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Title: The structure of YqeH: An AtNOS1/AtNOA1 ortholog that couples GTP hydrolysis to molecular recognition

Abstract

AtNOS1/AtNOA1 was identified as a nitric oxide-generating enzyme in plants, but that function has recently been questioned. To resolve issues surrounding AtNOA1 activity, we report the biochemical properties and a 2.36 {angstrom} resolution crystal structure of a bacterial AtNOA1 ortholog (YqeH). Geobacillus YqeH fused to a putative AtNOA1 leader peptide complements growth and morphological defects of Atnoa1 mutant plants. YqeH does not synthesize nitric oxide from L-arginine but rather hydrolyzes GTP. The YqeH structure reveals a circularly permuted GTPase domain and an unusual C-terminal {beta}-domain. A small N-terminal domain, disordered in the structure, binds zinc. Structural homology among the C-terminal domain, the RNA-binding regulator TRAP, and the hypoxia factor pVHL define a recognition module for peptides and nucleic acids. TRAP residues important for RNA binding are conserved by the YqeH C-terminal domain, whose positioning is coupled to GTP hydrolysis. YqeH and AtNOA1 probably act as G-proteins that regulate nucleic acid recognition and not as nitric-oxide synthases.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]
  1. Cornell
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1007070
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Biol. Chem.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 283; Journal Issue: (47) ; 11, 2008; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9258
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ANOXIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFECTS; ENZYMES; GTP-ASES; HYDROLYSIS; MUTANTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; POSITIONING; RESIDUES; RESOLUTION; RNA; ZINC

Citation Formats

Sudhamsu, J, Lee, G I, Klessig, D F, Crane, B R, and Boyce). The structure of YqeH: An AtNOS1/AtNOA1 ortholog that couples GTP hydrolysis to molecular recognition. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1074/jbc.M804837200.
Sudhamsu, J, Lee, G I, Klessig, D F, Crane, B R, & Boyce). The structure of YqeH: An AtNOS1/AtNOA1 ortholog that couples GTP hydrolysis to molecular recognition. United States. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M804837200
Sudhamsu, J, Lee, G I, Klessig, D F, Crane, B R, and Boyce). 2009. "The structure of YqeH: An AtNOS1/AtNOA1 ortholog that couples GTP hydrolysis to molecular recognition". United States. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M804837200.
@article{osti_1007070,
title = {The structure of YqeH: An AtNOS1/AtNOA1 ortholog that couples GTP hydrolysis to molecular recognition},
author = {Sudhamsu, J and Lee, G I and Klessig, D F and Crane, B R and Boyce)},
abstractNote = {AtNOS1/AtNOA1 was identified as a nitric oxide-generating enzyme in plants, but that function has recently been questioned. To resolve issues surrounding AtNOA1 activity, we report the biochemical properties and a 2.36 {angstrom} resolution crystal structure of a bacterial AtNOA1 ortholog (YqeH). Geobacillus YqeH fused to a putative AtNOA1 leader peptide complements growth and morphological defects of Atnoa1 mutant plants. YqeH does not synthesize nitric oxide from L-arginine but rather hydrolyzes GTP. The YqeH structure reveals a circularly permuted GTPase domain and an unusual C-terminal {beta}-domain. A small N-terminal domain, disordered in the structure, binds zinc. Structural homology among the C-terminal domain, the RNA-binding regulator TRAP, and the hypoxia factor pVHL define a recognition module for peptides and nucleic acids. TRAP residues important for RNA binding are conserved by the YqeH C-terminal domain, whose positioning is coupled to GTP hydrolysis. YqeH and AtNOA1 probably act as G-proteins that regulate nucleic acid recognition and not as nitric-oxide synthases.},
doi = {10.1074/jbc.M804837200},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1007070}, journal = {J. Biol. Chem.},
issn = {0021-9258},
number = (47) ; 11, 2008,
volume = 283,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}