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Crystal structure of atp sulfurylase from penicillium chrysogenum: Insights into the allosteric regulation of sulfate assimilation

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authors

  • MacRae, Ian
  • Segel, I. H.
  • Fisher, A. J.

publication date

  • June 2001

journal

  • Biochemistry  Journal

abstract

  • ATP sulfurylase from Penicillium chrysogenum is an allosterically regulated enzyme composed of six identical 63.7 kDa subunits (573 residues). The C-terminal allosteric domain of each subunit is homologous to APS kinase. In the presence of APS, the enzyme crystallized in the orthorhombic space group (I222) with unit cell parameters of a = 135.7 A, b = 162.1 A, and c = 273.0 A. The X-ray structure at 2.8 A resolution established that the hexameric enzyme is a dimer of triads in the shape of an oblate ellipsoid 140 A diameter x 70 A. Each subunit is divided into a discreet N-terminal domain, a central catalytic domain, and a C-terminal allosteric domain. Two molecules of APS bound per subunit clearly identify the catalytic and allosteric domains. The sequence 197QXRN200 is largely responsible for anchoring the phosphosulfate group of APS at the active site of the catalytic domain. The specificity of the catalytic site for adenine nucleotides is established by specific hydrogen bonds to the protein main chain. APS was bound to the allosteric site through sequence-specific interactions with amino acid side chains that are conserved in true APS kinase. Within a given triad, the allosteric domain of one subunit interacts with the catalytic domain of another. There are also allosteric-allosteric, allosteric-N-terminal, and catalytic-catalytic domain interactions across the triad interface. The overall interactions-each subunit with four others-provide stability to the hexamer as well as a way to propagate a concerted allosteric transition. The structure presented here is believed to be the R state. A solvent channel, 15-70 A wide exists along the 3-fold axis, but substrates have access to the catalytic site only from the external medium. On the other hand, a surface "trench" links each catalytic site in one triad with an allosteric site in the other triad. This trench may be a vestigial feature of a bifunctional ("PAPS synthetase") ancestor of fungal ATP sulfurylase.

subject areas

  • Adenosine Phosphosulfate
  • Allosteric Regulation
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Penicillium chrysogenum
  • Protein Structure, Quaternary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Sulfate Adenylyltransferase
  • Sulfates
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0006-2960

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1021/bi010367w

PubMed ID

  • 11389593
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 6795

end page

  • 6804

volume

  • 40

issue

  • 23

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