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活性脂質結合オリゴサカリドフリッパースの構造とメカニズム
Camilo Perez1, Sabina Gerber1, Jérémy Boilevin2
1Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Nature
|August 13, 2015
まとめ
ABCトランスポーターPglKは,脂質結合オリゴサッカライドをN結合タンパク質のグリコシル化に変換する. そのメカニズムは,頭部が穴に入り,尾は膜に露出する状態を伴う.
科学分野:
- 生物化学
- 分子生物学
- 構造生物学
背景:
- 膜脂質の転覆は細胞のプロセスにとって不可欠ですが,エネルギー的に不利です.
- フリッパゼはこのプロセスを触媒化しますが,そのメカニズムはほとんど不明です.
- 脂質結合オリゴサッカライドは,N結合タンパク質の糖化に不可欠なドナーである.
研究 の 目的:
- カンピロバクター・ジェジュニにおける脂質結合オリゴサカライドの転移を触媒するABCトランスポーターであるPglKのメカニズムを解明する.
- PglKがこれらの複雑な分子の転位をどのように促進するのかを理解する.
主な方法:
- 異なる形状のPglKの結晶構造
- 新しく開発された in vitro リッピングアッセイ.
- カンピロバクター・ジェジュニの体内試験
主要な成果:
- PglKは内向きと外向きの形状を示し,外向きの状態は反転に不可欠です.
- ピロフォスファート-オリゴサカリドヘッドグループは,転位腔に入り,充電された残留物と相互作用します.
- 脂質尾はPglKを結合し活性化しますが,反応中の脂質二層に露出しています.
結論:
- PglK媒介の反転のメカニズムは,正規の交互アクセスモデルとは異なる.
- この研究は,ABCトランスポーターによる脂質結合オリゴサッカリドの転移の構造的およびメカニズム的基礎を提供します.
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