Catalytic mechanism and allosteric regulation of an oligomeric (p)ppGpp synthetase by an alarmone
Catalytic mechanism and allosteric regulation of an oligomeric (p)ppGpp synthetase by an alarmone
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警报酮对寡聚 (p)ppGpp 合成酶的催化机制和变构调节
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
G. Bange
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作者:
Wieland Steinchen;J. Schuhmacher;F. Altegoer;C. Fage;V. Srinivasan;U. Linne;M. Marahiel;G. Bange
Significance The alarmones guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) and guanosine pentaphosphate (pppGpp) [collectively named “(p)ppGpp)”] are important for the adaptation of bacteria and plant chloroplasts to a variety of environmental stress conditions. Their synthesis is carried out by (p)ppGpp synthetases. We delineate the catalytic mechanism of (p)ppGpp synthesis by oligomeric and highly cooperative small alarmone synthetase 1 (SAS1) at atomic resolution. Our structural and biochemical analysis shows that only pppGpp—but not ppGpp—positively affects the activity of SAS1. To our knowledge, this is the first molecular description of a biological activity in which pppGpp and ppGpp execute different functional roles. Nucleotide-based second messengers serve in the response of living organisms to environmental changes. In bacteria and plant chloroplasts, guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) and guanosine pentaphosphate (pppGpp) [collectively named “(p)ppGpp”] act as alarmones that globally reprogram cellular physiology during various stress conditions. Enzymes of the RelA/SpoT homology (RSH) family synthesize (p)ppGpp by transferring pyrophosphate from ATP to GDP or GTP. Little is known about the catalytic mechanism and regulation of alarmone synthesis. It also is unclear whether ppGpp and pppGpp execute different functions. Here, we unravel the mechanism and allosteric regulation of the highly cooperative alarmone synthetase small alarmone synthetase 1 (SAS1) from Bacillus subtilis. We determine that the catalytic pathway of (p)ppGpp synthesis involves a sequentially ordered substrate binding, activation of ATP in a strained conformation, and transfer of pyrophosphate through a nucleophilic substitution (SN2) reaction. We show that pppGpp—but not ppGpp—positively regulates SAS1 at an allosteric site. Although the physiological significance remains to be elucidated, we establish the structural and mechanistic basis for a biological activity in which ppGpp and pppGpp execute different functional roles.
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影响因子:
16
作者:
Liu, Kuanqing;Myers, Angela R.;Pisithkul, Tippapha;Claas, Kathy R.;Satyshur, Kenneth A.;Amador-Noguez, Daniel;Keck, James L.;Wang, Jue D.
通讯作者:
Wang, Jue D.
影响因子:
16
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
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15.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
2.9
作者:
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