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Title: Visualization of a radical B12 enzyme with its G-protein chaperone

Abstract

G-protein metallochaperones ensure fidelity during cofactor assembly for a variety of metalloproteins, including adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl)-dependent methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and hydrogenase, and thus have both medical and biofuel development applications. In this paper, we present crystal structures of IcmF, a natural fusion protein of AdoCbl-dependent isobutyryl-CoA mutase and its corresponding G-protein chaperone, which reveal the molecular architecture of a G-protein metallochaperone in complex with its target protein. These structures show that conserved G-protein elements become ordered upon target protein association, creating the molecular pathways that both sense and report on the cofactor loading state. Structures determined of both apo- and holo-forms of IcmF depict both open and closed enzyme states, in which the cofactor-binding domain is alternatively positioned for cofactor loading and for catalysis. Finally and notably, the G protein moves as a unit with the cofactor-binding domain, providing a visualization of how a chaperone assists in the sequestering of a precious cofactor inside an enzyme active site.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Biological Chemistry
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry. Dept. of Biology. Howard Hughes Medical Inst.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Inst. of Health (NIH) (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
1171849
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; GM069857; DK45776; P41 GM103403
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; metallocofactor delivery; vitamin B12; metallochaperone; G protein; crystallography

Citation Formats

Jost, Marco, Cracan, Valentin, Hubbard, Paul A., Banerjee, Ruma, and Drennan, Catherine L. Visualization of a radical B12 enzyme with its G-protein chaperone. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1419582112.
Jost, Marco, Cracan, Valentin, Hubbard, Paul A., Banerjee, Ruma, & Drennan, Catherine L. Visualization of a radical B12 enzyme with its G-protein chaperone. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419582112
Jost, Marco, Cracan, Valentin, Hubbard, Paul A., Banerjee, Ruma, and Drennan, Catherine L. 2015. "Visualization of a radical B12 enzyme with its G-protein chaperone". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419582112. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1171849.
@article{osti_1171849,
title = {Visualization of a radical B12 enzyme with its G-protein chaperone},
author = {Jost, Marco and Cracan, Valentin and Hubbard, Paul A. and Banerjee, Ruma and Drennan, Catherine L.},
abstractNote = {G-protein metallochaperones ensure fidelity during cofactor assembly for a variety of metalloproteins, including adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl)-dependent methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and hydrogenase, and thus have both medical and biofuel development applications. In this paper, we present crystal structures of IcmF, a natural fusion protein of AdoCbl-dependent isobutyryl-CoA mutase and its corresponding G-protein chaperone, which reveal the molecular architecture of a G-protein metallochaperone in complex with its target protein. These structures show that conserved G-protein elements become ordered upon target protein association, creating the molecular pathways that both sense and report on the cofactor loading state. Structures determined of both apo- and holo-forms of IcmF depict both open and closed enzyme states, in which the cofactor-binding domain is alternatively positioned for cofactor loading and for catalysis. Finally and notably, the G protein moves as a unit with the cofactor-binding domain, providing a visualization of how a chaperone assists in the sequestering of a precious cofactor inside an enzyme active site.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1419582112},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1171849}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
issn = {0027-8424},
number = 8,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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