3Q1X

Crystal structure of Entamoeba histolytica serine acetyltransferase 1 in complex with L-serine


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.59 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.183 
  • R-Value Work: 0.161 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.162 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Structural and biochemical studies of serine acetyltransferase reveal why the parasite Entamoeba histolytica cannot form cysteine synthase complex

Kumar, S.Raj, I.Nagpal, I.Subbarao, N.Gourinath, S.

(2011) J Biol Chem 

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.197376
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3P1B, 3P47, 3Q1X

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Cysteine (Cys) plays a major role in growth and survival of the human parasite Entamoeba histolytica. We report here the crystal structure of serine acetyltransferase (SAT) isoform 1, a cysteine biosynthetic pathway enzyme from E. histolytica (EhSAT1) at 1.77 Å, in complex with its substrate serine (Ser) at 1.59 Å and inhibitor Cys at 1.78 Å resolution. EhSAT1 exists as a trimer both in solution as well as in crystal structure, unlike hexamers formed by other known SATs. The difference in oligomeric state is due to the N-terminal region of the EhSAT1, which has very low sequence similarity to known structures, also differs in orientation and charge distribution. The Ser and Cys bind to the same site, confirming that Cys is a competitive inhibitor of Ser. The disordered C-terminal region and the loop near the active site are responsible for solvent-accessible acetyl-CoA binding site and, thus, lose inhibition to acetyl-CoA by the feedback inhibitor Cys. Docking and fluorescence studies show that EhSAT1 C-terminal-mimicking peptides can bind to O-acetyl serine sulfhydrylase (EhOASS), whereas native C-terminal peptide does not show any binding. To test further, C-terminal end of EhSAT1 was mutated and found that it inhibits EhOASS, confirming modified EhSAT1 can bind to EhOASS. The apparent inability of EhSAT1 to form a hexamer and differences in the C-terminal region are likely to be the major reasons for the lack of formation of the large cysteine synthase complex and loss of a complex regulatory mechanism in E. histolytica.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Serine acetyltransferase313Entamoeba histolyticaMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: cysE
EC: 2.3.1.30
UniProt
Find proteins for Q9U8X2 (Entamoeba histolytica)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q9U8X2
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupQ9U8X2
Sequence Annotations
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Small Molecules
Binding Affinity Annotations 
IDSourceBinding Affinity
SER PDBBind:  3Q1X Ki: 4700 (nM) from 1 assay(s)
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.59 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.183 
  • R-Value Work: 0.161 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.162 
  • Space Group: H 3
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 110.19α = 90
b = 110.19β = 90
c = 63.327γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MOLREPphasing
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data collection
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
AUTOMARdata reduction

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-02-02
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-08
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.3: 2023-11-01
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description