6GP2

Ribonucleotide Reductase class Ie R2 from Mesoplasma florum, DOPA-active form

6GP2 の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb6gp2/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 6GP3
• 分子名称: Ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase beta chain, CALCIUM ION (3 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: ribonucleotide reduction, subunit beta, ferritin-like superfamily, dopa modification, oxidoreductase
• 由来する生物種: Mesoplasma florum L1
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 2
• 化学式量合計: 79769.37

構造登録者

Srinivas, V.,Lebrette, H.,Lundin, D.,Kutin, Y.,Sahlin, M.,Lerche, M.,Enrich, J.,Branca, R.M.M.,Cox, N.,Sjoberg, B.M.,Hogbom, M. (登録日: 2018-06-05, 公開日: 2018-08-22, 最終更新日: 2025-09-17)

主引用文献

Srinivas, V.,Lebrette, H.,Lundin, D.,Kutin, Y.,Sahlin, M.,Lerche, M.,Eirich, J.,Branca, R.M.M.,Cox, N.,Sjoberg, B.M.,Hogbom, M.
Metal-free ribonucleotide reduction powered by a DOPA radical in Mycoplasma pathogens.
Nature, 563:416-420, 2018

PubMed Abstract: Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyses the only known de novo pathway for the production of all four deoxyribonucleotides that are required for DNA synthesis. It is essential for all organisms that use DNA as their genetic material and is a current drug target. Since the discovery that iron is required for function in the aerobic, class I RNR found in all eukaryotes and many bacteria, a dinuclear metal site has been viewed as necessary to generate and stabilize the catalytic radical that is essential for RNR activity. Here we describe a group of RNR proteins in Mollicutes-including Mycoplasma pathogens-that possess a metal-independent stable radical residing on a modified tyrosyl residue. Structural, biochemical and spectroscopic characterization reveal a stable 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) radical species that directly supports ribonucleotide reduction in vitro and in vivo. This observation overturns the presumed requirement for a dinuclear metal site in aerobic ribonucleotide reductase. The metal-independent radical requires new mechanisms for radical generation and stabilization, processes that are targeted by RNR inhibitors. It is possible that this RNR variant provides an advantage under metal starvation induced by the immune system. Organisms that encode this type of RNR-some of which are developing resistance to antibiotics-are involved in diseases of the respiratory, urinary and genital tracts. Further characterization of this RNR family and its mechanism of cofactor generation will provide insight into new enzymatic chemistry and be of value in devising strategies to combat the pathogens that utilize it. We propose that this RNR subclass is denoted class Ie.

PubMed: 30429545
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0653-6

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.48 Å)