2YBO

The x-ray structure of the SAM-dependent uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase NirE from Pseudomonas aeruginosa in complex with SAH


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.287 
  • R-Value Work: 0.235 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.238 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Crystal Structure of the Heme D1 Biosynthesis Enzyme Nire in Complex with its Substrate Reveals New Insights Into the Catalytic Mechanism of S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine-Dependent Uroporphyrinogen III Methyltransferases.

Storbeck, S.Saha, S.Krausze, J.Klink, B.U.Heinz, D.W.Layer, G.

(2011) J Biol Chem 286: 26754

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.239855
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2YBO, 2YBQ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    During the biosynthesis of heme d(1), the essential cofactor of cytochrome cd(1) nitrite reductase, the NirE protein catalyzes the methylation of uroporphyrinogen III to precorrin-2 using S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) as the methyl group donor. The crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa NirE in complex with its substrate uroporphyrinogen III and the reaction by-product S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) was solved to 2.0 Å resolution. This represents the first enzyme-substrate complex structure for a SAM-dependent uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase. The large substrate binds on top of the SAH in a "puckered" conformation in which the two pyrrole rings facing each other point into the same direction either upward or downward. Three arginine residues, a histidine, and a methionine are involved in the coordination of uroporphyrinogen III. Through site-directed mutagenesis of the nirE gene and biochemical characterization of the corresponding NirE variants the amino acid residues Arg-111, Glu-114, and Arg-149 were identified to be involved in NirE catalysis. Based on our structural and biochemical findings, we propose a potential catalytic mechanism for NirE in which the methyl transfer reaction is initiated by an arginine catalyzed proton abstraction from the C-20 position of the substrate.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
METHYLTRANSFERASE294Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1Mutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.1.1.107
UniProt
Find proteins for P95417 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P95417
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UniProt GroupP95417
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
SAH
Query on SAH

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B [auth A]S-ADENOSYL-L-HOMOCYSTEINE
C14 H20 N6 O5 S
ZJUKTBDSGOFHSH-WFMPWKQPSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.287 
  • R-Value Work: 0.235 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.238 
  • Space Group: C 2 2 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 60.9α = 90
b = 115.1β = 90
c = 76.8γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
MOLREPphasing

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  • Version 1.0: 2011-06-01
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-09-28
    Changes: Database references, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-12-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description