Wojciech Rypniewski

TL;DR: The three-dimensional structure of the head portion of myosin, or subfragment-1, which contains both the actin and nucleotide binding sites, is described, and this structure of a molecular motor was determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction.

TL;DR: The mode of binding of the inhibitor, and a comparison between the native and inhibited urease structures, indicate a novel mechanism for enzymatic urea hydrolysis which reconciles the available structural and biochemical data.

TL;DR: Interestingly the overall three‐dimensional fold of the insecticyanin subunit shows remarkable similarity to the structural motifs of bovine beta‐lactoglobulin and the human serum retinol‐binding protein.

TL;DR: It is proposed that selectivity arises from two possible mechanisms: a hydrophobic interaction of the substrate with Val263, conserved in family 5 bacterial mannanases, which discriminates between the different conformations of the hydroxymethyl group in native mannan and cellulose; and/or a specific interaction between Asp259 and the axial hydroxyl group at the C(2) of the substrates in the -2 subsite.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive critical summary of urease spectroscopy, crystallography, inhibitor binding, and site-directed mutagenesis, with special emphasis given to the relationships between the structural features of the Ni-containing active site and the physico-chemical and biochemical properties of this metallo-enzyme.