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Cárdenas-Moreno Y, González-Bacerio J, García Arellano H, Del Monte-Martínez A. Oxidoreductase enzymes: Characteristics, applications, and challenges as a biocatalyst. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2023; 70:2108-2135. [PMID: 37753743 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
Abstract
Oxidoreductases are enzymes with distinctive characteristics that favor their use in different areas, such as agriculture, environmental management, medicine, and analytical chemistry. Among these enzymes, oxidases, dehydrogenases, peroxidases, and oxygenases are very interesting. Because their substrate diversity, they can be used in different biocatalytic processes by homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Immobilization of these enzymes has favored their use in the solution of different biotechnological problems, with a notable increase in the study and optimization of this technology in the last years. In this review, the main structural and catalytical features of oxidoreductases, their substrate specificity, immobilization, and usage in biocatalytic processes, such as bioconversion, bioremediation, and biosensors obtainment, are presented.
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- Yosberto Cárdenas-Moreno
- Laboratory for Enzyme Technology, Centre for Protein Studies, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Laboratory for Enzyme Technology, Centre for Protein Studies, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Division of Health and Biological Sciences, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Lerma, Mexico, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Enzyme Technology, Centre for Protein Studies, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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Kojima Y, Mishiro-Sato E, Fujishita T, Satoh K, Kajino-Sakamoto R, Oze I, Nozawa K, Narita Y, Ogata T, Matsuo K, Muro K, Taketo MM, Soga T, Aoki M. Decreased liver B vitamin-related enzymes as a metabolic hallmark of cancer cachexia. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6246. [PMID: 37803016 PMCID: PMC10558488 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41952-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic disorder accounting for ~20% of cancer-related deaths, yet its metabolic landscape remains unexplored. Here, we report a decrease in B vitamin-related liver enzymes as a hallmark of systemic metabolic changes occurring in cancer cachexia. Metabolomics of multiple mouse models highlights cachexia-associated reductions of niacin, vitamin B6, and a glycine-related subset of one-carbon (C1) metabolites in the liver. Integration of proteomics and metabolomics reveals that liver enzymes related to niacin, vitamin B6, and glycine-related C1 enzymes dependent on B vitamins decrease linearly with their associated metabolites, likely reflecting stoichiometric cofactor-enzyme interactions. The decrease of B vitamin-related enzymes is also found to depend on protein abundance and cofactor subtype. These metabolic/proteomic changes and decreased protein malonylation, another cachexia feature identified by protein post-translational modification analysis, are reflected in blood samples from mouse models and gastric cancer patients with cachexia, underscoring the clinical relevance of our findings.
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- Yasushi Kojima
- Division of Pathophysiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan.
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 246-2 Mizukami, Kakuganji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0052, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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- Colon Cancer Project, Kyoto University Hospital-iACT, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 246-2 Mizukami, Kakuganji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0052, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan.
- Department of Cancer Physiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
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Advancements in macromolecular crystallography: from past to present. Emerg Top Life Sci 2021; 5:127-149. [PMID: 33969867 DOI: 10.1042/etls20200316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Protein Crystallography or Macromolecular Crystallography (MX) started as a new discipline of science with the pioneering work on the determination of the protein crystal structures by John Kendrew in 1958 and Max Perutz in 1960. The incredible achievements in MX are attributed to the development of advanced tools, methodologies, and automation in every aspect of the structure determination process, which have reduced the time required for solving protein structures from years to a few days, as evident from the tens of thousands of crystal structures of macromolecules available in PDB. The advent of brilliant synchrotron sources, fast detectors, and novel sample delivery methods has shifted the paradigm from static structures to understanding the dynamic picture of macromolecules; further propelled by X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) that explore the femtosecond regime. The revival of the Laue diffraction has also enabled the understanding of macromolecules through time-resolved crystallography. In this review, we present some of the astonishing method-related and technological advancements that have contributed to the progress of MX. Even with the rapid evolution of several methods for structure determination, the developments in MX will keep this technique relevant and it will continue to play a pivotal role in gaining unprecedented atomic-level details as well as revealing the dynamics of biological macromolecules. With many exciting developments awaiting in the upcoming years, MX has the potential to contribute significantly to the growth of modern biology by unraveling the mechanisms of complex biological processes as well as impacting the area of drug designing.
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Xue Y, Bai H, Peng B, Fang B, Baell J, Li L, Huang W, Voelcker NH. Stimulus-cleavable chemistry in the field of controlled drug delivery. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4872-4931. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01061h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review comprehensively summarises stimulus-cleavable linkers from various research areas and their cleavage mechanisms, thus provides an insightful guideline to extend their potential applications to controlled drug release from nanomaterials.
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- Yufei Xue
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Clayton
- Victoria 3168
- Australia
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 127 West Youyi Road
- Xi'an 710072
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Longo LM, Jabłońska J, Vyas P, Kanade M, Kolodny R, Ben-Tal N, Tawfik DS. On the emergence of P-Loop NTPase and Rossmann enzymes from a Beta-Alpha-Beta ancestral fragment. eLife 2020; 9:e64415. [PMID: 33295875 PMCID: PMC7758060 DOI: 10.7554/elife.64415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This article is dedicated to the memory of Michael G. Rossmann. Dating back to the last universal common ancestor, P-loop NTPases and Rossmanns comprise the most ubiquitous and diverse enzyme lineages. Despite similarities in their overall architecture and phosphate binding motif, a lack of sequence identity and some fundamental structural differences currently designates them as independent emergences. We systematically searched for structure and sequence elements shared by both lineages. We detected homologous segments that span the first βαβ motif of both lineages, including the phosphate binding loop and a conserved aspartate at the tip of β2. The latter ligates the catalytic metal in P-loop NTPases, while in Rossmanns it binds the nucleotide's ribose moiety. Tubulin, a Rossmann GTPase, demonstrates the potential of the β2-Asp to take either one of these two roles. While convergence cannot be completely ruled out, we show that both lineages likely emerged from a common βαβ segment that comprises the core of these enzyme families to this very day.
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- Liam M Longo
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biomolecular SciencesRehovotIsrael
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biomolecular SciencesRehovotIsrael
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biomolecular SciencesRehovotIsrael
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biomolecular SciencesRehovotIsrael
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- University of Haifa, Department of Computer ScienceHaifaIsrael
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- Tel Aviv University, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyTel AvivIsrael
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biomolecular SciencesRehovotIsrael
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Cao S, Li H, Liu Y, Wang M, Zhang M, Zhang S, Chen J, Xu J, Knutson JR, Brand L. Dehydrogenase Binding Sites Abolish the "Dark" Fraction of NADH: Implication for Metabolic Sensing via FLIM. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:6721-6727. [PMID: 32660250 PMCID: PMC7477841 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
The fluorescence of dinucleotide NADH has been exploited for decades to determine the redox state of cells and tissues in vivo and in vitro. Particularly, nanosecond (ns) fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) of NADH (in free vs bound forms) has recently offered a label-free readout of mitochondrial function and allowed the different "pools" of NADH to be distinguished in living cells. In this study, the ultrafast fluorescence dynamics of NADH-dehydrogenase (MDH/LDH) complexes have been investigated by using both a femtosecond (fs) upconversion spectrophotofluorometer and a picosecond (ps) time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) apparatus. With these enhanced time-resolved tools, a few-picosecond decay process with a signatory spectrum was indeed found for bound NADH, and it can best be ascribed to the solvent relaxation originating in "bulk water". However, it is quite unlike our previously discovered ultrafast "dark" component (∼26 ps) that is prominent in free NADH (Chemical Physics Letters 2019, 726, 18-21). For these two critical protein-bound NADH exemplars, the decay transients lack the ultrafast quenching that creates the "dark" subpopulation of free NADH. Therefore, we infer that the apparent ratio of free to bound NADH recovered by ordinary (>50 ps) FLIM methods may be low, since the "dark" molecule subpopulation (lifetime too short for conventional FLIM), which effectively hides about a quarter of free molecules, is not present in the dehydrogenase-bound state.
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- Simin Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Microscopy and Biophotonics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Thabault L, Brisson L, Brustenga C, Martinez Gache SA, Prévost JRC, Kozlova A, Spillier Q, Liberelle M, Benyahia Z, Messens J, Copetti T, Sonveaux P, Frédérick R. Interrogating the Lactate Dehydrogenase Tetramerization Site Using (Stapled) Peptides. J Med Chem 2020; 63:4628-4643. [PMID: 32250117 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Lactate dehydrogenases (LDHs) are tetrameric enzymes of major significance in cancer metabolism as well as promising targets for cancer therapy. However, their wide and polar catalytic sites make them a challenging target for orthosteric inhibition. In this work, we conceived to target LDH tetramerization sites with the ambition of disrupting their oligomeric state. To do so, we designed a protein model of a dimeric LDH-H. We exploited this model through WaterLOGSY nuclear magnetic resonance and microscale thermophoresis for the identification and characterization of a set of α-helical peptides and stapled derivatives that specifically targeted the LDH tetramerization sites. This strategy resulted in the design of a macrocyclic peptide that competes with the LDH tetramerization domain, thus disrupting and destabilizing LDH tetramers. These peptides and macrocycles, along with the dimeric model of LDH-H, constitute promising pharmacological tools for the de novo design and identification of LDH tetramerization disruptors. Overall, our study demonstrates that disrupting LDH oligomerization state by targeting their tetramerization sites is achievable and paves the way toward LDH inhibition through this novel molecular mechanism.
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- Léopold Thabault
- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.,Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.,INSERM UMR1069, Nutrition, Croissance et Cancer, Université François-Rabelais, F-37041 Tours, France
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Brussels Center for Redox Biology, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.,Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Brussels Center for Redox Biology, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Dysregulated metabolism is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Under normal physiological conditions, ATP is primarily generated by oxidative phosphorylation. Cancers commonly undergo a dramatic shift toward glycolysis, despite the presence of oxygen. This phenomenon is known as the Warburg effect, and requires the activity of LDHA. LDHA converts pyruvate to lactate in the final step of glycolysis and is often upregulated in cancer. LDHA inhibitors present a promising therapeutic option, as LDHA blockade leads to apoptosis in cancer cells. Despite this, existing LDHA inhibitors have shown limited clinical efficacy. Here, we review recent progress in LDHA structure, function and regulation as well as strategies to target this critical enzyme.
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Johnson JE. Michael G. Rossmann (1930–2019): Leadership in structural biology for 60 years. Protein Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pro.3671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- John E. Johnson
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational BiologyThe Scripps Research Institute La Jolla California 92037
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Arnold E, Wu H, Johnson JE. Michael G. Rossmann (1930-2019), pioneer in macromolecular and virus crystallography: scientist, mentor and friend. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2019; 75:523-527. [PMID: 31205014 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798319008398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Michael George Rossmann, who made monumental contributions to science, passed away peacefully in West Lafayette, Indiana on 14 May 2019 at the age of 88, following a courageous five-year battle with cancer. Michael was born in Frankfurt, Germany on 30 July 1930. As a young boy, he emigrated to England with his mother just as World War II ignited. Michael was a highly innovative and energetic person, well known for his intensity, persistence and focus in pursuing his research goals. Michael was a towering figure in crystallography as a highly distinguished faculty member at Purdue University for 55 years. Michael made many seminal contributions to crystallography in a career that spanned the entirety of structural biology, beginning in the 1950s at Cambridge where the first protein structures were determined in the laboratories of Max Perutz (hemoglobin, 1960) and John Kendrew (myoglobin, 1958). Michael's work was central in establishing and defining the field of structural biology, which amazingly has described the structures of a vast array of complex biological molecules and assemblies in atomic detail. Knowledge of three-dimensional biological structure has important biomedical significance including understanding the basis of health and disease at the molecular level, and facilitating the discovery of many drugs.
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- Eddy Arnold
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Abstract
The Rossmann fold is one of the most commonly observed structural domains in proteins. The fold is composed of consecutive alternating β-strands and α-helices that form a layer of β-sheet with one (or two) layer(s) of α-helices. Here, we will discuss the Rossmann fold starting from its discovery 55 years ago, then overview entries of the fold in the major protein classification databases, SCOP and CATH, as well as the number of the occurrences of the fold in genomes. We also discuss the Rossmann fold as an interesting target of protein engineering as the site-directed mutagenesis of the fold can alter the ligand-binding specificity of the structure.
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- Woong-Hee Shin
- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
- Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
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Sellés Vidal L, Kelly CL, Mordaka PM, Heap JT. Review of NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases: Properties, engineering and application. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1866:327-347. [PMID: 29129662 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases catalyze the reduction or oxidation of a substrate coupled to the oxidation or reduction, respectively, of a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cofactor NAD(P)H or NAD(P)+. NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases catalyze a large variety of reactions and play a pivotal role in many central metabolic pathways. Due to the high activity, regiospecificity and stereospecificity with which they catalyze redox reactions, they have been used as key components in a wide range of applications, including substrate utilization, the synthesis of chemicals, biodegradation and detoxification. There is great interest in tailoring NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases to make them more suitable for particular applications. Here, we review the main properties and classes of NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases, the types of reactions they catalyze, some of the main protein engineering techniques used to modify their properties and some interesting examples of their modification and application.
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- Lara Sellés Vidal
- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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Pliotas C, Grayer SC, Ekkerman S, Chan AKN, Healy J, Marius P, Bartlett W, Khan A, Cortopassi WA, Chandler SA, Rasmussen T, Benesch JLP, Paton RS, Claridge TDW, Miller S, Booth IR, Naismith JH, Conway SJ. Adenosine Monophosphate Binding Stabilizes the KTN Domain of the Shewanella denitrificans Kef Potassium Efflux System. Biochemistry 2017; 56:4219-4234. [PMID: 28656748 PMCID: PMC5645763 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Ligand binding is
one of the most fundamental properties of proteins.
Ligand functions fall into three basic types: substrates, regulatory
molecules, and cofactors essential to protein stability, reactivity,
or enzyme–substrate complex formation. The regulation of potassium
ion movement in bacteria is predominantly under the control of regulatory
ligands that gate the relevant channels and transporters, which possess
subunits or domains that contain Rossmann folds (RFs). Here we demonstrate
that adenosine monophosphate (AMP) is bound to both RFs of the dimeric
bacterial Kef potassium efflux system (Kef), where it plays a structural
role. We conclude that AMP binds with high affinity, ensuring that
the site is fully occupied at all times in the cell. Loss of the ability
to bind AMP, we demonstrate, causes protein, and likely dimer, instability
and consequent loss of function. Kef system function is regulated
via the reversible binding of comparatively low-affinity glutathione-based
ligands at the interface between the dimer subunits. We propose this
interfacial binding site is itself stabilized, at least in part, by
AMP binding.
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- Christos Pliotas
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews , North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Medical Sciences and Nutrition, School of Medicine , Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews , North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Medical Sciences and Nutrition, School of Medicine , Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Medical Sciences and Nutrition, School of Medicine , Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Medical Sciences and Nutrition, School of Medicine , Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Medical Sciences and Nutrition, School of Medicine , Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews , North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9ST, U.K.,Biotherapy Centre, Sichuan University , Chengdu, China.,RCaH, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0FA, U.K.,Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford , Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.,Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies-FRIAS, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Christensen EM, Patel SM, Korasick DA, Campbell AC, Krause KL, Becker DF, Tanner JJ. Resolving the cofactor-binding site in the proline biosynthetic enzyme human pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:7233-7243. [PMID: 28258219 PMCID: PMC5409489 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.780288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase (PYCR) is the final enzyme in proline biosynthesis, catalyzing the NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) to proline. Mutations in the PYCR1 gene alter mitochondrial function and cause the connective tissue disorder cutis laxa. Furthermore, PYCR1 is overexpressed in multiple cancers, and the PYCR1 knock-out suppresses tumorigenic growth, suggesting that PYCR1 is a potential cancer target. However, inhibitor development has been stymied by limited mechanistic details for the enzyme, particularly in light of a previous crystallographic study that placed the cofactor-binding site in the C-terminal domain rather than the anticipated Rossmann fold of the N-terminal domain. To fill this gap, we report crystallographic, sedimentation-velocity, and kinetics data for human PYCR1. Structures of binary complexes of PYCR1 with NADPH or proline determined at 1.9 Å resolution provide insight into cofactor and substrate recognition. We see NADPH bound to the Rossmann fold, over 25 Å from the previously proposed site. The 1.85 Å resolution structure of a ternary complex containing NADPH and a P5C/proline analog provides a model of the Michaelis complex formed during hydride transfer. Sedimentation velocity shows that PYCR1 forms a concentration-dependent decamer in solution, consistent with the pentamer-of-dimers assembly seen crystallographically. Kinetic and mutational analysis confirmed several features seen in the crystal structure, including the importance of a hydrogen bond between Thr-238 and the substrate as well as limited cofactor discrimination.
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand, and
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- From the Departments of Chemistry and
- Biochemistry University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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Luo M, Gamage TT, Arentson BW, Schlasner KN, Becker DF, Tanner JJ. Structures of Proline Utilization A (PutA) Reveal the Fold and Functions of the Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Superfamily Domain of Unknown Function. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:24065-24075. [PMID: 27679491 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.756965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) catalyze the NAD(P)+-dependent oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids and are important for metabolism and detoxification. Although the ALDH superfamily fold is well established, some ALDHs contain an uncharacterized domain of unknown function (DUF) near the C terminus of the polypeptide chain. Herein, we report the first structure of a protein containing the ALDH superfamily DUF. Proline utilization A from Sinorhizobium meliloti (SmPutA) is a 1233-residue bifunctional enzyme that contains the DUF in addition to proline dehydrogenase and l-glutamate-γ-semialdehyde dehydrogenase catalytic modules. Structures of SmPutA with a proline analog bound to the proline dehydrogenase site and NAD+ bound to the ALDH site were determined in two space groups at 1.7-1.9 Å resolution. The DUF consists of a Rossmann dinucleotide-binding fold fused to a three-stranded β-flap. The Rossmann domain resembles the classic ALDH superfamily NAD+-binding domain, whereas the flap is strikingly similar to the ALDH superfamily dimerization domain. Paradoxically, neither structural element performs its implied function. Electron density maps show that NAD+ does not bind to the DUF Rossmann fold, and small-angle X-ray scattering reveals a novel dimer that has never been seen in the ALDH superfamily. The structure suggests that the DUF is an adapter domain that stabilizes the aldehyde substrate binding loop and seals the substrate-channeling tunnel via tertiary structural interactions that mimic the quaternary structural interactions found in non-DUF PutAs. Kinetic data for SmPutA indicate a substrate-channeling mechanism, in agreement with previous studies of other PutAs.
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- Min Luo
- From the Departments of Chemistry and
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- From the Departments of Chemistry and .,Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, and
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Biophysical highlights from 54 years of macromolecular crystallography. Biophys J 2014; 106:510-25. [PMID: 24507592 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The United Nations has declared 2014 the International Year of Crystallography, and in commemoration, this review features a selection of 54 notable macromolecular crystal structures that have illuminated the field of biophysics in the 54 years since the first excitement of the myoglobin and hemoglobin structures in 1960. Chronological by publication of the earliest solved structure, each illustrated entry briefly describes key concepts or methods new at the time and key later work leveraged by knowledge of the three-dimensional atomic structure.
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Jaskolski M, Dauter Z, Wlodawer A. A brief history of macromolecular crystallography, illustrated by a family tree and its Nobel fruits. FEBS J 2014; 281:3985-4009. [PMID: 24698025 PMCID: PMC6309182 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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As a contribution to the celebration of the year 2014, declared by the United Nations to be 'The International Year of Crystallography', the FEBS Journal is dedicating this issue to papers showcasing the intimate union between macromolecular crystallography and structural biology, both in historical perspective and in current research. Instead of a formal editorial piece, by way of introduction, this review discusses the most important, often iconic, achievements of crystallographers that led to major advances in our understanding of the structure and function of biological macromolecules. We identified at least 42 scientists who received Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry or Medicine for their contributions that included the use of X-rays or neutrons and crystallography, including 24 who made seminal discoveries in macromolecular sciences. Our spotlight is mostly, but not only, on the recipients of this most prestigious scientific honor, presented in approximately chronological order. As a summary of the review, we attempt to construct a genealogy tree of the principal lineages of protein crystallography, leading from the founding members to the present generation.
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- Mariusz Jaskolski
- Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University and Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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This is a personal history of my structural studies of icosahedral viruses that evolved from crystallographic studies, to hybrid methods with electron cryo-microscopy and image reconstruction (cryoEM) and then developed further by incorporating a variety of physical methods to augment the high resolution crystallographic studies. It is not meant to be comprehensive, even for my own work, but hopefully provides some perspective on the growth of our understanding of these remarkable biologic assemblies. The goal is to provide a historical perspective for those new to the field and to emphasize the limitations of any one method, even those that provide atomic resolution information about viruses.
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- John E Johnson
- Department of Molecular Biology, MB31, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Richardson JS, Richardson DC. Studying and polishing the PDB's macromolecules. Biopolymers 2012; 99:170-82. [PMID: 23023928 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Macromolecular crystal structures are among the best of scientific data, providing detailed insight into these complex and biologically important molecules with a relatively low level of error and subjectivity. However, there are two notable problems with getting the most information from them. The first is that the models are not perfect: there is still opportunity for improving them, and users need to evaluate whether the local reliability in a structure is up to answering their question of interest. The second is that protein and nucleic acid molecules are highly complex and individual, inherently handed and three-dimensional, and the cooperative and subtle interactions that govern their detailed structure and function are not intuitively evident. Thus there is a real need for graphical representations and descriptive classifications that enable molecular 3D literacy. We have spent our career working to understand these elegant molecules ourselves, and building tools to help us and others determine and understand them better. The Protein Data Bank (PDB) has of course been vital and central to this undertaking. Here we combine some history of our involvement as depositors, illustrators, evaluators, and end-users of PDB structures with commentary on how best to study and draw scientific inferences from them.
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- Jane S Richardson
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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My undergraduate education in mathematics and physics was a good grounding for graduate studies in crystallographic studies of small organic molecules. As a postdoctoral fellow in Minnesota, I learned how to program an early electronic computer for crystallographic calculations. I then joined Max Perutz, excited to use my skills in the determination of the first protein structures. The results were even more fascinating than the development of techniques and provided inspiration for starting my own laboratory at Purdue University. My first studies on dehydrogenases established the conservation of nucleotide-binding structures. Having thus established myself as an independent scientist, I could start on my most cherished ambition of studying the structure of viruses. About a decade later, my laboratory had produced the structure of a small RNA plant virus and then, in another six years, the first structure of a human common cold virus. Many more virus structures followed, but soon it became essential to supplement crystallography with electron microscopy to investigate viral assembly, viral infection of cells, and neutralization of viruses by antibodies. A major guide in all these studies was the discovery of evolution at the molecular level. The conservation of three-dimensional structure has been a recurring theme, from my experiences with Max Perutz in the study of hemoglobin to the recognition of the conserved nucleotide-binding fold and to the recognition of the jelly roll fold in the capsid protein of a large variety of viruses.
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- Michael G Rossmann
- Department of Biological Sciences, Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
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The history of the concept of protein folds is discussed, starting with the original concept of super-secondary structure. This has led to the recognition of a fairly small number of distinct folds defining individual domains within larger proteins. Each fold can usually be associated with a specific function. Thus the active site of an enzyme is likely to be at the boundary between domains, each contributing a simple function to a more complex process.
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Ma C, Zhang L, Dai J, Xiu Z. Relaxing the coenzyme specificity of 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase from Klebsiella pneumoniae by rational design. J Biotechnol 2010; 146:173-8. [PMID: 20156491 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Revised: 01/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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1,3-Propanediol has wide applications for large volume markets, particularly in the polymer business. Microbial production of 1,3-propanediol has been considered as a competitor to the traditional petrochemical routes. However, the formation of 1,3-propanediol is limited by the amount of NADH supplied by the oxidative pathway of glycerol dismutation. Previous metabolic flux analysis revealed that relaxation of the coenzyme specificity of 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase for both NADH and NADPH would increase the production of 1,3-propanediol as well as maintaining the NADH-NAD(+) circle. This work tried to accomplish such a relaxation by rational protein design. Overall binding free energy indicated that the electrostatic energy was the major force discriminating NADH from NADPH. Computational alanine-scanning mutagenesis of the active site residues illustrated that Asp41 was the key residue responsible for the coenzyme specificity. Compared with Asp41Ala, Asp41Gly could further weaken the repulsion between Asp41 and the phosphate group esterified to the 2'-hydroxyl group of the ribose at the adenine end of NADPH. Site-directed mutagenesis was conducted and the relaxation was successfully realized.
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- Chengwei Ma
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian 116024, China
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Sakurai K, Konuma T, Yagi M, Goto Y. Structural dynamics and folding of β-lactoglobulin probed by heteronuclear NMR. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2009; 1790:527-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2009] [Revised: 04/02/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Medium- and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene and protein families : the SDR superfamily: functional and structural diversity within a family of metabolic and regulatory enzymes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 65:3895-906. [PMID: 19011750 PMCID: PMC2792337 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8588-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 628] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDRs) constitute a large family of NAD(P)(H)-dependent oxidoreductases, sharing sequence motifs and displaying similar mechanisms. SDR enzymes have critical roles in lipid, amino acid, carbohydrate, cofactor, hormone and xenobiotic metabolism as well as in redox sensor mechanisms. Sequence identities are low, and the most conserved feature is an α/β folding pattern with a central beta sheet flanked by 2–3 α-helices from each side, thus a classical Rossmannfold motif for nucleotide binding. The conservation of this element and an active site, often with an Asn-Ser-Tyr-Lys tetrad, provides a platform for enzymatic activities encompassing several EC classes, including oxidoreductases, epimerases and lyases. The common mechanism is an underlying hydride and proton transfer involving the nicotinamide and typically an active site tyrosine residue, whereas substrate specificity is determined by a variable C-terminal segment. Relationships exist with bacterial haloalcohol dehalogenases, which lack cofactor binding but have the active site architecture, emphasizing the versatility of the basic fold in also generating hydride transfer-independent lyases. The conserved fold and nucleotide binding emphasize the role of SDRs as scaffolds for an NAD(P)(H) redox sensor system, of importance to control metabolic routes, transcription and signalling.
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Olive J, Barbotin JN, Risler JL. The crystal and molecular structure of yeast L-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome b2). An electron microscopy study by negative staining and freeze-etching techniques. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 2009; 5:219-28. [PMID: 4128170 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1973.tb03456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This overview provides an illustrated, comprehensive survey of some commonly observed protein‐fold families and structural motifs, chosen for their functional significance. It opens with descriptions and definitions of the various elements of protein structure and associated terminology. Following is an introduction into web‐based structural bioinformatics that includes surveys of interactive web servers for protein fold or domain annotation, protein‐structure databases, protein‐structure‐classification databases, structural alignments of proteins, and molecular graphics programs available for personal computers. The rest of the overview describes selected families of protein folds in terms of their secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structural arrangements, including ribbon‐diagram examples, tables of representative structures with references, and brief explanations pointing out their respective biological and functional significance.
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- Peter D Sun
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Zheng X, Dai X, Zhao Y, Chen Q, Lu F, Yao D, Yu Q, Liu X, Zhang C, Gu X, Luo M. Restructuring of the dinucleotide-binding fold in an NADP(H) sensor protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8809-14. [PMID: 17496144 PMCID: PMC1885584 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700480104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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NAD(P) has long been known as an essential energy-carrying molecule in cells. Recent data, however, indicate that NAD(P) also plays critical signaling roles in regulating cellular functions. The crystal structure of a human protein, HSCARG, with functions previously unknown, has been determined to 2.4-A resolution. The structure reveals that HSCARG can form an asymmetrical dimer with one subunit occupied by one NADP molecule and the other empty. Restructuring of its NAD(P)-binding Rossmann fold upon NADP binding changes an extended loop to an alpha-helix to restore the integrity of the Rossmann fold. The previously unobserved restructuring suggests that HSCARG may assume a resting state when the level of NADP(H) is normal within the cell. When the NADP(H) level passes a threshold, an extensive restructuring of HSCARG would result in the activation of its regulatory functions. Immunofluorescent imaging shows that HSCARG redistributes from being associated with intermediate filaments in the resting state to being dispersed in the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The structural change of HSCARG upon NADP(H) binding could be a new regulatory mechanism that responds only to a significant change of NADP(H) levels. One of the functions regulated by HSCARG may be argininosuccinate synthetase that is involved in NO synthesis.
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- Xiaofeng Zheng
- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
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- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
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- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
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- Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
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- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
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- Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- *National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294; and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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Everse J, Kaplan NO. Lactate dehydrogenases: structure and function. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 37:61-133. [PMID: 4144036 DOI: 10.1002/9780470122822.ch2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Citri N. Conformational adaptability in enzymes. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 37:397-648. [PMID: 4632894 DOI: 10.1002/9780470122822.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Homotetrameric proteins can assemble by several different pathways, but have only been observed to use one, in which two monomers associate to form a homodimer, and then two homodimers associate to form a homotetramer. To determine why this pathway should be so uniformly dominant, we have modeled the kinetics of tetramerization for the possible pathways as a function of the rate constants for each step. We have found that competition with the other pathways, in which homotetramers can be formed either by the association of two different types of homodimers or by the successive addition of monomers to homodimers and homotrimers, can cause substantial amounts of protein to be trapped as intermediates of the assembly pathway. We propose that this could lead to undesirable consequences for an organism, and that selective pressure may have caused homotetrameric proteins to evolve to assemble by a single pathway.
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- Evan T Powers
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Duax WL, Pletnev V, Addlagatta A, Bruenn J, Weeks CM. Rational proteomics I. Fingerprint identification and cofactor specificity in the short-chain oxidoreductase (SCOR) enzyme family. Proteins 2004; 53:931-43. [PMID: 14635134 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The short-chain oxidoreductase (SCOR) family of enzymes includes over 2000 members identified in sequenced genomes. Of these enzymes, approximately 200 have been characterized functionally, and the three-dimensional crystal structures of approximately 40 have been reported. Since some SCOR enzymes are involved in hypertension, diabetes, breast cancer, and polycystic kidney disease, it is important to characterize the other members of the family for which the biological functions are currently unknown. Although the SCOR family appears to have only a single fully conserved residue, it was possible, using bioinformatics methods, to determine characteristic fingerprints composed of 30-40 residues that are conserved at the 70% or greater level in SCOR subgroups. These fingerprints permit reliable prediction of several important structure-function features including NAD/NADP cofactor preference. For example, the correlation of aspartate or arginine residues with NAD or NADP binding, respectively, predicts the cofactor preference of more than 70% of the SCOR proteins with unknown function. The analysis of conserved residues surrounding the cofactor has revealed the presence of previously undetected CH em leader O hydrogen bonds in the majority of the SCOR crystal structures, predicts the presence of similar hydrogen bonds in 90% of the SCOR proteins of unknown function, and suggests that these hydrogen bonds may play a critical role in the catalytic functions of these enzymes.
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- William L Duax
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute and Department of Structural Biology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
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Hillgren A, Evertsson H, Aldén M. Interaction between lactate dehydrogenase and Tween 80 in aqueous solution. Pharm Res 2002; 19:504-10. [PMID: 12033387 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015156031381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The weak aqueous interaction between the protein lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and the nonionic surfactant Tween 80 has been investigated, because weak protein-amphiphile interactions are of significant importance in pharmaceutical formulations, but are experimentally hard to determine. The system LDH/sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) was used as reference because SDS, by its strong protein binding, denatures LDH completely. METHODS Fluorescence spectroscopy with pyrene and 1,3-bis(lphenyl)propane (P3P) as probes, intrinsic protein fluorescence and NMR spectroscopy have been used. RESULTS The fluorescence probe pyrene monitors a weak Tween-LDH interaction, detectable below the critical micelle concentration of ordinary Tween micelles. The microviscosity probe P3P shows a surfactant-induced denaturation in the case of LDH/SDS but not in the case of LDH/Tween 80. Intrinsic LDH fluorescence verifies this behavior. Pulsed-gradient spin-echo NMR was also used to verify the weak LDH-Tween 80 interaction. CONCLUSIONS. A weak interaction between LDH and Tween 80 occurs at hydrophobic zones of the protein, but it is not strong enough to denature LDH. The experimental outline used here provides a useful approach for mapping the very weak protein-amphiphile interactions often present in pharmaceutical formulations.
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- Anna Hillgren
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Sweden
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Typically, protein spatial structures are more conserved in evolution than amino acid sequences. However, the recent explosion of sequence and structure information accompanied by the development of powerful computational methods led to the accumulation of examples of homologous proteins with globally distinct structures. Significant sequence conservation, local structural resemblance, and functional similarity strongly indicate evolutionary relationships between these proteins despite pronounced structural differences at the fold level. Several mechanisms such as insertions/deletions/substitutions, circular permutations, and rearrangements in beta-sheet topologies account for the majority of detected structural irregularities. The existence of evolutionarily related proteins that possess different folds brings new challenges to the homology modeling techniques and the structure classification strategies and offers new opportunities for protein design in experimental studies.
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- N V Grishin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9050, USA
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Lee BI, Chang C, Cho SJ, Eom SH, Kim KK, Yu YG, Suh SW. Crystal structure of the MJ0490 gene product of the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Methanococcus jannaschii, a novel member of the lactate/malate family of dehydrogenases. J Mol Biol 2001; 307:1351-62. [PMID: 11292347 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The MJ0490 gene, one of the only two genes of Methanococcus jannaschii showing sequence similarity to the lactate/malate family of dehydrogenases, was classified initially as coding for a putative l-lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). It has been re-classified as a malate dehydrogenase (MDH) gene, because it shows significant sequence similarity to MT0188, MDH II from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain DeltaH. The three-dimensional structure of its gene product has been determined in two crystal forms: a "dimeric" structure in the orthorhombic crystal at 1.9 A resolution and a "tetrameric" structure in the tetragonal crystal at 2.8 A. These structures share a similar subunit fold with other LDHs and MDHs. The tetrameric structure resembles typical tetrameric LDHs. The dimeric structure is equivalent to the P-dimer of tetrameric LDHs, unlike dimeric MDHs, which correspond to the Q-dimer. The structure reveals that the cofactor NADP(H) is bound at the active site, despite the fact that it was not intentionally added during protein purification and crystallization. The preference of NADP(H) over NAD(H) has been supported by activity assays. The cofactor preference is explained by the presence of a glycine residue in the cofactor binding pocket (Gly33), which replaces a conserved aspartate (or glutamate) residue in other NAD-dependent LDHs or MDHs. Preference for NADP(H) is contributed by hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atoms of the monophosphate group and the ribose sugar of adenosine in NADP(H) and the side-chains of Ser9, Arg34, His36, and Ser37. The MDH activity of MJ0490 is made possible by Arg86, which is conserved in MDHs but not in LDHs. The enzymatic assay showed that the MJ0490 protein possesses the fructose-1,6-bisphosphate-activated LDH activity (reduction). Thus the MJ0490 gene product appears to be a novel member of the lactate/malate dehydrogenase family, displaying an LDH scaffold and exhibiting a relaxed substrate and cofactor specificities in NADP(H) and NAD(H)-dependent malate and lactate dehydrogenase reactions.
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- B I Lee
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea
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Duax WL, Ghosh D, Pletnev V. Steroid dehydrogenase structures, mechanism of action, and disease. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2000; 58:121-48. [PMID: 10668397 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(00)58023-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Steroid dehydrogenase enzymes influence mammalian reproduction, hypertension, neoplasia, and digestion. The three-dimensional structures of steroid dehydrogenase enzymes reveal the position of the catalytic triad, a possible mechanism of keto-hydroxyl interconversion, a molecular mechanism of inhibition, and the basis for selectivity. Glycyrrhizic acid, the active ingredient in licorice, and its metabolite carbenoxolone are potent inhibitors of human 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and bacterial 3 alpha, 20 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha, 20 beta-HSD). The three-dimensional structure of the 3 alpha, 20 beta-HSD carbenoxolone complex unequivocally verifies the postulated active site of the enzyme, shows that inhibition is a result of direct competition with the substrate for binding, and provides a plausible model for the mechanism of inhibition of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase by carbenoxolone. The structure of the ternary complex of human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (17 beta-HSD) with the cofactor NADP+ and the antiestrogen equilin reveals the details of binding of an inhibitor in the active site of the enzyme and the possible roles of various amino acids in the catalytic cleft. The short-chain dehydrogenase reductase (SDR) family includes these steroid dehydrogenase enzymes and more than 60 other proteins from human, mammalian, insect, and bacterial sources. Most members of the family contain the tyrosine and lysine of the catalytic triad in a YxxxK sequence. X-ray crystal structures of 13 members of the family have been completed. When the alpha-carbon backbone of the cofactor binding domains of the structures are superimposed, the conserved residues are at the core of the structure and in the cofactor binding domain, but not in the substrate binding pocket.
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- W L Duax
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc., Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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Fjellström O, Axelsson M, Bizouarn T, Hu X, Johansson C, Meuller J, Rydström J. Mapping of residues in the NADP(H)-binding site of proton-translocating nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase from Escherichia coli. A study of structure and function. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:6350-9. [PMID: 10037725 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.10.6350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Conformational changes in proton pumping transhydrogenases have been suggested to be dependent on binding of NADP(H) and the redox state of this substrate. Based on a detailed amino acid sequence analysis, it is argued that a classical betaalphabetaalphabeta dinucleotide binding fold is responsible for binding NADP(H). A model defining betaA, alphaB, betaB, betaD, and betaE of this domain is presented. To test this model, four single cysteine mutants (cfbetaA348C, cfbetaA390C, cfbetaK424C, and cfbetaR425C) were introduced into a functional cysteine-free transhydrogenase. Also, five cysteine mutants were constructed in the isolated domain III of Escherichia coli transhydrogenase (ecIIIH345C, ecIIIA348C, ecIIIR350C, ecIIID392C, and ecIIIK424C). In addition to kinetic characterizations, effects of sulfhydryl-specific labeling with N-ethylmaleimide, 2-(4'-maleimidylanilino)naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid, and diazotized 3-aminopyridine adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) were examined. The results are consistent with the view that, in agreement with the model, beta-Ala348, beta-Arg350, beta-Ala390, beta-Asp392, and beta-Lys424 are located in or close to the NADP(H) site. More specifically, beta-Ala348 succeeds betaB. The remarkable reactivity of betaR350C toward NNADP suggests that this residue is close to the nicotinamide moiety of NADP(H). beta-Ala390 and beta-Asp392 terminate or succeed betaD, and are thus, together with the region following betaA, creating the switch point crevice where NADP(H) binds. beta-Asp392 is particularly important for the substrate affinity, but it could also have a more complex role in the coupling mechanism for transhydrogenase.
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- O Fjellström
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology, S-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden
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A simple method for the definition of protein structural domains is described that requires only alpha-carbon coordinate data. The basic method, which encodes no specific aspects of protein structure, captures the essence of most domains but does not give high enough priority to the integrity of beta-sheet structure. This aspect was encouraged both by a bias toward attaining intact beta-sheets and also as an acceptance condition on the final result. The method has only one variable parameter, reflecting the granularity level of the domains, and an attempt was made to set this level automatically for each protein based on the best agreement attained between the domains predicted on the native structure and a set of smoothed coordinates. While not perfect, this feature allowed some tightly packed domains to be separated that would have remained undivided had the best fixed granularity level been used. The quality of the results was high and, when compared with a large collection of accepted domain definitions, only a few could be said to be clearly incorrect. The simplicity of the method allowed its easy extension to the simultaneous definition of domains across related structures in a way that does not involve loss of detail through averaging the structures. This was found to be a useful approach to reconciling differences among structural family members. The method is fast, taking less than 1 s per 100 residues for medium-sized proteins.
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- W R Taylor
- Division of Mathematical Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, UK
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Auerbach G, Ostendorp R, Prade L, Korndörfer I, Dams T, Huber R, Jaenicke R. Lactate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium thermotoga maritima: the crystal structure at 2.1 A resolution reveals strategies for intrinsic protein stabilization. Structure 1998; 6:769-81. [PMID: 9655830 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00078-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND L(+)-Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) catalyzes the last step in anaerobic glycolysis, the conversion of pyruvate to lactate, with the concomitant oxidation of NADH. Extensive physicochemical and structural investigations of LDHs from both mesophilic and thermophilic organisms have been undertaken in order to study the temperature adaptation of proteins. In this study we aimed to determine the high-resolution structure of LDH from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima (TmLDH), the most thermostable LDH to be isolated so far. It was hoped that the structure of TmLDH would serve as a model system to reveal strategies of protein stabilization at temperatures near the boiling point of water. RESULTS The crystal structure of the extremely thermostable TmLDH has been determined at 2.1 A resolution as a quaternary complex with the cofactor NADH, the allosteric activator fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, and the substrate analog oxamate. The structure of TmLDH was solved by Patterson search methods using a homology-based model as a search probe. The native tetramer shows perfect 222 symmetry. Structural comparisons with five LDHs from mesophilic and moderately thermophilic organisms and with other ultrastable enzymes from T. maritima reveal possible strategies of protein thermostabilization. CONCLUSIONS Structural analysis of TmLDH and comparison of the enzyme to moderately thermophilic and mesophilic homologs reveals a strong conservation of both the three-dimensional fold and the catalytic mechanism. Going from lower to higher physiological temperatures a variety of structural differences can be observed: an increased number of intrasubunit ion pairs; a decrease of the ratio of hydrophobic to charged surface area, mainly caused by an increased number of arginine and glutamate sidechains on the protein surface; an increased secondary structure content including an additional unique 'thermohelix' (alphaT) in TmLDH; more tightly bound intersubunit contacts mainly based on hydrophobic interactions; and a decrease in both the number and the total volume of internal cavities. Similar strategies for thermal adaptation can be observed in other enzymes from T. maritima.
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- G Auerbach
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie Abt. Strukturforschung, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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Kutzenko AS, Lamzin VS, Popov VO. Conserved supersecondary structural motif in NAD-dependent dehydrogenases. FEBS Lett 1998; 423:105-9. [PMID: 9506850 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00074-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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L- and D-specific nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent dehydrogenases map to the same structural protein superfamily as defined by the Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) and are based on the Rossmann fold type domains. A detailed classification of these domains is proposed using a novel diagnostic parameter of the rms per aligned pair. The catalytic domain in D-specific dehydrogenases shows a strong structural homology to the coenzyme binding domain. A topologically conserved part within the dehydrogenase superfamily reveals a supersecondary structural motif comprising the 5-stranded left-handedly twisted parallel beta-sheet with one complete and one partial Rossmann fold units and two alpha-helices, the long helix, adjacent to and running roughly parallel with the beta-sheet plane and the helix connecting two Rossmann folds.
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- A S Kutzenko
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Short-chain dehydrogenase reductase (SDR) enzymes influence mammalian reproduction, hypertension, neoplasia, and digestion. The three-dimensional structures of two members of the SDR family reveal the position of the conserved catalytic triad, a possible mechanism of keto-hydroxyl interconversion, the molecular mechanism of inhibition, and the basis for selectivity. Glycyrrhizic acid, the active ingredient in licorice, and its metabolite carbenoxolone are potent inhibitors of bacterial 3 alpha, 20 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha, 20 beta-HSD). The three-dimensional structure of the 3 alpha,20 beta-HSD carbenoxolone complex unequivocally verifies the postulated active site of the enzyme, shows that inhibition is a result of direct competition with the substrate for binding, and provides a plausible model for the mechanism of inhibition of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase by carbenoxolone. The structure of human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (17 beta-HSD) suggests the details of binding of estrone and 17 beta-estradiol in the active site of the enzyme and the possible roles of various amino acids in the catalytic cleft. The SDR family includes over 50 proteins from human, mammalian, insect, and bacterial sources. Only five residues are conserved in all members of the family, including the YXXXK sequence. X-ray crystal structures of five members of the family have been completed. When the alpha-carbon backbone of the cofactor binding domains of the five structures are superimposed, the conserved residues are at the core of the structure and in the cofactor binding domain, but not in the substrate binding pocket.
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- W L Duax
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, New York 4203, USA
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Enzymes that modulate the level of circulating steroid hormone can be used to combat steroid-dependent disorders. Members of the NADPH-dependent short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family control blood pressure, fertility, and natural and neoplastic growth. Despite the fact that only one amino acid residue is strictly conserved in the 60 known members of the family, all appear to have the dinucleotide-binding Rossmann fold and homologous catalytic residues containing the conserved tyrosine. Variation in the amino acid composition of the substrate binding pocket creates specificity of binding for steroids, prostaglandins, sugars and alcohols. Licorice induces high blood pressure by inhibiting an SDR in the kidney, and appears to combat ulcers by inhibiting another in the stomach. Detailed X-ray analyses of various members of the family should allow the design of potent, tissue-specific, highly selective inhibitors.
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- W L Duax
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
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The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-binding domains of dehydrogenases, containing a conserved double beta-alpha-beta-alpha-beta motif, are common structural feature of many enzymes that bind NAD, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) and related cofactors. Features of this folding pattern that create a natural binding site for such molecules have been described. The domain continues to appear in many structures, in the form of a common core with different peripheral additions or variations. Other structures that bind NAD and related molecules use entirely different topologies, although, in many, a phosphate group appears at the N terminus of an alpha helix. Ferredoxin reductase seems to show convergent evolution, containing a single beta-alpha-beta motif that is similar both in its structure and in its interactions with the ligand to a region in dehydrogenases.
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- A M Lesk
- University of Cambridge Clinical School, UK
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Grishin NV, Phillips MA, Goldsmith EJ. Modeling of the spatial structure of eukaryotic ornithine decarboxylases. Protein Sci 1995; 4:1291-304. [PMID: 7670372 PMCID: PMC2143167 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560040705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We used sequence and structural comparisons to determine the fold for eukaryotic ornithine decarboxylase, which we found is related to alanine racemase. These enzymes have no detectable sequence identity with any protein of known structure, including three pyridoxal phosphate-utilizing enzymes. Our studies suggest that the N-terminal domain of ornithine decarboxylase folds into a beta/alpha-barrel. Through the analysis of known barrel structures we developed a topographic model of the pyridoxal phosphate-binding domain of ornithine decarboxylase, which predicts that the Schiff base lysine and a conserved glycine-rich sequence both map to the C-termini of the beta-strands. Other residues in this domain that are likely to have essential roles in catalysis, substrate, and cofactor binding were also identified, suggesting that this model will be a suitable guide to mutagenic analysis of the enzyme mechanism.
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- N V Grishin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA
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Yaoi T, Miyazaki K, Oshima T. Roles of Arg231 and Tyr284 of Thermus thermophilus isocitrate dehydrogenase in the coenzyme specificity. FEBS Lett 1994; 355:171-2. [PMID: 7982494 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)01191-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The coenzyme binding site of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus was analyzed by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutation analysis revealed that Arg231 and Tyr284 are involved in the discrimination between NAD and NADP, suggesting that these two residues interact with 2'-phosphate group of NADP.
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- T Yaoi
- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Rossmann MG. The beginnings of structural biology. Recollections, special section in honor of Max Perutz. Protein Sci 1994; 3:1731-3. [PMID: 7849590 PMCID: PMC2142609 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560031012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- M G Rossmann
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1392
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Bennett MJ, Choe S, Eisenberg D. Refined structure of dimeric diphtheria toxin at 2.0 A resolution. Protein Sci 1994; 3:1444-63. [PMID: 7833807 PMCID: PMC2142933 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The refined structure of dimeric diphtheria toxin (DT) at 2.0 A resolution, based on 37,727 unique reflections (F > 1 sigma (F)), yields a final R factor of 19.5% with a model obeying standard geometry. The refined model consists of 523 amino acid residues, 1 molecule of the bound dinucleotide inhibitor adenylyl 3'-5' uridine 3' monophosphate (ApUp), and 405 well-ordered water molecules. The 2.0-A refined model reveals that the binding motif for ApUp includes residues in the catalytic and receptor-binding domains and is different from the Rossmann dinucleotide-binding fold. ApUp is bound in part by a long loop (residues 34-52) that crosses the active site. Several residues in the active site were previously identified as NAD-binding residues. Glu 148, previously identified as playing a catalytic role in ADP-ribosylation of elongation factor 2 by DT, is about 5 A from uracil in ApUp. The trigger for insertion of the transmembrane domain of DT into the endosomal membrane at low pH may involve 3 intradomain and 4 interdomain salt bridges that will be weakened at low pH by protonation of their acidic residues. The refined model also reveals that each molecule in dimeric DT has an "open" structure unlike most globular proteins, which we call an open monomer. Two open monomers interact by "domain swapping" to form a compact, globular dimeric DT structure. The possibility that the open monomer resembles a membrane insertion intermediate is discussed.
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- M J Bennett
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles 90024-1570
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Goldberg JD, Yoshida T, Brick P. Crystal structure of a NAD-dependent D-glycerate dehydrogenase at 2.4 A resolution. J Mol Biol 1994; 236:1123-40. [PMID: 8120891 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(94)90016-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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D-Glycerate dehydrogenase (GDH) catalyzes the NADH-linked reduction of hydroxypyruvate to D-glycerate. GDH is a member of a family of NAD-dependent dehydrogenases that is characterized by a specificity for the D-isomer of the hydroxyacid substrate. The crystal structure of the apoenzyme form of GDH from Hyphomicrobium methylovorum has been determined by the method of isomorphous replacement and refined at 2.4 A resolution using a restrained least-squares method. The crystallographic R-factor is 19.4% for all 24,553 measured reflections between 10.0 and 2.4 A resolution. The GDH molecule is a symmetrical dimer composed of subunits of molecular mass 38,000, and shares significant structural homology with another NAD-dependent enzyme, formate dehydrogenase. The GDH subunit consists of two structurally similar domains that are approximately related to each other by 2-fold symmetry. The domains are separated by a deep cleft that forms the putative NAD and substrate binding sites. One of the domains has been identified as the NAD-binding domain based on its close structural similarity to the NAD-binding domains of other NAD-dependent dehydrogenases. The topology of the second domain is different from that found in the various catalytic domains of other dehydrogenases. A model of a ternary complex of GDH has been built in which putative catalytic residues are identified based on sequence homology between the D-isomer specific dehydrogenases. A structural comparison between GDH and L-lactate dehydrogenase indicates a convergence of active site residues and geometries for these two enzymes. The reactions catalyzed are chemically equivalent but of opposing stereospecificity. A hypothesis is presented to explain how the two enzymes may exploit the same coenzyme stereochemistry and a similar spatial arrangement of catalytic residues to carry out reactions that proceed to opposite enantiomers.
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- J D Goldberg
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, England
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Iwata S, Kamata K, Yoshida S, Minowa T, Ohta T. T and R states in the crystals of bacterial L-lactate dehydrogenase reveal the mechanism for allosteric control. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1994; 1:176-85. [PMID: 7656036 DOI: 10.1038/nsb0394-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The crystal structure of L-lactate dehydrogenase from Bifidobacterium longum, determined to 2.5 A resolution, contains a regular 1:1 complex of T- and R-state tetramers. A comparison of these two structures within the same crystal lattice and kinetical characterization of the T-R transition in solution provide an explanation for the molecular mechanism of allosteric activation. Substrate affinity is controlled by helix sliding between subunits which is triggered by the binding of the activator, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. The proposed mechanism can explain activation by chemical modification and mutagenesis, as well as suggesting why vertebrate counterparts are not allosteric.
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- S Iwata
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan
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