Download MendeleyCrystal structure of Tam41 cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol synthase from a Firmicutes bacterium.
Kimura, K., Kawai, F., Kubota-Kawai, H., Watanabe, Y., Tomii, K., Kojima, R., Hirata, K., Yamamori, Y., Endo, T., Tamura, Y.(2022) J Biochem 171: 429-441
- PubMed: 34964897
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvab154
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7ECD - PubMed Abstract:
Translocator assembly and maintenance 41 (Tam41) catalyses the synthesis of cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol (CDP-DAG), which is a high-energy intermediate phospholipid critical for generating cardiolipin in mitochondria. Although Tam41 is present almost exclusively in eukaryotic cells, a Firmicutes bacterium contains the gene encoding Tam41-type CDP-DAG synthase (FbTam41). FbTam41 converted phosphatidic acid (PA) to CDP-DAG using a ternary complex mechanism in vitro. Additionally, FbTam41 functionally substituted yeast Tam41 in vivo. These results demonstrate that Tam41-type CDP-DAG synthase functions in some prokaryotic cells. We determined the crystal structure of FbTam41 lacking the C-terminal 18 residues in the cytidine triphosphate (CTP)-Mg2+ bound form at a resolution of 2.6 Å. The crystal structure showed that FbTam41 contained a positively charged pocket that specifically accommodated CTP-Mg2+ and PA in close proximity. By using this structure, we constructed a model for the full-length structure of FbTam41 containing the last a-helix, which was missing in the crystal structure. Based on this model, we propose a molecular mechanism for CDP-DAG synthesis in bacterial cells and mitochondria.
Organizational Affiliation:
Graduate School of Global Symbiotic Sciences, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan.
