5NRY

Cys-Gly dipeptidase GliJ in complex with Fe3+

Summary for 5NRY

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5nry/pdb
• Related: 5LWZ 5LX0
• Descriptor: Dipeptidase gliJ, FE (III) ION, CHLORIDE ION, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: carboxypeptidase, dipeptidase, gliotoxin biosynthesis, hydrolase
• Biological source: Aspergillus fumigatus Af293
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 45226.11

Authors

Groll, M.,Huber, E.M. (deposition date: 2017-04-25, release date: 2017-05-31, Last modification date: 2024-11-06)

Primary citation

Marion, A.,Groll, M.,Scharf, D.H.,Scherlach, K.,Glaser, M.,Sievers, H.,Schuster, M.,Hertweck, C.,Brakhage, A.A.,Antes, I.,Huber, E.M.
Gliotoxin Biosynthesis: Structure, Mechanism, and Metal Promiscuity of Carboxypeptidase GliJ.
ACS Chem. Biol., 12:1874-1882, 2017

PubMed Abstract: The formation of glutathione (GSH) conjugates, best known from the detoxification of xenobiotics, is a widespread strategy to incorporate sulfur into biomolecules. The biosynthesis of gliotoxin, a virulence factor of the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, involves attachment of two GSH molecules and their sequential decomposition to yield two reactive thiol groups. The degradation of the GSH moieties requires the activity of the Cys-Gly carboxypeptidase GliJ, for which we describe the X-ray structure here. The enzyme forms a homodimer with each monomer comprising one active site. Two metal ions are present per proteolytic center, thus assigning GliJ to the diverse family of dinuclear metallohydrolases. Depending on availability, Zn, Fe, Fe, Mn, Cu, Co, or Ni ions are accepted as cofactors. Despite this high metal promiscuity, a preference for zinc versus iron and manganese was noted. Mutagenesis experiments revealed details of metal coordination, and molecular modeling delivered insights into substrate recognition and processing by GliJ. The latter results suggest a reaction mechanism in which the two scissile peptide bonds of one gliotoxin precursor molecule are hydrolyzed sequentially and in a given order.

PubMed: 28525266
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00847

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.85 Å)