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Xu X, de Sousa AS, Boram TJ, Jiang W, Lohman JR. Active E. coli heteromeric acetyl-CoA carboxylase forms polymorphic helical tubular filaments. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.28.596234. [PMID: 38854064 PMCID: PMC11160672 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.28.596234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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The Escherichia coli heteromeric acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) has four subunits assumed to form an elusive catalytic complex and are involved in allosteric and transcriptional regulation. The E. coli ACC represents almost all ACCs from pathogenic bacteria making it a key antibiotic development target to fight growing antibiotic resistance. Furthermore, it is a model for cyanobacterial and plant plastid ACCs as biofuel engineering targets. Here we report the catalytic E. coli ACC complex surprisingly forms tubes rather than dispersed particles. The cryo-EM structure reveals key protein-protein interactions underpinning efficient catalysis and how transcriptional regulatory roles are masked during catalysis. Discovering the protein-protein interaction interfaces that facilitate catalysis, allosteric and transcriptional regulation provides new routes to engineering catalytic activity and new targets for drug discovery.
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- Xueyong Xu
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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A survey of protein databases indicates that the majority of enzymes exist in oligomeric forms, with about half of those found in the UniProt database being homodimeric. Understanding why many enzymes are in their dimeric form is imperative. Recent developments in experimental and computational techniques have allowed for a deeper comprehension of the cooperative interactions between the subunits of dimeric enzymes. This review aims to succinctly summarize these recent advancements by providing an overview of experimental and theoretical methods, as well as an understanding of cooperativity in substrate binding and the molecular mechanisms of cooperative catalysis within homodimeric enzymes. Focus is set upon the beneficial effects of dimerization and cooperative catalysis. These advancements not only provide essential case studies and theoretical support for comprehending dimeric enzyme catalysis but also serve as a foundation for designing highly efficient catalysts, such as dimeric organic catalysts. Moreover, these developments have significant implications for drug design, as exemplified by Paxlovid, which was designed for the homodimeric main protease of SARS-CoV-2.
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- Ke-Wei Chen
- Lab of Computional Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518132, China
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- Lab of Computional Chemistry and Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518132, China
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CryoEM structural exploration of catalytically active enzyme pyruvate carboxylase. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6185. [PMID: 36261450 PMCID: PMC9581989 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33987-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) is a tetrameric enzyme that contains two active sites per subunit that catalyze two consecutive reactions. A mobile domain with an attached prosthetic biotin links both reactions, an initial biotin carboxylation and the subsequent carboxyl transfer to pyruvate substrate to produce oxaloacetate. Reaction sites are at long distance, and there are several co-factors that play as allosteric regulators. Here, using cryoEM we explore the structure of active PC tetramers focusing on active sites and on the conformational space of the oligomers. The results capture the mobile domain at both active sites and expose catalytic steps of both reactions at high resolution, allowing the identification of substrates and products. The analysis of catalytically active PC tetramers reveals the role of certain motions during enzyme functioning, and the structural changes in the presence of additional cofactors expose the mechanism for allosteric regulation.
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The Classical, Yet Controversial, First Enzyme of Lipid Synthesis: Escherichia coli Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2021; 85:e0003221. [PMID: 34132100 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00032-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), the enzyme responsible for synthesis of malonyl-CoA, the building block of fatty acid synthesis, is the paradigm bacterial ACC. Many reports on the structures and stoichiometry of the four subunits comprising the active enzyme as well as on regulation of ACC activity and expression have appeared in the almost 20 years since this subject was last reviewed. This review seeks to update and expand on these reports.
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Rattanapornsompong K, Jitrapakdee S, Attwood PV. Characterization of intra- and inter-species hybrid tetramers of pyruvate carboxylase: Biotin and the BCCP domain play a crucial role in determination of the kinetics and thermodynamics of catalysis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 695:108630. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Characterization of the kinetics and activation thermodynamics of intra- and inter-organism hybrid tetramers of pyruvate carboxylase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 665:87-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wielgus-Kutrowska B, Grycuk T, Bzowska A. Part-of-the-sites binding and reactivity in the homooligomeric enzymes - facts and artifacts. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 642:31-45. [PMID: 29408402 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 01/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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For a number of enzymes composed of several subunits with the same amino acid sequence, it was documented, or suggested, that binding of a ligand, or catalysis, is carried out by a single subunit. This phenomenon may be the result of a pre-existent asymmetry of subunits or a limiting case of the negative cooperativity, and is sometimes called "half-of-the-sites binding (or reactivity)" for dimers and could be called "part-of-the-sites binding (or reactivity)" for higher oligomers. In this article, we discuss molecular mechanisms that may result in "part-of-the-sites binding (and reactivity)", offer possible explanations why it may have a beneficial role in enzyme function, and point to experimental problems in documenting this behaviour. We describe some cases, for which such a mechanism was first reported and later disproved. We also give several examples of enzymes, for which this mechanism seems to be well documented, and profitable. A majority of enzymes identified in this study as half-of-the-sites binding (or reactive) use it in the flip-flop version, in which "half-of-the-sites" refers to a particular moment in time. In general, the various variants of the mechanism seems to be employed often by oligomeric enzymes for allosteric regulation to enhance the efficiency of enzymatic reactions in many key metabolic pathways.
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- Beata Wielgus-Kutrowska
- Division of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland.
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- Division of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland
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- Division of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, Warsaw, 02-093, Poland.
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Pyruvate carboxylase is a metabolic enzyme that fuels the tricarboxylic acid cycle with one of its intermediates and also participates in the first step of gluconeogenesis. This large enzyme is multifunctional, and each subunit contains two active sites that catalyze two consecutive reactions that lead to the carboxylation of pyruvate into oxaloacetate, and a binding site for acetyl-CoA, an allosteric regulator of the enzyme. Pyruvate carboxylase oligomers arrange in tetramers and covalently attached biotins mediate the transfer of carboxyl groups between distant active sites. In this chapter, some of the recent findings on pyruvate carboxylase functioning are presented, with special focus on the structural studies of the full length enzyme. The emerging picture reveals large movements of domains that even change the overall quaternary organization of pyruvate carboxylase tetramers during catalysis.
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- Mikel Valle
- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, CIC bioGUNE, 48160, Derio, Spain.
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Arpornsuwan T, Carey KJ, Booker GW, Polyak SW, Wallace JC. Localization of inhibitory antibodies to the biotin domain of human pyruvate carboxylase. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2013; 31:305-13. [PMID: 23098296 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2012.0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pyruvate carboxylase [EC 6.4.1.1] plays an important anaplerotic role in many species by catalyzing the carboxylation of pyruvate to oxaloacetate. To extend our understanding about the structure and function of pyruvate carboxylase (PC), a series of monoclonal antibodies were raised against sheep liver PC and those displaying inhibitory activity were further characterized. The binding epitopes of two monoclonal antibodies that displayed strong inhibitory activity were mapped. Six overlapping fragments of the human enzyme were expressed as thioredoxin fusion proteins in Escherichia coli and subjected to Western blot analysis. Both monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) recognized fragments encompassing the enzyme's C-terminal region, known to contain the structured biotin domain. Through deletion analysis, this domain was determined to be a minimal size of 80 amino acids. Further deletions that disrupted the conformation of the domain abolished antibody binding, indicating these antibodies recognized discontinuous epitopes. To further define the critical residues required for antibody recognition, a model of the domain was produced and an alanine scan performed on selected surface-exposed residues. Our results show that residues encompassing the biotin attachment site, but not biotin itself, are critical for the binding of both antibodies. These data provide a mechanism to explain the inhibitory activity of the antibodies.
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- Teerakul Arpornsuwan
- The School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
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Waldrop GL, Holden HM, St Maurice M. The enzymes of biotin dependent CO₂ metabolism: what structures reveal about their reaction mechanisms. Protein Sci 2013; 21:1597-619. [PMID: 22969052 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Biotin is the major cofactor involved in carbon dioxide metabolism. Indeed, biotin-dependent enzymes are ubiquitous in nature and are involved in a myriad of metabolic processes including fatty acid synthesis and gluconeogenesis. The cofactor, itself, is composed of a ureido ring, a tetrahydrothiophene ring, and a valeric acid side chain. It is the ureido ring that functions as the CO₂ carrier. A complete understanding of biotin-dependent enzymes is critically important for translational research in light of the fact that some of these enzymes serve as targets for anti-obesity agents, antibiotics, and herbicides. Prior to 1990, however, there was a dearth of information regarding the molecular architectures of biotin-dependent enzymes. In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of three-dimensional structures reported for these proteins. Here we review our current understanding of the structures and functions of biotin-dependent enzymes. In addition, we provide a critical analysis of what these structures have and have not revealed about biotin-dependent catalysis.
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- Grover L Waldrop
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
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Yu LPC, Chou CY, Choi PH, Tong L. Characterizing the importance of the biotin carboxylase domain dimer for Staphylococcus aureus pyruvate carboxylase catalysis. Biochemistry 2013; 52:488-96. [PMID: 23286247 DOI: 10.1021/bi301294d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Biotin carboxylase (BC) is a conserved component among biotin-dependent carboxylases and catalyzes the MgATP-dependent carboxylation of biotin, using bicarbonate as the CO₂ donor. Studies with Escherichia coli BC have suggested long-range communication between the two active sites of a dimer, although its mechanism is not well understood. In addition, mutations in the dimer interface can produce stable monomers that are still catalytically active. A homologous dimer for the BC domain is observed in the structure of the tetrameric pyruvate carboxylase (PC) holoenzyme. We have introduced site-specific mutations into the BC domain dimer interface of Staphylococcus aureus PC (SaPC), equivalent to those used for E. coli BC, and also made chimeras replacing the SaPC BC domain with the E. coli BC subunit (EcBC chimera) or the yeast ACC BC domain (ScBC chimera). We assessed the catalytic activities of these mutants and characterized their oligomerization states by gel filtration and analytical ultracentrifugation experiments. The K442E mutant and the ScBC chimera disrupted the BC dimer and were catalytically inactive, while the F403A mutant and the EcBC chimera were still tetrameric and retained catalytic activity. The R54E mutant was also tetrameric but was catalytically inactive. Crystal structures of the R54E, F403A, and K442E mutants showed that they were tetrameric in the crystal, with conformational changes near the mutation site as well as in the tetramer organization. We have also produced the isolated BC domain of SaPC. In contrast to E. coli BC, the SaPC BC domain is monomeric in solution and catalytically inactive.
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- Linda P C Yu
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Allosteric regulation of the biotin-dependent enzyme pyruvate carboxylase by acetyl-CoA. Biochem Soc Trans 2012; 40:567-72. [PMID: 22616868 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The activity of the biotin-dependent enzyme pyruvate carboxylase from many organisms is highly regulated by the allosteric activator acetyl-CoA. A number of X-ray crystallographic structures of the native pyruvate carboxylase tetramer are now available for the enzyme from Rhizobium etli and Staphylococcus aureus. Although all of these structures show that intersubunit catalysis occurs, in the case of the R. etli enzyme, only two of the four subunits have the allosteric activator bound to them and are optimally configured for catalysis of the overall reaction. However, it is apparent that acetyl-CoA binding does not induce the observed asymmetrical tetramer conformation and it is likely that, under normal reaction conditions, all of the subunits have acetyl-CoA bound to them. Thus the activation of the enzyme by acetyl-CoA involves more subtle structural effects, one of which may be to facilitate the correct positioning of Arg353 and biotin in the biotin carboxylase domain active site, thereby promoting biotin carboxylation and, at the same time, preventing abortive decarboxylation of carboxybiotin. It is also apparent from the crystal structures that there are allosteric interactions induced by acetyl-CoA binding in the pair of subunits not optimally configured for catalysis of the overall reaction.
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Structure and function of biotin-dependent carboxylases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 70:863-91. [PMID: 22869039 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1096-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Revised: 07/07/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Biotin-dependent carboxylases include acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC), geranyl-CoA carboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase (PC), and urea carboxylase (UC). They contain biotin carboxylase (BC), carboxyltransferase (CT), and biotin-carboxyl carrier protein components. These enzymes are widely distributed in nature and have important functions in fatty acid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, polyketide biosynthesis, urea utilization, and other cellular processes. ACCs are also attractive targets for drug discovery against type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancer, microbial infections, and other diseases, and the plastid ACC of grasses is the target of action of three classes of commercial herbicides. Deficiencies in the activities of PCC, MCC, or PC are linked to serious diseases in humans. Our understanding of these enzymes has been greatly enhanced over the past few years by the crystal structures of the holoenzymes of PCC, MCC, PC, and UC. The structures reveal unanticipated features in the architectures of the holoenzymes, including the presence of previously unrecognized domains, and provide a molecular basis for understanding their catalytic mechanism as well as the large collection of disease-causing mutations in PCC, MCC, and PC. This review will summarize the recent advances in our knowledge on the structure and function of these important metabolic enzymes.
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Dimerization of the bacterial biotin carboxylase subunit is required for acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase activity in vivo. J Bacteriol 2011; 194:72-8. [PMID: 22037404 DOI: 10.1128/jb.06309-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Acetyl coenzyme A (acteyl-CoA) carboxylase (ACC) is the first committed enzyme of the fatty acid synthesis pathway. Escherichia coli ACC is composed of four different proteins. The first enzymatic activity of the ACC complex, biotin carboxylase (BC), catalyzes the carboxylation of the protein-bound biotin moiety of another subunit with bicarbonate in an ATP-dependent reaction. Although BC is found as a dimer in cell extracts and the carboxylase activities of the two subunits of the dimer are interdependent, mutant BC proteins deficient in dimerization are reported to retain appreciable activity in vitro (Y. Shen, C. Y. Chou, G. G. Chang, and L. Tong, Mol. Cell 22:807-818, 2006). However, in vivo BC must interact with the other proteins of the complex, and thus studies of the isolated BC may not reflect the intracellular function of the enzyme. We have tested the abilities of three BC mutant proteins deficient in dimerization to support growth and report that the two BC proteins most deficient in dimerization fail to support growth unless expressed at high levels. In contrast, the wild-type protein supports growth at low expression levels. We conclude that BC must be dimeric to fulfill its physiological function.
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Lietzan AD, Menefee AL, Zeczycki TN, Kumar S, Attwood PV, Wallace JC, Cleland WW, St Maurice M. Interaction between the biotin carboxyl carrier domain and the biotin carboxylase domain in pyruvate carboxylase from Rhizobium etli. Biochemistry 2011; 50:9708-23. [PMID: 21958016 DOI: 10.1021/bi201277j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) catalyzes the ATP-dependent carboxylation of pyruvate to oxaloacetate, an important anaplerotic reaction in mammalian tissues. To effect catalysis, the tethered biotin of PC must gain access to active sites in both the biotin carboxylase domain and the carboxyl transferase domain. Previous studies have demonstrated that a mutation of threonine 882 to alanine in PC from Rhizobium etli renders the carboxyl transferase domain inactive and favors the positioning of biotin in the biotin carboxylase domain. We report the 2.4 Å resolution X-ray crystal structure of the Rhizobium etli PC T882A mutant which reveals the first high-resolution description of the domain interaction between the biotin carboxyl carrier protein domain and the biotin carboxylase domain. The overall quaternary arrangement of Rhizobium etli PC remains highly asymmetrical and is independent of the presence of allosteric activator. While biotin is observed in the biotin carboxylase domain, its access to the active site is precluded by the interaction between Arg353 and Glu248, revealing a mechanism for regulating carboxybiotin access to the BC domain active site. The binding location for the biotin carboxyl carrier protein domain demonstrates that tethered biotin cannot bind in the biotin carboxylase domain active site in the same orientation as free biotin, helping to explain the difference in catalysis observed between tethered biotin and free biotin substrates in biotin carboxylase enzymes. Electron density located in the biotin carboxylase domain active site is assigned to phosphonoacetate, offering a probable location for the putative carboxyphosphate intermediate formed during biotin carboxylation. The insights gained from the T882A Rhizobium etli PC crystal structure provide a new series of catalytic snapshots in PC and offer a revised perspective on catalysis in the biotin-dependent enzyme family.
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- Adam D Lietzan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, United States
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Novak BR, Moldovan D, Waldrop GL, de Queiroz MS. Behavior of the ATP grasp domain of biotin carboxylase monomers and dimers studied using molecular dynamics simulations. Proteins 2011; 79:622-32. [PMID: 21120858 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The enzyme biotin carboxylase (BC) uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to carboxylate biotin and is involved in fatty acid synthesis. Structural evidence suggests that the B domain of BC undergoes a large hinge motion of ∼45° when binding and releasing substrates. Escherichia coli BC can function as a natural homodimer and as a mutant monomer. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we evaluate the free energy profile along a closure angle of the B domain of E. coli BC for three cases: a monomer without bound Mg(2)ATP, a monomer with bound Mg(2)ATP, and a homodimer with bound Mg(2)ATP in one subunit. The simulation results show that a closed state is the most probable for the monomer with or without bound Mg(2)ATP. For the dimer with Mg(2)ATP in one of its subunits, communication between the two subunits was observed. Specifically, in the dimer, the opening of the subunit without Mg(2)ATP caused the other subunit to open, and hysteresis was observed upon reclosing it. The most stable state of the dimer is one in which the B domain of both subunits is closed; however, the open state for the B domain without Mg(2)ATP is only approximately 2k(B)T higher in free energy than the closed state. A simple diffusion model indicates that the mean times for opening and closing of the B domain in the monomer with and without Mg(2)ATP are much smaller than the overall reaction time, which is on the order of seconds.
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- Brian R Novak
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Probing the allosteric activation of pyruvate carboxylase using 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) adenosine 5'-triphosphate as a fluorescent mimic of the allosteric activator acetyl CoA. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 509:117-26. [PMID: 21426897 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 03/12/2011] [Accepted: 03/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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2',3'-O-(2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl) adenosine 5'-triphosphate (TNP-ATP) is a fluorescent analogue of ATP. MgTNP-ATP was found to be an allosteric activator of pyruvate carboxylase that exhibits competition with acetyl CoA in activating the enzyme. There is no evidence that MgTNP-ATP binds to the MgATP substrate binding site of the enzyme. At concentrations above saturating, MgATP activates bicarbonate-dependent ATP cleavage, but inhibits the overall reaction. The fluorescence of MgTNP-ATP increases by about 2.5-fold upon binding to the enzyme and decreases on addition of saturating acetyl CoA. However, not all the MgTNP-ATP is displaced by acetyl CoA, or with a combination of saturating concentrations of MgATP and acetyl CoA. The kinetics of the binding of MgTNP-ATP to pyruvate carboxylase have been measured and shown to be triphasic, with the two fastest phases having pseudo first-order rate constants that are dependent on the concentration of MgTNP-ATP. The kinetics of displacement from the enzyme by acetyl CoA have been measured and also shown to be triphasic. A model of the binding process is proposed that links the kinetics of MgTNP-ATP binding to the allosteric activation of the enzyme.
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Lasso G, Yu LPC, Gil D, Xiang S, Tong L, Valle M. Cryo-EM analysis reveals new insights into the mechanism of action of pyruvate carboxylase. Structure 2011; 18:1300-10. [PMID: 20947019 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Revised: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) is a conserved multifunctional enzyme linked to important metabolic diseases. PC homotetramer is arranged in two layers with two opposing monomers per layer. Cryo-EM explores the conformational variability of PC in the presence of different substrates. The results demonstrate that the biotin-carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) domain localizes near the biotin carboxylase (BC) domain of its own monomer and travels to the carboxyltransferase (CT) domain of the opposite monomer. All density maps show noticeable conformational differences between layers, mainly for the BCCP and BC domains. This asymmetry may be indicative of a coordination mechanism where monomers from different layers catalyze the BC and CT reactions consecutively. A conformational change of the PC tetramerization (PT) domain suggests a new functional role in communication. A long-range communication pathway between subunits in different layers, via interacting PT-PT and BC-BC domains, may be responsible for the cooperativity of PC from Staphylococcus aureus.
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- Gorka Lasso
- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences bioGUNE, 48160 Derio, Spain
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Novak BR, Moldovan D, Waldrop GL, de Queiroz MS. Umbrella sampling simulations of biotin carboxylase: is a structure with an open ATP grasp domain stable in solution? J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:10097-103. [PMID: 19585972 DOI: 10.1021/jp810650q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biotin carboxylase is a homodimer that utilizes ATP to carboxylate biotin. Studies of the enzyme using X-ray crystallography revealed a prominent conformational change upon binding ATP. To determine the importance of this closing motion, the potential of mean force with the closure angle as a reaction coordinate was calculated using molecular dynamics simulations and umbrella sampling for a monomer of Escherichia coli biotin carboxylase in water with restraints to simulate attachment to a surface. The result suggests that the most stable state for the enzyme is a closed state different from both the ATP-bound and open state X-ray crystallography structures. There is also a significant motion of a region near the dimer interface not predicted by considering only open and closed configurations, which may have implications for the dynamics and activity of the dimer.
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- Brian R Novak
- Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
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Yu LPC, Xiang S, Lasso G, Gil D, Valle M, Tong L. A symmetrical tetramer for S. aureus pyruvate carboxylase in complex with coenzyme A. Structure 2009; 17:823-32. [PMID: 19523900 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2009.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Revised: 03/31/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) is a conserved metabolic enzyme with important cellular functions. We report crystallographic and cryo-electron microscopy (EM) studies of Staphylococcus aureus PC (SaPC) in complex with acetyl-CoA, an allosteric activator, and mutagenesis, biochemical, and structural studies of the biotin binding site of its carboxyltransferase (CT) domain. The disease-causing A610T mutation abolishes catalytic activity by blocking biotin binding to the CT active site, and Thr908 might play a catalytic role in the CT reaction. The crystal structure of SaPC in complex with CoA reveals a symmetrical tetramer, with one CoA molecule bound to each monomer, and cryo-EM studies confirm the symmetrical nature of the tetramer. These observations are in sharp contrast to the highly asymmetrical tetramer of Rhizobium etli PC in complex with ethyl-CoA. Our structural information suggests that acetyl-CoA promotes a conformation for the dimer of the biotin carboxylase domain of PC that might be catalytically more competent.
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- Linda P C Yu
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Eaton AK, Stewart RC. The two active sites of Thermotoga maritima CheA dimers bind ATP with dramatically different affinities. Biochemistry 2009; 48:6412-22. [PMID: 19505148 DOI: 10.1021/bi900474g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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CheA is a central component of the chemotaxis signal transduction pathway that allows prokaryotic cells to control their movements in response to environmental cues. This dimeric protein histidine kinase autophosphorylates via an intersubunit phosphorylation reaction in which each protomer of the dimer binds ATP, at an active site located in its P4 domain and then catalyzes transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group of ATP to the His(45) side chain within the P1 domain of the trans protomer. Here we utilize the fluorescent nucleotide analogue TNP-ATP [2'(3')-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)adenosine 5'-triphosphate] to investigate the two ATP-binding sites of the Thermotoga maritima CheA dimer (TmCheA) and the single site of the isolated TmP4 domain (a monomer). We define the affinity of CheA for TNP nucleotides and, by competition, for unmodified ATP. The two ATP-binding sites of the TmCheA dimer exhibit dramatically different affinities for TNP-ATP (K(d1)(TNP) approximately 0.0016 muM and K(d2)(TNP) approximately 22 muM at 4 degrees C in the presence of Mg(2+)) as well as for ATP (K(d1)(ATP) approximately 6 muM and K(d2)(ATP) approximately 5000 muM at 4 degrees C in the presence of Mg(2+)) and in their ability to influence the fluorescence of bound TNP-ATP. The ATP-binding site of the isolated TmP4 domain interacts with ATP and TNP-ATP in a manner similar to that of the high-affinity site of the TmCheA dimer. These results suggest that the two active sites of TmCheA homodimers exhibit large differences in their interactions with ATP. We consider possible implications of these differences for the CheA autophosphorylation mechanism and for CheA function in bacterial cells.
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- Anna K Eaton
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Mochalkin I, Miller JR, Evdokimov A, Lightle S, Yan C, Stover CK, Waldrop GL. Structural evidence for substrate-induced synergism and half-sites reactivity in biotin carboxylase. Protein Sci 2008; 17:1706-18. [PMID: 18725455 PMCID: PMC2548373 DOI: 10.1110/ps.035584.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bacterial acetyl-CoA carboxylase is a multifunctional biotin-dependent enzyme that consists of three separate proteins: biotin carboxylase (BC), biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP), and carboxyltransferase (CT). Acetyl-CoA carboxylase is a potentially attractive target for novel antibiotics because it catalyzes the first committed step in fatty acid biosynthesis. In the first half-reaction, BC catalyzes the ATP-dependent carboxylation of BCCP. In the second half-reaction, the carboxyl group is transferred from carboxybiotinylated BCCP to acetyl-CoA to produce malonyl-CoA. A series of structures of BC from several bacteria crystallized in the presence of various ATP analogs is described that addresses three major questions concerning the catalytic mechanism. The structure of BC bound to AMPPNP and the two catalytically essential magnesium ions resolves inconsistencies between the kinetics of active-site BC mutants and previously reported BC structures. Another structure of AMPPNP bound to BC shows the polyphosphate chain folded back on itself, and not in the correct (i.e., extended) conformation for catalysis. This provides the first structural evidence for the hypothesis of substrate-induced synergism, which posits that ATP binds nonproductively to BC in the absence of biotin. The BC homodimer has been proposed to exhibit half-sites reactivity where the active sites alternate or "flip-flop" their catalytic cycles. A crystal structure of BC showed the ATP analog AMPPCF(2)P bound to one subunit while the other subunit was unliganded. The liganded subunit was in the closed or catalytic conformation while the unliganded subunit was in the open conformation. This provides the first structural evidence for half-sites reactivity in BC.
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- Igor Mochalkin
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Jitrapakdee S, Maurice MS, Rayment I, Cleland WW, Wallace JC, Attwood PV. Structure, mechanism and regulation of pyruvate carboxylase. Biochem J 2008; 413:369-87. [PMID: 18613815 PMCID: PMC2859305 DOI: 10.1042/bj20080709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PC (pyruvate carboxylase) is a biotin-containing enzyme that catalyses the HCO(3)(-)- and MgATP-dependent carboxylation of pyruvate to form oxaloacetate. This is a very important anaplerotic reaction, replenishing oxaloacetate withdrawn from the tricarboxylic acid cycle for various pivotal biochemical pathways. PC is therefore considered as an enzyme that is crucial for intermediary metabolism, controlling fuel partitioning toward gluconeogenesis or lipogenesis and in insulin secretion. The enzyme was discovered in 1959 and over the last decade there has been much progress in understanding its structure and function. PC from most organisms is a tetrameric protein that is allosterically regulated by acetyl-CoA and aspartate. High-resolution crystal structures of the holoenzyme with various ligands bound have recently been determined, and have revealed details of the binding sites and the relative positions of the biotin carboxylase, carboxyltransferase and biotin carboxyl carrier domains, and also a unique allosteric effector domain. In the presence of the allosteric effector, acetyl-CoA, the biotin moiety transfers the carboxy group between the biotin carboxylase domain active site on one polypeptide chain and the carboxyltransferase active site on the adjacent antiparallel polypeptide chain. In addition, the bona fide role of PC in the non-gluconeogenic tissues has been studied using a combination of classical biochemistry and genetic approaches. The first cloning of the promoter of the PC gene in mammals and subsequent transcriptional studies reveal some key cognate transcription factors regulating tissue-specific expression. The present review summarizes these advances and also offers some prospects in terms of future directions for the study of this important enzyme.
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- Sarawut Jitrapakdee
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- School of Molecular & Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6100, Australia
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Differential activation of recombinant human acetyl-CoA carboxylases 1 and 2 by citrate. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 475:72-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nilsson Lill SO, Gao J, Waldrop GL. Molecular dynamics simulations of biotin carboxylase. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:3149-56. [PMID: 18271571 DOI: 10.1021/jp076326c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Biotin carboxylase catalyzes the ATP-dependent carboxylation of biotin and is one component of the multienzyme complex acetyl-CoA carboxylase that catalyzes the first committed step in fatty acid synthesis in all organisms. Biotin carboxylase from Escherichia coli, whose crystal structures with and without ATP bound have been determined, has served as a model system for this component of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase complex. The two crystal structures revealed a large conformational change of one domain relative to the other domains when ATP is bound. Unfortunately, the crystal structure with ATP bound was obtained with an inactive site-directed mutant of the enzyme. As a consequence the structure with ATP bound lacked key structural information such as for the Mg2+ ions and contained altered conformations of key active-site residues. Therefore, nanosecond molecular dynamics studies of the wild-type biotin carboxylase were undertaken to supplant and amend the results of the crystal structures. Specifically, the protein-metal interactions of the two catalytically critical Mg2+ ions bound in the active site are presented along with a reevaluation of the conformations of active-site residues bound to ATP. In addition, the regions of the polypeptide chain that serve as hinges for the large conformational change were identified. The results of the hinge analysis complemented a covariance analysis that identified the individual structural elements of biotin carboxylase that change their conformation in response to ATP binding.
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- Sten O Nilsson Lill
- Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA.
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St Maurice M, Reinhardt L, Surinya KH, Attwood PV, Wallace JC, Cleland WW, Rayment I. Domain architecture of pyruvate carboxylase, a biotin-dependent multifunctional enzyme. Science 2007; 317:1076-9. [PMID: 17717183 DOI: 10.1126/science.1144504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Biotin-dependent multifunctional enzymes carry out metabolically important carboxyl group transfer reactions and are potential targets for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. These enzymes use a tethered biotin cofactor to carry an activated carboxyl group between distantly spaced active sites. The mechanism of this transfer has remained poorly understood. Here we report the complete structure of pyruvate carboxylase at 2.0 angstroms resolution, which shows its domain arrangement. The structure, when combined with mutagenic analysis, shows that intermediate transfer occurs between active sites on separate polypeptide chains. In addition, domain rearrangements associated with activator binding decrease the distance between active-site pairs, providing a mechanism for allosteric activation. This description provides insight into the function of biotin-dependent enzymes and presents a new paradigm for multifunctional enzyme catalysis.
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- Martin St Maurice
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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