3S6H

Crystal structure of native mmNAGS/k


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.297 
  • R-Value Work: 0.186 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.192 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

A Novel N-acetylglutamate synthase architecture revealed by the crystal structure of the bifunctional enzyme from Maricaulis maris.

Shi, D.Li, Y.Cabrera-Luque, J.Jin, Z.Yu, X.Zhao, G.Haskins, N.Allewell, N.M.Tuchman, M.

(2011) PLoS One 6: e28825-e28825

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028825
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3S6G, 3S6H, 3S6K, 3S7Y

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Novel bifunctional N-acetylglutamate synthase/kinases (NAGS/K) that catalyze the first two steps of arginine biosynthesis and are homologous to vertebrate N-acetylglutamate synthase (NAGS), an essential cofactor-producing enzyme in the urea cycle, were identified in Maricaulis maris and several other bacteria. Arginine is an allosteric inhibitor of NAGS but not NAGK activity. The crystal structure of M. maris NAGS/K (mmNAGS/K) at 2.7 Å resolution indicates that it is a tetramer, in contrast to the hexameric structure of Neisseria gonorrhoeae NAGS. The quaternary structure of crystalline NAGS/K from Xanthomonas campestris (xcNAGS/K) is similar, and cross-linking experiments indicate that both mmNAGS/K and xcNAGS are tetramers in solution. Each subunit has an amino acid kinase (AAK) domain, which is likely responsible for N-acetylglutamate kinase (NAGK) activity and has a putative arginine binding site, and an N-acetyltransferase (NAT) domain that contains the putative NAGS active site. These structures and sequence comparisons suggest that the linker residue 291 may determine whether arginine acts as an allosteric inhibitor or activator in homologous enzymes in microorganisms and vertebrates. In addition, the angle of rotation between AAK and NAT domains varies among crystal forms and subunits within the tetramer. A rotation of 26° is sufficient to close the predicted AcCoA binding site, thus reducing enzymatic activity. Since mmNAGS/K has the highest degree of sequence homology to vertebrate NAGS of NAGS and NAGK enzymes whose structures have been determined, the mmNAGS/K structure was used to develop a structural model of human NAGS that is fully consistent with the functional effects of the 14 missense mutations that were identified in NAGS-deficient patients.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Center for Genetic Medicine Research and Department of Integrative Systems Biology, Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America. dshi@cnmcresearch.org


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
N-acetylglutamate kinase / N-acetylglutamate synthaseA,
B,
C [auth X],
D [auth Y]
460Maricaulis maris MCS10Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: argA/BMmar10_0365
EC: 2.3.1.1 (PDB Primary Data), 2.7.2.8 (PDB Primary Data)
UniProt
Find proteins for Q0ASS9 (Maricaulis maris (strain MCS10))
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q0ASS9
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UniProt GroupQ0ASS9
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.297 
  • R-Value Work: 0.186 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.192 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 114.587α = 90
b = 118.211β = 90
c = 152.279γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data reduction
SHELXSphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2012-04-25
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-09-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description