-nucleoside phosphorylase catalyzes the phosphorolytic cleavage of thymidine and uridine with equal activity. Investigation of this protein is essential for anticancer drug design. Here, the structure of this protein from Bacillus subtilis in complex with imidazole and sulfate is reported at 1.9 Å resolution, which is an improvement on the previously reported structure at 2.6 Å resolution. The localization and position of imidazole in the nucleoside-binding site reflects the possible binding of ligands that possess an imidazole ring.
Keywords: X-ray analysis; protein crystallography; nucleoside phosphorylases; nucleosides; imidazole; pyrimidine-nucleoside phosphorylase; Bacillus subtilis.
Supporting information
PDB reference: pyrimidine-nucleoside phosphorylase, complex with imidazole and sulfate, 5oln