4AXK

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF subHisA from the thermophile Corynebacterium efficiens


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.25 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.303 
  • R-Value Work: 0.236 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.238 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Evolution of Substrate Specificity in a Recipient'S Enzyme Following Horizontal Gene Transfer.

Noda-Garcia, L.Camacho-Zarco, A.R.Medina-Ruiz, S.Gaytan, P.Carrillo-Tripp, M.Fulop, V.Barona-Gomez, F.

(2013) Mol Biol Evol 30: 2024

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst115
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4AXK

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Despite the prominent role of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in shaping bacterial metabolism, little is known about the impact of HGT on the evolution of enzyme function. Specifically, what is the influence of a recently acquired gene on the function of an existing gene? For example, certain members of the genus Corynebacterium have horizontally acquired a whole l-tryptophan biosynthetic operon, whereas in certain closely related actinobacteria, for example, Mycobacterium, the trpF gene is missing. In Mycobacterium, the function of the trpF gene is performed by a dual-substrate (βα)8 phosphoribosyl isomerase (priA gene) also involved in l-histidine (hisA gene) biosynthesis. We investigated the effect of a HGT-acquired TrpF enzyme upon PriA's substrate specificity in Corynebacterium through comparative genomics and phylogenetic reconstructions. After comprehensive in vivo and enzyme kinetic analyses of selected PriA homologs, a novel (βα)8 isomerase subfamily with a specialized function in l-histidine biosynthesis, termed subHisA, was confirmed. X-ray crystallography was used to reveal active-site mutations in subHisA important for narrowing of substrate specificity, which when mutated to the naturally occurring amino acid in PriA led to gain of function. Moreover, in silico molecular dynamic analyses demonstrated that the narrowing of substrate specificity of subHisA is concomitant with loss of ancestral protein conformational states. Our results show the importance of HGT in shaping enzyme evolution and metabolism.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, México.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
1-(5-PHOSPHORIBOSYL)-5-((5'-PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINO) METHYLIDENEAMINO)IMIDAZOLE-4-CARBOXAMIDE ISOMERASE
A, B
250Corynebacterium efficiensMutation(s): 0 
EC: 5.3.1.16
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8FNZ7 (Corynebacterium efficiens (strain DSM 44549 / YS-314 / AJ 12310 / JCM 11189 / NBRC 100395))
Explore Q8FNZ7 
Go to UniProtKB:  Q8FNZ7
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupQ8FNZ7
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.25 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.303 
  • R-Value Work: 0.236 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.238 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 69.46α = 90
b = 78.84β = 90
c = 92.43γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XDSdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2013-06-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2014-02-05
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-12-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description