Evolutionary and mechanistic insights into substrate and product accommodation of CTP phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase from Plasmodium falciparum /

The enzyme CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) is essential in the lipid biosynthesis of Plasmodia (Haemosporida), presenting a promising antimalarial target. Here, we identified two independent gene duplication events of CCT within Apicomplexa and characterized a truncated construct of Pl...

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Bibliográfiai részletek
Szerzők: Nagy Gergely
Marton Lívia
Krámos Balázs
Oláh Julianna
Rokobné Révész Ágnes
Vékey Károly
Delsuc Frédéric
Hunyadi-Gulyás Éva
Medzihradszky F. Katalin
Lavigne Marina
Vial Henri
Cerdan Rachel
Vértessy Beáta
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2013-07
Sorozat:The FEBS journal 280 No. 13
doi:10.1111/febs.12282

mtmt:2274342
Online Access:http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/7709
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Tartalmi kivonat:The enzyme CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) is essential in the lipid biosynthesis of Plasmodia (Haemosporida), presenting a promising antimalarial target. Here, we identified two independent gene duplication events of CCT within Apicomplexa and characterized a truncated construct of Plasmodium falciparum CCT that forms a dimer resembling the molecular architecture of CCT enzymes from other sources. Based on biophysical and enzyme kinetics methods, our data show that the CDP-choline product of the CCT enzymatic reaction binds to the enzyme considerably stronger than either substrate (CTP or choline phosphate). Interestingly, in the presence of Mg²⁺ , considered to be a cofactor of the enzyme, the binding of the CTP substrate is attenuated by a factor of 5. The weaker binding of CTP:Mg²⁺ , similarly to the related enzyme family of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases, suggests that, with lack of Mg²⁺ , positively charged side chain(s) of CCT may contribute to CTP accommodation. Thermodynamic investigations by isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorescent spectroscopy studies indicate that accommodation of the choline phosphate moiety in the CCT active site is different when it appears on its own as one of the substrates or when it is linked to the CDP-choline product. A tryptophan residue within the active site is identified as a useful internal fluorescence sensor of enzyme-ligand binding. Results indicate that the catalytic mechanism of Plasmodium falciparum CCT may involve conformational changes affecting the choline subsite of the enzyme.
Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők:3132-3148
ISSN:1742-4658