3IT4

The Crystal Structure of Ornithine Acetyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rv1653) at 1.7 A

Summary for 3IT4

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb3it4/pdb
• Descriptor: Arginine biosynthesis bifunctional protein argJ alpha chain, Arginine biosynthesis bifunctional protein argJ beta chain, GLYCEROL, ... (6 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: mycobacterium tuberculosis, ornithine acetyltransferase, structural genomics, tb structural genomics consortium (tbsgc), acyltransferase, amino-acid biosynthesis, arginine biosynthesis, cytoplasm, multifunctional enzyme, transferase
• Biological source: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; More
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm (Probable): P63571 P63571
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 82856.85

Authors

Sankaranarayanan, R.,Cherney, M.M.,Garen, C.,Garen, G.,Yuan, M.,James, M.N.,TB Structural Genomics Consortium (TBSGC) (deposition date: 2009-08-27, release date: 2010-03-02, Last modification date: 2023-09-06)

Primary citation

Sankaranarayanan, R.,Cherney, M.M.,Garen, C.,Garen, G.,Niu, C.,Yuan, M.,James, M.N.
The molecular structure of ornithine acetyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis bound to ornithine, a competitive inhibitor.
J.Mol.Biol., 397:979-990, 2010

PubMed Abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis ornithine acetyltransferase (Mtb OAT; E.C. 2.3.1.35) is a key enzyme of the acetyl recycling pathway during arginine biosynthesis. It reversibly catalyzes the transfer of the acetyl group from N-acetylornithine (NAORN) to L-glutamate. Mtb OAT is a member of the N-terminal nucleophile fold family of enzymes. The crystal structures of Mtb OAT in native form and in its complex with ornithine (ORN) have been determined at 1.7 and 2.4 A resolutions, respectively. ORN is a competitive inhibitor of this enzyme against L-glutamate as substrate. Although the acyl-enzyme complex of Streptomyces clavuligerus ornithine acetyltransferase has been determined, ours is the first crystal structure to be reported of an ornithine acetyltransferase in complex with an inhibitor. ORN binding does not alter the structure of Mtb OAT globally. However, its presence stabilizes the three C-terminal residues that are disordered and not observed in the native structure. Also, stabilization of the C-terminal residues by ORN reduces the size of the active-site pocket volume in the structure of the ORN complex. The interactions of ORN and the protein residues of Mtb OAT unambiguously delineate the active-site residues of this enzyme in Mtb. Moreover, modeling studies carried out with NAORN based on the structure of the ORN-Mtb OAT complex reveal important interactions of the carbonyl oxygen of the acetyl group of NAORN with the main-chain nitrogen atom of Gly128 and with the side-chain oxygen of Thr127. These interactions likely help in the stabilization of oxyanion formation during enzymatic reaction and also will polarize the carbonyl carbon-oxygen bond, thereby enabling the side-chain atom O(gamma 1) of Thr200 to launch a nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl-carbon atom of the acetyl group of NAORN.

PubMed: 20184895
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.018

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.7 Å)