National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
5R01GM097194
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
1R01GM124348
United States
American Heart Association
18POST34030308
United States
Citation
Journal: Nature / Year: 2020 Title: Structure and catalytic mechanism of a human triacylglycerol-synthesis enzyme. Authors: Xuewu Sui / Kun Wang / Nina L Gluchowski / Shane D Elliott / Maofu Liao / Tobias C Walther / Robert V Farese / Abstract: Triacylglycerols store metabolic energy in organisms and have industrial uses as foods and fuels. Excessive accumulation of triacylglycerols in humans causes obesity and is associated with metabolic ...Triacylglycerols store metabolic energy in organisms and have industrial uses as foods and fuels. Excessive accumulation of triacylglycerols in humans causes obesity and is associated with metabolic diseases. Triacylglycerol synthesis is catalysed by acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) enzymes, the structures and catalytic mechanisms of which remain unknown. Here we determined the structure of dimeric human DGAT1, a member of the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase (MBOAT) family, by cryo-electron microscopy at approximately 3.0 Å resolution. DGAT1 forms a homodimer through N-terminal segments and a hydrophobic interface, with putative active sites within the membrane region. A structure obtained with oleoyl-CoA substrate resolved at approximately 3.2 Å shows that the CoA moiety binds DGAT1 on the cytosolic side and the acyl group lies deep within a hydrophobic channel, positioning the acyl-CoA thioester bond near an invariant catalytic histidine residue. The reaction centre is located inside a large cavity, which opens laterally to the membrane bilayer, providing lipid access to the active site. A lipid-like density-possibly representing an acyl-acceptor molecule-is located within the reaction centre, orthogonal to acyl-CoA. Insights provided by the DGAT1 structures, together with mutagenesis and functional studies, provide the basis for a model of the catalysis of triacylglycerol synthesis by DGAT.
History
Deposition
Feb 28, 2020
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Header (metadata) release
Apr 1, 2020
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Map release
May 20, 2020
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Update
Jun 3, 2020
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Current status
Jun 3, 2020
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
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Entire : human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 complexed with a cleaved...
Entire
Name: human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 complexed with a cleaved acyl-CoA substrate
Components
Complex: human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 complexed with a cleaved acyl-CoA substrate
Protein or peptide: human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1
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Supramolecule #1: human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 complexed with a cleaved...
Supramolecule
Name: human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 complexed with a cleaved acyl-CoA substrate type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: all Details: From cryoEM density of human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 complexed with oleoyl-CoA substrate showing broken oleoyl-CoA density
Source (natural)
Organism: Homo sapiens (human)
Recombinant expression
Organism: Homo sapiens (human) / Recombinant plasmid: pFasBacMam
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Macromolecule #1: human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1
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