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Title | Structural bases for aspartate recognition and polymerization efficiency of cyanobacterial cyanophycin synthetase. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Page 5097, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Aug 30, 2022 |
Authors | Takuya Miyakawa / Jian Yang / Masato Kawasaki / Naruhiko Adachi / Ayumu Fujii / Yumiko Miyauchi / Tomonari Muramatsu / Toshio Moriya / Toshiya Senda / Masaru Tanokura / |
PubMed Abstract | Cyanophycin is a natural biopolymer consisting of equimolar amounts of aspartate and arginine as the backbone and branched sidechain, respectively. It is produced by a single enzyme, cyanophycin ...Cyanophycin is a natural biopolymer consisting of equimolar amounts of aspartate and arginine as the backbone and branched sidechain, respectively. It is produced by a single enzyme, cyanophycin synthetase (CphA1), and accumulates as a nitrogen reservoir during N fixation by most cyanobacteria. A recent structural study showed that three constituent domains of CphA1 function as two distinct catalytic sites and an oligomerization interface in cyanophycin synthesis. However, it remains unclear how the ATP-dependent addition of aspartate to cyanophycin is initiated at the catalytic site of the glutathione synthetase-like domain. Here, we report the cryogenic electron microscopy structures of CphA1, including a complex with aspartate, cyanophycin primer peptide, and ATP analog. These structures reveal the aspartate binding mode and phosphate-binding loop movement to the active site required for the reaction. Furthermore, structural and mutational data show a potential role of protein dynamics in the catalytic efficiency of the arginine condensation reaction. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:36042318 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.52 - 2.96 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-32381, PDB-7wac: EMDB-32382, PDB-7wad: EMDB-32383, PDB-7wae: EMDB-32384, PDB-7waf: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-MG: ChemComp-AGS: ChemComp-ASP: ChemComp-ARG: |
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Keywords | LIGASE / Cyanophycin / Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis / ATP / Aspartate / Arginine |