ATPase活性部位の静電相互作用は,100 kDa SecAトランスロカースの全体的な形状を制御する
Dorothy M Kim1, Haiyan Zheng, Yuanpeng J Huang
1Department of Biological Sciences and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, 702A Fairchild Center, MC2434, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 22, 2012
まとめ
SecA酵素の単一の電荷である.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- タンパク質の輸送
背景:
- SecAは,細菌のタンパク質分泌に不可欠なメカノ酵素である.
- そのATPaseモーターは,DEAD-box RNAヘリケーズとホモロジーを共有しています.
- 局所的なATP水解がSeCAの全体的な形状にどのように影響するかを理解することが鍵となる.
研究 の 目的:
- SecAのATPアゼ活性部位における静電電荷の役割を調査する.
- 局所的な化学現象とグローバルな構造の変化を結びつけるメカニズムを解明する.
- SecAのアロステリックメカノ化学を特徴づけるために.
主な方法:
- カロリメトリーを含む生体物理学的方法.
- 触媒塩基におけるイソステル変異 (グルタミン酸からグルタミン酸)
- 水素-デウテリウム交換質量スペクトロメトリー.
主要な成果:
- ATP 酵素の活性部位にある単一の静電電荷は,SecA の全体的な形状を制御する.
- グルタミン酸からグルタミン酸への突然変異は,酵素の構造変異を容易にまたは引き起こす.
- この変異は,遠隔部位でのタンパク質の骨幹動態を増加させ,アロステル調節を示す.
結論:
- ATPの水解中の局所的な静電変化は,SeCAの全体的な構成的および動的変化と結びついています.
- この結合は,構造的な相互作用の複雑なネットワークによって媒介されます.
- SecAのアロステリックメカノケミストリーは,化学エネルギーを効率的にタンパク質輸送のための機械的な作業に変換します.
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