Download MendeleyThe small RbcS-like domains of the beta-carboxysome structural protein CcmM bind RubisCO at a site distinct from that binding the RbcS subunit.
Ryan, P., Forrester, T.J.B., Wroblewski, C., Kenney, T.M.G., Kitova, E.N., Klassen, J.S., Kimber, M.S.(2019) J Biol Chem 294: 2593-2603
- PubMed: 30591587
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.006330
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
6MR1 - PubMed Abstract:
Carboxysomes are compartments in bacterial cells that promote efficient carbon fixation by sequestering RubisCO and carbonic anhydrase within a protein shell that impedes CO 2 escape. The key to assembling this protein complex is CcmM, a multidomain protein whose C-terminal region is required for RubisCO recruitment. This CcmM region is built as a series of copies (generally 3-5) of a small domain, CcmM S , joined by unstructured linkers. CcmM S domains have weak, but significant, sequence identity to RubisCO's small subunit, RbcS, suggesting that CcmM binds RubisCO by displacing RbcS. We report here the 1.35-Å structure of the first Thermosynechococcus elongatus CcmM S domain, revealing that it adopts a compact, well-defined structure that resembles that of RbcS. CcmM S , however, lacked key RbcS RubisCO-binding determinants, most notably an extended N-terminal loop. Nevertheless, individual CcmM S domains are able to bind RubisCO in vitro with 1.16 μm affinity. Two or four linked CcmM S domains did not exhibit dramatic increases in this affinity, implying that short, disordered linkers may frustrate successive CcmM S domains attempting to simultaneously bind a single RubisCO oligomer. Size-exclusion chromatography-coupled right-angled light scattering (SEC-RALS) and native MS experiments indicated that multiple CcmM S domains can bind a single RubisCO holoenzyme and, moreover, that RbcS is not released from these complexes. CcmM S bound equally tightly to a RubisCO variant in which the α/β domain of RbcS was deleted, suggesting that CcmM S binds RubisCO independently of its RbcS subunit. We propose that, instead, the electropositive CcmM S may bind to an extended electronegative pocket between RbcL dimers.
Organizational Affiliation:
From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada and.
