Crystal structure of a C-terminal proteolytic fragment of a protein annotated as an LAO/AO transport system ATPase but likely MeaB and MMAA-like GTPase from Mycobacterium smegmatis
Family members were previously thought to be ArgK proteins acting as ATPase enzymes and kinases. They are now believed to be methylmalonyl Co-A mutase-associated GTPase MeaB. Structural studies of MeaB and the human ortholog (methylmalonyl associated ...
Family members were previously thought to be ArgK proteins acting as ATPase enzymes and kinases. They are now believed to be methylmalonyl Co-A mutase-associated GTPase MeaB. Structural studies of MeaB and the human ortholog (methylmalonyl associated protein A) MMAA, reveal alpha-helical domains at the N- and C-termini as well as a Ras-like GTPase domain. Mutational analysis of MeaB, show prohibited growth in Methylobacterium due to the inability to convert methylmalonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA caused by an inactive form of methylmalonyl-CoA mutatase (mcm). In humans, mutations in (MMAA) are associated with the fatal disease methylmalonyl aciduria [1].
