古代S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine水解酶的结构,功能和基质偏好
Lars-Hendrik Koeppl1, Désirée Popadić1, Raspudin Saleem-Batcha1
1Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 25, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
Communications biology
|March 29, 2024
概括
在某些古物中,S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine水解酶 (SAHH) 可以使用替代基质S-inosyl-L-homocysteine. 这揭示了S-adenosyl-L-methionine再生和SAHH进化的新代谢途径.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 通过裂解S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine,S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine水解酶 (SAHH) 对于甲基循环调节至关重要.
- 在极端性古生物中发现了一种涉及S-氨基-L-homocysteine的替代S-adenosyl-L-methionine再生途径.
研究的目的:
- 在结构和生物化学上描述考古SAHHs.
- 调查S-inosyl-L-homocysteine在SAHH活动中的作用.
- 了解SAHHs.的进化多样化.
主要方法:
- 在Pyrococcus furiosus SAHH.的X射线晶体学.
- 来自各种生命领域的SAHHs的生物化学分析.
- 对SAHH-连接体复合体的结构性表征.
主要成果:
- 古代的SAHHs,特别是来自Euryarchaeota的SAHHs,表现出与S-inosyl-L-homocysteine的显著活性.
- 晶体结构揭示了活性位点的灵活性和基质结合模式.
- 在生活的不同领域中,SAHHs表现出不同的基质偏好.
结论:
- 通过S-inosyl-L-homocysteine存在S-adenosyl-L-methionine再生的替代代代谢途径.
- 结构和生化数据为SAHH功能和演变提供了洞察力.
- 这些发现有助于理解甲基和 purin 救援途径.
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