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Title | Mechanistic insight into allosteric activation of human pyruvate carboxylase by acetyl-CoA. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Mol Cell, Vol. 82, Issue 21, Page 4116-44130.e6, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Nov 3, 2022 |
![]() | Peiwei Chai / Pengfei Lan / Shaobai Li / Deqiang Yao / Chenchen Chang / Mi Cao / Yafeng Shen / Shengfang Ge / Jian Wu / Ming Lei / Xianqun Fan / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) catalyzes the two-step carboxylation of pyruvate to produce oxaloacetate, playing a key role in the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis in cells. Given its involvement in ...Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) catalyzes the two-step carboxylation of pyruvate to produce oxaloacetate, playing a key role in the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis in cells. Given its involvement in multiple diseases, PC has been regarded as a potential therapeutic target for obesity, diabetes, and cancer. Albeit acetyl-CoA has been recognized as the allosteric regulator of PC for over 60 years, the underlying mechanism of how acetyl-CoA induces PC activation remains enigmatic. Herein, by using time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy, we have captured the snapshots of PC transitional states during its catalytic cycle. These structures and the biochemical studies reveal that acetyl-CoA stabilizes PC in a catalytically competent conformation, which triggers a cascade of events, including ATP hydrolysis and the long-distance communication between the two reactive centers. These findings provide an integrated picture for PC catalysis and unveil the unique allosteric mechanism of acetyl-CoA in an essential biochemical reaction in all kingdoms of life. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.3 - 4.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-32773, PDB-7wta: ![]() EMDB-32774: PC-(acetyl-CoA) (12.5uM) EMDB-32775, PDB-7wtb: ![]() EMDB-32776: PC-(acetyl-CoA)(50 uM) ![]() EMDB-32777: PC-(acetyl-CoA)(100 uM) EMDB-32778, PDB-7wtc: EMDB-32779, PDB-7wtd: EMDB-32780, PDB-7wte: ![]() EMDB-32781: Cryo-EM structure of human pyruvate carboxylase with acetyl-CoA in the intermediate state 3 ![]() EMDB-32782: Cryo-EM structure of human pyruvate carboxylase with acetyl-CoA in the intermediate state 4 ![]() EMDB-32783: Cryo-EM structure of human pyruvate carboxylase with acetyl-CoA in the intermediate state 5 |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-BTI: ![]() ChemComp-ANP: ![]() ChemComp-ACO: ![]() ChemComp-ATP: ![]() ChemComp-COA: |
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![]() | ONCOPROTEIN / pyruvate carboxylase |