Structural Characterization of the Human Cytosolic Malate Dehydrogenase I
The first crystal structure of the human cytosolic malate dehydrogenase I (MDH1) is described. Structure determination at a high resolution (1.65 Å) followed production, isolation, and purification of human MDH1 using a bacterial expression system. The structure is a binary complex of MDH1 with only a bound malonate molecule in the substrate binding site. Comparisons of this structure with malate dehydrogenase enzymes from other species confirm that the human enzyme adopts similar secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures and that the enzyme retains a similar conformation even when nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is not bound. A comparison to the highly homologous porcine (sus scrofa) MDH1 ternary structures leads to the conclusion that only small conformational differences are needed to accommodate binding by NAD+ or other NAD+ mimetics. Conformational differences observed in the second subunit show that the NAD+ binding elements are nevertheless quite flexible. Comparison of hMDH1 to the human mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (hMDH2) reveals some key differences in the α7–α8 loop, which lies directly beneath the substrate binding pocket. These differences might be exploited in the structure-assisted design of selective small molecule inhibitors of hMDH1, an emerging target for the development of anticancer therapeutics.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1841234
- Journal Information:
- ACS Omega, Journal Name: ACS Omega Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2470-1343
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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