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Crystal Structures of Malonyl-Coenzyme A Decarboxylase Provide Insights into Its Catalytic Mechanism and Disease-Causing Mutations
DOI:
10.1016/j.str.2013.05.001
PMID:
23791943
Authors:
Sean
Froese
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Farhad
Forouhar
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Timothy h.
Tran
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Melanie
Vollmar
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Yi seul
Kim
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Scott
Lew
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Helen
Neely
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Jayaraman
Seetharaman
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Yang
Shen
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
,
Rong
Xiao
(Rutgers University; Structural Genomics Consortium, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
,
Thomas b.
Acton
(Rutgers University; Structural Genomics Consortium, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
,
John k.
Everett
(Rutgers University; Structural Genomics Consortium, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
,
Giuseppe
Cannone
(University of Edinburgh)
,
Sriharsha
Puranik
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Pavel
Savitsky
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Tobias
Krojer
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Ewa
Pilka
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Wasim
Kiyani
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Wen hwa
Lee
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Brian d.
Marsden
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Frank
Von Delft
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Charles K.
Allerston
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Laura
Spagnolo
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Opher
Gileadi
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford)
,
Gaetano T.
Montelione
(Rutgers University; Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
,
Udo
Oppermann
(Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre)
,
Wyatt
Yue
(NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre)
,
Liang
Tong
(Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University)
Co-authored by industrial partner:
No
Type:
Journal Paper
Journal:
Structure
State:
Published (Approved)
Published:
June 2013

Abstract: Malonyl-coenzyme A decarboxylase (MCD) is found from bacteria to humans, has important roles in regulating fatty acid metabolism and food intake, and is an attractive target for drug discovery. We report here four crystal structures of MCD from human, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Agrobacterium vitis, and Cupriavidus metallidurans at up to 2.3 Å resolution. The MCD monomer contains an N-terminal helical domain involved in oligomerization and a C-terminal catalytic domain. The four structures exhibit substantial differences in the organization of the helical domains and, consequently, the oligomeric states and intersubunit interfaces. Unexpectedly, the MCD catalytic domain is structurally homologous to those of the GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase superfamily, especially the curacin A polyketide synthase catalytic module, with a conserved His-Ser/Thr dyad important for catalysis. Our structures, along with mutagenesis and kinetic studies, provide a molecular basis for understanding pathogenic mutations and catalysis, as well as a template for structure-based drug design.
Journal Keywords: Bacterial; Carboxy-Lyases; Catalytic; Crystallography; X-Ray; Deficiency; Enzyme; Humans; Hydrogen; Kinetics; Models; Molecular; Mutation; Missense; Protein; Quaternary; Protein; Secondary; Structural; Protein
Subject Areas:
Biology and Bio-materials,
Medicine
Instruments:
I02-Macromolecular Crystallography
,
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography