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==Crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana S-adenosylmethionine Synthase 2 (AtMAT2)==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6vcz]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabidopsis_thaliana Arabidopsis thaliana]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6VCZ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6VCZ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.52&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MPO:3[N-MORPHOLINO]PROPANE+SULFONIC+ACID'>MPO</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MXE:2-METHOXYETHANOL'>MXE</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PGE:TRIETHYLENE+GLYCOL'>PGE</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PGR:R-1,2-PROPANEDIOL'>PGR</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PO4:PHOSPHATE+ION'>PO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6vcz FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6vcz OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6vcz PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6vcz RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6vcz PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6vcz ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/METK2_ARATH METK2_ARATH] Catalyzes the formation of S-adenosylmethionine from methionine and ATP. The reaction comprises two steps that are both catalyzed by the same enzyme: formation of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) and triphosphate, and subsequent hydrolysis of the triphosphate.<ref>PMID:16365035</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
S-adenosylmethionine synthases (MATs) are responsible for production of S-adenosylmethionine, the cofactor essential for various methylation reactions, production of polyamines and phytohormone ethylene, etc. Plants have two distinct MAT types (I and II). This work presents the structural analysis of MATs from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtMAT1 and AtMAT2, both type I) and Medicago truncatula (MtMAT3a, type II), which, unlike most MATs, are dimers where three-domain subunits are sandwiched flat with one another. Although MAT types are very similar, their subunits are differently oriented within the dimer. Structural snapshots along the enzymatic reaction reveal the exact conformation of precatalytic methionine in the active site and show a binding niche, characteristic only for plant MATs, that may serve as a lock of the gate loop. Nevertheless, plants, in contrary to mammals, lack the MAT regulatory subunit, and the regulation of plant MAT activity is still puzzling. Our structures open a possibility of an allosteric activity regulation of type I plant MATs by linear compounds, like polyamines, which would tighten the relationship between S-adenosylmethionine and polyamine biosynthesis.

S-adenosylmethionine synthases in plants: Structural characterization of type I and II isoenzymes from Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula.,Sekula B, Ruszkowski M, Dauter Z Int J Biol Macromol. 2020 Feb 11. pii: S0141-8130(20)30238-5. doi:, 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.100. PMID:32057875<ref>PMID:32057875</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[S-adenosylmethionine synthetase 3D structures|S-adenosylmethionine synthetase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Arabidopsis thaliana]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Dauter Z]]
[[Category: Ruszkowski M]]
[[Category: Sekula B]]