期刊
FEBS JOURNAL
卷 277, 期 3, 页码 738-748出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07523.x
关键词
crystal structure; L-glutamate; Micrococcus luteus K-3; salt-tolerant glutaminase; Tris
资金
- The Salt Science Research Foundation [0720]
- NIG Cooperative Research Program [A50]
Glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3 [Micrococcus glutaminase (Mglu); 456 amino acid residues (aa); 48 kDa] is a salt-tolerant enzyme. Our previous study determined the structure of its major 42-kDa fragment. Here, using new crystallization conditions, we determined the structures of the intact enzyme in the presence and absence of its product l-glutamate and its activator Tris, which activates the enzyme by sixfold. With the exception of a 'lid' part (26-29 aa) and a few other short stretches, the structures were all very similar over the entire polypeptide chain. However, the presence of the ligands significantly reduced the length of the disordered regions: 41 aa in the unliganded structure (N), 21 aa for l-glutamate (G), 8 aa for Tris (T) and 6 aa for both l-glutamate and Tris (TG). L-Glutamate was identified in both the G and TG structures, whereas Tris was only identified in the TG structure. Comparison of the glutamate-binding site between Mglu and saltlabile glutaminase (YbgJ) from Bacillus subtilis showed significantly smaller structural changes of the protein part in Mglu. A comparison of the substrate-binding pocket of Mglu, which is highly specific for l-glutamine, with that of Erwinia carotovora asparaginase, which has substrates other than l-glutamine, shows that Mglu has a larger substrate-binding pocket that prevents the binding of L-asparagine with proper interactions.
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