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Title | Molybdate pumping into the molybdenum storage protein via an ATP-powered piercing mechanism. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Vol. 116, Issue 52, Page 26497-26504, Year 2019 |
Publish date | Dec 26, 2019 |
Authors | Steffen Brünle / Martin L Eisinger / Juliane Poppe / Deryck J Mills / Julian D Langer / Janet Vonck / Ulrich Ermler / |
PubMed Abstract | The molybdenum storage protein (MoSto) deposits large amounts of molybdenum as polyoxomolybdate clusters in a heterohexameric (αβ) cage-like protein complex under ATP consumption. Here, we suggest ...The molybdenum storage protein (MoSto) deposits large amounts of molybdenum as polyoxomolybdate clusters in a heterohexameric (αβ) cage-like protein complex under ATP consumption. Here, we suggest a unique mechanism for the ATP-powered molybdate pumping process based on X-ray crystallography, cryoelectron microscopy, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, and mutational studies of MoSto from . First, we show that molybdate, ATP, and Mg consecutively bind into the open ATP-binding groove of the β-subunit, which thereafter becomes tightly locked by fixing the previously disordered N-terminal arm of the α-subunit over the β-ATP. Next, we propose a nucleophilic attack of molybdate onto the γ-phosphate of β-ATP, analogous to the similar reaction of the structurally related UMP kinase. The formed instable phosphoric-molybdic anhydride becomes immediately hydrolyzed and, according to the current data, the released and accelerated molybdate is pressed through the cage wall, presumably by turning aside the Metβ149 side chain. A structural comparison between MoSto and UMP kinase provides valuable insight into how an enzyme is converted into a molecular machine during evolution. The postulated direct conversion of chemical energy into kinetic energy via an activating molybdate kinase and an exothermic pyrophosphatase reaction to overcome a proteinous barrier represents a novelty in ATP-fueled biochemistry, because normally, ATP hydrolysis initiates large-scale conformational changes to drive a distant process. |
External links | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A / PubMed:31811022 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 1.7 - 3.2 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-4907, PDB-6rkd: PDB-6ris: PDB-6rj4: PDB-6rke: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-ATP: ChemComp-PO4: ChemComp-MG: ChemComp-CL: ChemComp-HOH: ChemComp-ADP: ChemComp-NA: ChemComp-8M0: ChemComp-J8E: ChemComp-MOO: ChemComp-OMO: ChemComp-LJB: ChemComp-M10: ChemComp-LHW: |
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Keywords | METAL BINDING PROTEIN / amino acid kinase family / Mo storage / polyoxomolybdate cluster / ATP hydrolysis / polyoxomolybdate clusters / amino acid kinase / molybdenum storage protein / ATPase / ATP |