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タイトル | Emergence of fractal geometries in the evolution of a metabolic enzyme. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | Nature, Vol. 628, Issue 8009, Page 894-900, Year 2024 |
掲載日 | 2024年4月10日 |
著者 | Franziska L Sendker / Yat Kei Lo / Thomas Heimerl / Stefan Bohn / Louise J Persson / Christopher-Nils Mais / Wiktoria Sadowska / Nicole Paczia / Eva Nußbaum / María Del Carmen Sánchez Olmos / Karl Forchhammer / Daniel Schindler / Tobias J Erb / Justin L P Benesch / Erik G Marklund / Gert Bange / Jan M Schuller / Georg K A Hochberg / |
PubMed 要旨 | Fractals are patterns that are self-similar across multiple length-scales. Macroscopic fractals are common in nature; however, so far, molecular assembly into fractals is restricted to synthetic ...Fractals are patterns that are self-similar across multiple length-scales. Macroscopic fractals are common in nature; however, so far, molecular assembly into fractals is restricted to synthetic systems. Here we report the discovery of a natural protein, citrate synthase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, which self-assembles into Sierpiński triangles. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we reveal how the fractal assembles from a hexameric building block. Although different stimuli modulate the formation of fractal complexes and these complexes can regulate the enzymatic activity of citrate synthase in vitro, the fractal may not serve a physiological function in vivo. We use ancestral sequence reconstruction to retrace how the citrate synthase fractal evolved from non-fractal precursors, and the results suggest it may have emerged as a harmless evolutionary accident. Our findings expand the space of possible protein complexes and demonstrate that intricate and regulatable assemblies can evolve in a single substitution. |
リンク | Nature / PubMed:38600380 / PubMed Central |
手法 | EM (単粒子) / X線回折 |
解像度 | 2.71 - 5.91 Å |
構造データ | EMDB-15529, PDB-8an1: EMDB-16004, PDB-8bei: EMDB-19250, PDB-8rjk: EMDB-19251, PDB-8rjl: PDB-8bp7: |
化合物 | ChemComp-SO4: ChemComp-CIT: ChemComp-MG: ChemComp-HOH: |
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キーワード | TRANSFERASE / Fractal complex / Krebs-cycle / TCA-cycle / szierpinski triangle |