4CVQ

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN AMINOTRANSFERASE FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI AT 2. 11 ANGSTROEM RESOLUTION

4CVQ の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb4cvq/pdb
• 分子名称: GLUTAMATE-PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE ALAA, PYRIDOXAL-5'-PHOSPHATE, ACETATE ION, ... (5 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: transferase, amino acid metabolism
• 由来する生物種: ESCHERICHIA COLI
• 細胞内の位置: Cytoplasm : P0A960
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 2
• 化学式量合計: 98113.81

構造登録者

Penya-Soler, E.,Fernandez, F.J.,Lopez-Estepa, M.,Garces, F.,Richardson, A.J.,Rudd, K.E.,Coll, M.,Vega, M.C. (登録日: 2014-03-28, 公開日: 2014-07-23, 最終更新日: 2023-12-20)

主引用文献

Pena-Soler, E.,Fernandez, F.J.,Lopez-Estepa, M.,Garces, F.,Richardson, A.J.,Quintana, J.F.,Rudd, K.E.,Coll, M.,Vega, M.C.
Structural analysis and mutant growth properties reveal distinctive enzymatic and cellular roles for the three major L-alanine transaminases of Escherichia coli.
PLoS ONE, 9:e102139-e102139, 2014

PubMed Abstract: In order to maintain proper cellular function, the metabolism of the bacterial microbiota presents several mechanisms oriented to keep a correctly balanced amino acid pool. Central components of these mechanisms are enzymes with alanine transaminase activity, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzymes that interconvert alanine and pyruvate, thereby allowing the precise control of alanine and glutamate concentrations, two of the most abundant amino acids in the cellular amino acid pool. Here we report the 2.11-Å crystal structure of full-length AlaA from the model organism Escherichia coli, a major bacterial alanine aminotransferase, and compare its overall structure and active site composition with detailed atomic models of two other bacterial enzymes capable of catalyzing this reaction in vivo, AlaC and valine-pyruvate aminotransferase (AvtA). Apart from a narrow entry channel to the active site, a feature of this new crystal structure is the role of an active site loop that closes in upon binding of substrate-mimicking molecules, and which has only been previously reported in a plant enzyme. Comparison of the available structures indicates that beyond superficial differences, alanine aminotransferases of diverse phylogenetic origins share a universal reaction mechanism that depends on an array of highly conserved amino acid residues and is similarly regulated by various unrelated motifs. Despite this unifying mechanism and regulation, growth competition experiments demonstrate that AlaA, AlaC and AvtA are not freely exchangeable in vivo, suggesting that their functional repertoire is not completely redundant thus providing an explanation for their independent evolutionary conservation.

PubMed: 25014014
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102139

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.11 Å)