Member database | Pfam |
Pfam type | domain |
Short name | CsoSCA_N |
Author | Mistry J;0000-0003-2479-5322 Sammut SJ;0000-0003-4472-904X Chuguransky S;0000-0002-0520-0736 |
Sequence Ontology | 0000417 |
Description
Carboxysome Shell Carbonic Anhydrase is a bacterial carbonic anhydrase localised in the carboxysome, where it converts bicarbonate ions to carbon dioxide for use in carbon fixation. It contains three domains, these being: (1) an N-terminal domain composed primarily of four alpha-helices; (2) a catalytic domain containing a tightly bound zinc ion and (3) a C-terminal domain with weak structural similarity to the catalytic domain
[1]. This entry represents the N-terminal domain
[1].
References
1.The structure of beta-carbonic anhydrase from the carboxysomal shell reveals a distinct subclass with one active site for the price of two. Sawaya MR, Cannon GC, Heinhorst S, Tanaka S, Williams EB, Yeates TO, Kerfeld CA. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 7546-55, (2006). View articlePMID: 16407248