3DAE

Crystal structure of phosphorylated SNF1 kinase domain

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.265 
  • R-Value Work: 0.227 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.229 

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Literature

Structural insight into the autoinhibition mechanism of AMP-activated protein kinase

Chen, L., Jiao, Z.-H., Zheng, L.-S., Zhang, Y.-Y., Xie, S.-T., Wang, Z.-X., Wu, J.-W.

(2009) Nature 459: 1146-1149

  • DOI: 10.1038/nature08075
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3DAE, 3H4J

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is characterized by its ability to bind to AMP, which enables it to adjust enzymatic activity by sensing the cellular energy status and maintain the balance between ATP production and consumption in eukaryotic ...

    The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is characterized by its ability to bind to AMP, which enables it to adjust enzymatic activity by sensing the cellular energy status and maintain the balance between ATP production and consumption in eukaryotic cells. It also has important roles in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation, and in the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity. These important functions have rendered AMPK an important drug target for obesity, type 2 diabetes and cancer treatments. However, the regulatory mechanism of AMPK activity by AMP binding remains unsolved. Here we report the crystal structures of an unphosphorylated fragment of the AMPK alpha-subunit (KD-AID) from Schizosaccharomyces pombe that contains both the catalytic kinase domain and an autoinhibitory domain (AID), and of a phosphorylated kinase domain from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Snf1-pKD). The AID binds, from the 'backside', to the hinge region of its kinase domain, forming contacts with both amino-terminal and carboxy-terminal lobes. Structural analyses indicate that AID binding might constrain the mobility of helix alphaC, hence resulting in an autoinhibited KD-AID with much lower kinase activity than that of the kinase domain alone. AMP activates AMPK both allosterically and by inhibiting dephosphorylation. Further in vitro kinetic studies demonstrate that disruption of the KD-AID interface reverses the autoinhibition and these AMPK heterotrimeric mutants no longer respond to the change in AMP concentration. The structural and biochemical data have shown the primary mechanism of AMPK autoinhibition and suggest a conformational switch model for AMPK activation by AMP.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Carbon catabolite-derepressing protein kinaseA, B283Saccharomyces cerevisiaeMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: SNF1
EC: 2.7.11.1
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.265 
  • R-Value Work: 0.227 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.229 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 74.607α = 90
b = 72.37β = 90
c = 112.92γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
MAR345dtbdata collection
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
PHASERphasing

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  • Version 1.0: 2009-06-02
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance