The X-ray crystallogra
phic structure of the SHV-1
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-lactamase has been established. The enzymecrystallizes from
poly(ethylene glycol) at
pH 7 in s
pace grou
p P2
12
12
1 with cell dimensions
a = 49.6 Å,
b = 55.6 Å, and
c = 87.0 Å. The structure was solved by the molecular re
placement method, and themodel has been refined to an
R-factor of 0.18 for all data in the range 8.0-1.98 Å resolution. Deviationsof model bonds and angles from ideal values are 0.018 Å and 1.8
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, res
pectively. Overlay of all 263
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pha.gif" BORDER=0>-carbon atoms in the SHV-1 and TEM-1
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-lactamases results in an rms deviation of 1.4 Å. Largestdeviations occur in the H10 helix (residues 218-224) and in the loo
ps between strands in the
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-sheet. Allatoms in residues 70, 73, 130, 132, 166, and 234 in the catalytic site of SHV-1 deviate only 0.23 Å (rms)from atoms in TEM-1. However, the width of the substrate binding cavity in SHV-1, as measured fromthe 104-105 and 130-132 loo
ps on one side to the 235-238
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-strand on the other side, is 0.7-1.2 Åwider than in TEM-1. A structural analysis of the highly different affinity of SHV-1 and TEM-1 for the
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-lactamase inhibitory
protein BLIP focuses on interactions involving As
p/Glu104.