3A2B

Crystal Structure of Serine Palmitoyltransferase from Sphingobacterium multivorum with substrate L-serine


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.270 
  • R-Value Work: 0.211 

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Literature

Structural Insights into the Enzymatic Mechanism of Serine Palmitoyltransferase from Sphingobacterium multivorum

Ikushiro, H.Islam, M.M.Okamoto, A.Hoseki, J.Murakawa, T.Fujii, S.Miyahara, I.Hayashi, H.

(2009) J Biochem 146: 549-562

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvp100
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3A2B

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) is a key enzyme of sphingolipid biosynthesis and catalyses the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent decarboxylative condensation reaction of l-serine with palmitoyl-CoA to generate 3-ketodihydrosphingosine. The crystal structure of SPT from Sphingobacterium multivorum GTC97 complexed with l-serine was determined at 2.3 A resolution. The electron density map showed the Schiff base formation between l-serine and PLP in the crystal. Because of the hydrogen bond formation with His138, the orientation of the Calpha-H bond of the PLP-l-serine aldimine was not perpendicular to the PLP-Schiff base plane. This conformation is unfavourable for the alpha-proton abstraction by Lys244 and the reaction is expected to stop at the PLP-l-serine aldimine. Structural modelling of the following intermediates indicated that His138 changes its hydrogen bond partner from the carboxyl group of l-serine to the carbonyl group of palmitoyl-CoA upon the binding of palmitoyl-CoA, making the l-serine Calpha-H bond perpendicular to the PLP-Schiff base plane. These crystal and model structures well explained the observations on bacterial SPTs that the alpha-deprotonation of l-serine occurs only in the presence of palmitoyl-CoA. This study provides the structural evidence that directly supports our proposed mechanism of the substrate synergism in the SPT reaction.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan. ikushiro@art.osaka-med.ac.jp


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Serine palmitoyltransferase398Sphingobacterium multivorumMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: spt
EC: 2.3.1.50
UniProt
Find proteins for A7BFV6 (Sphingobacterium multivorum)
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Go to UniProtKB:  A7BFV6
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UniProt GroupA7BFV6
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.270 
  • R-Value Work: 0.211 
  • Space Group: P 41 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 61.67α = 90
b = 61.67β = 90
c = 207.76γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MOLREPphasing
CNSrefinement
HKL-2000data collection
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-07-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Non-polymer description, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-11-01
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description