Journal
FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 281, Issue 24, Pages 5498-5512Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/febs.13091
Keywords
domain closure; kinetics; mechanism; mutation; serine pathway; structure
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- University Grants Commission
- CSIR, DBT-COE
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d-Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PGDH) catalyzes the first committed step of the phosphorylated serine biosynthesis pathway. Here, we report for the first time, the crystal structures of TypeIIIK PGDH from Entamoebahistolytica in the apo form, as well as in complexes with substrate (3-phosphoglyceric acid) and cofactor (NAD(+)) to 2.45, 1.8 and 2.2 angstrom resolution, respectively. Comparison of the apo structure with the substrate-bound structure shows that the substrate-binding domain is rotated by similar to 20 degrees to close the active-site cleft. The cofactor-bound structure also shows a closed-cleft conformation, in which NAD(+) is bound to the nucleotide-binding domain and a formate ion occupies the substrate-binding site. Superposition of the substrate- and cofactor-bound structures represents a snapshot of the enzyme in the active form, where C2 of the substrate and C4N of the cofactor are 2.2 angstrom apart, and the amino group of Lys263 is close enough to the substrate to remove the proton from the hydroxyl group of PGA, indicating the role of Lys in the catalysis. Mutation of Lys263 to Ala yields just 0.8% of the specific activity of the wild-type enzyme, revealing that Lys263 indeed plays an integral role in the catalytic activity. The detectable activity of the mutant, however, indicates that after 20 degrees rotation of the substrate-binding domain, the resulting positions of the substrate and cofactor are sufficiently close to make a productive reaction.
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