2AX5

Solution Structure of Urm1 from Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Summary for 2AX5

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2ax5/pdb
• Descriptor: Hypothetical 11.0 kDa protein in FAA3-MAS3 intergenic region (1 entity in total)
• Functional Keywords: beta grasp fold, signaling protein
• Biological source: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast)
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm: P40554
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 12110.58

Authors

Xu, J.,Huang, H.,Zhang, J.,Wu, J.,Shi, Y. (deposition date: 2005-09-03, release date: 2006-06-27, Last modification date: 2024-05-29)

Primary citation

Xu, J.,Zhang, J.,Wang, L.,Zhou, J.,Huang, H.,Wu, J.,Zhong, Y.,Shi, Y.
Solution structure of Urm1 and its implications for the origin of protein modifiers.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.Usa, 103:11625-11630, 2006

PubMed Abstract: Protein modifiers are involved in diverse biological processes and regulate the activity or function of target proteins by covalently conjugating to them. Although ubiquitin and a number of ubiquitin-like protein modifiers (Ubls) in eukaryotes have been identified, no protein modifier has been found in prokaryotes; thus, their evolutionary origin remains a puzzle. To infer the evolutionary relationships between the protein modifiers and sulfur carrier proteins, we solved the solution NMR structure of the Urm1 (ubiquitin-related modifier-1) protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Both structural comparison and phylogenetic analysis of the ubiquitin superfamily, with emphasis on the Urm1 family, indicate that Urm1 is the unique "molecular fossil" that has the most conserved structural and sequence features of the common ancestor of the entire superfamily. The similarities of 3D structure and hydrophobic and electrostatic surface features between Urm1 and MoaD (molybdopterin synthase small subunit) suggest that they may interact with partners in a similar manner, and similarities between Urm1-Uba4 and MoaD-MoeB establish an evolutionary link between ATP-dependent protein conjugation in eukaryotes and ATP-dependent cofactor sulfuration.

PubMed: 16864801
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604876103

Experimental method

SOLUTION NMR