1DGD

AN ALKALI METAL ION SIZE-DEPENDENT SWITCH IN THE ACTIVE SITE STRUCTURE OF DIALKYLGLYCINE DECARBOXYLASE


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • R-Value Observed: 0.178 

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Literature

An alkali metal ion size-dependent switch in the active site structure of dialkylglycine decarboxylase.

Hohenester, E.Keller, J.W.Jansonius, J.N.

(1994) Biochemistry 33: 13561-13570

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00250a008
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1DGD, 1DGE

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzyme dialkylglycine decarboxylase (DGD) is activated by K+ and Rb+ ions, whereas Li+ and Na+ ions are inhibitory. A binding site for alkali metal ions close to the active site (site 1) was discovered in the crystal structure of DGD, and an exchange of K+ for Na+ at this site was shown to affect the conformation of two active site residues [Toney, M. D., Hohenester, E., Cowan, S. W., & Jansonius, J. N. (1993) Science 261, 756-759]. We have investigated the effects of alkali metal ions on DGD activity and have determined the crystal structures at 2.8 A resolution of DGD with Li+ and Rb+ bound at site 1. Due to the weak scattering of the Li+ ion, its position had to be modeled using information from small molecule structures. A comparison of the DGD structures with Li+, Na+, K+, and Rb+ bound at site 1 reveals a striking correlation between active site structure and enzymatic activity. The small, inhibitory ions Li+ and Na+ are accommodated by replacing two protein-derived ligands of the larger, activating ions K+ and Rb+ by a single water molecule. This actuates a two-state structural switch between active and inactive enzyme that involves a concerted reorientation of the active site residues Ser80 and Tyr301 and a small change in the quaternary structure of the DGD tetramer. An important role of the essential K+ ion in both cofactor binding and the organization of a catalytically competent active site structure is proposed. In the structure of DGD with Rb+ bound at site 1, a second Rb+ ion has partially replaced the structural Na+ ion at metal binding site 2 on the surface of the DGD molecule, without significantly altering the protein structure. In contrast to Na+, the Rb+ ion is bound with unfavorable geometry, and it is proposed that the rigid site 2 structure results in a pronounced selectivity for Na+ ions.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Structural Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
DIALKYLGLYCINE DECARBOXYLASE432Burkholderia cepaciaMutation(s): 0 
EC: 4.1.1.64
UniProt
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Go to UniProtKB:  P16932
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UniProt GroupP16932
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • R-Value Observed: 0.178 
  • Space Group: P 64 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 152.7α = 90
b = 152.7β = 90
c = 86.6γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
TNTrefinement

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 1994-09-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-03-03
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Non-polymer description, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-11-29
    Changes: Advisory, Derived calculations, Other