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Title | An ATP-sensitive phosphoketolase regulates carbon fixation in cyanobacteria. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Metab, Vol. 5, Issue 7, Page 1111-1126, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Jun 22, 2023 |
Authors | Kuan-Jen Lu / Chiung-Wen Chang / Chun-Hsiung Wang / Frederic Y-H Chen / Irene Y Huang / Pin-Hsuan Huang / Cheng-Han Yang / Hsiang-Yi Wu / Wen-Jin Wu / Kai-Cheng Hsu / Meng-Chiao Ho / Ming-Daw Tsai / James C Liao / |
PubMed Abstract | Regulation of CO fixation in cyanobacteria is important both for the organism and global carbon balance. Here we show that phosphoketolase in Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 (SeXPK) possesses a ...Regulation of CO fixation in cyanobacteria is important both for the organism and global carbon balance. Here we show that phosphoketolase in Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 (SeXPK) possesses a distinct ATP-sensing mechanism, where a drop in ATP level allows SeXPK to divert precursors of the RuBisCO substrate away from the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. Deleting the SeXPK gene increased CO fixation particularly during light-dark transitions. In high-density cultures, the Δxpk strain showed a 60% increase in carbon fixation and unexpectedly resulted in sucrose secretion without any pathway engineering. Using cryo-EM analysis, we discovered that these functions were enabled by a unique allosteric regulatory site involving two subunits jointly binding two ATP, which constantly suppresses the activity of SeXPK until the ATP level drops. This magnesium-independent ATP allosteric site is present in many species across all three domains of life, where it may also play important regulatory functions. |
External links | Nat Metab / PubMed:37349485 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.17 - 2.86 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-35609, PDB-8io6: EMDB-35610, PDB-8io7: EMDB-35611: Cryo-EM structure of cyanobacteria phosphoketolase complexed with AMPPNP in dimeric assembly EMDB-35612: Cryo-EM structure of cyanobacteria phosphoketolase complexed with AMPPNPin dodecameric assembly EMDB-35613, PDB-8ioa: EMDB-35617, PDB-8ioe: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-TPP: ChemComp-MG: ChemComp-ANP: |
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Keywords | CYTOSOLIC PROTEIN / Carbon metabolism / TPP-dependent enzyme |