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Neutron Structure of Human Carbonic Anhydrase II: A Hydrogen-Bonded Water Network “Switch” Is Observed between pH 7.8 and...

by Zoe Fisher, Paul A Langan, Marat Mustyakimov, Andrey Kovalevsky
Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Biochemistry
Publication Date
Page Numbers
9421 to 9423
Volume
50
Issue
44

The neutron structure of wild-type human carbonic anhydrase II at pH 7.8 has been determined to 2.0 Å resolution. Detailed analysis and comparison to the previously determined structure at pH 10.0 show important differences in the protonation of key catalytic residues in the active site as well as a rearrangement of the H-bonded water network. For the first time, a completed H-bonded network stretching from the Zn-bound solvent to the proton shuttling residue, His64, has been directly observed.