Download MendeleyStructure of Outward-Facing PglK and Molecular Dynamics of Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide Recognition and Translocation.
Perez, C., Mehdipour, A.R., Hummer, G., Locher, K.P.(2019) Structure 27: 669-678.e5
- PubMed: 30799077
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2019.01.013
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6HRC - PubMed Abstract:
PglK is a lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) flippase essential for asparagine-linked protein glycosylation in Campylobacter jejuni. Previously we have proposed a non-alternating-access LLO translocation mechanism, where postulated outward-facing states play a primary role. To investigate this unusual mechanistic proposal, we have determined a high-resolution structure of PglK that displays an outward semi-occluded state with the two nucleotide binding domains forming an asymmetric closed dimer with two bound ATPγS molecules. Based on this structure, we performed extensive molecular dynamics simulations to investigate LLO recognition and flipping. Our results suggest that PglK may employ a "substrate-hunting" mechanism to locally increase the LLO concentration and facilitate its jump into the translocation pathway, for which sugars from the LLO head group are essential. We further conclude that the release of LLO to the outside occurs before ATP hydrolysis and is followed by the closing of the periplasmic cavity of PglK.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland; Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
