4jue | pdb_00004jue

Crystal structure of Plasmodium falciparum ubiquitin conjugating enzyme UBC9

spinqualitylabelsall models 4jue, resolution 1.85Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4jue is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Plaf7. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 4m1n Gene: PF3D7_0915100, PFI0740c (PLAF7) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Small ubiquitin-related modifiers (SUMOs) are post-translationally conjugated to other proteins and are thereby essential regulators of a wide range of cellular processes. Sumoylation, and enzymes of the sumoylation pathway, are conserved in the malaria causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. However, the specific functions of sumoylation in P. falciparum, and the degree of functional conservation between enzymes of the human and P. falciparum sumoylation pathways, have not been characterized. Here, we demonstrate that sumoylation levels peak during midstages of the intra-erythrocyte developmental cycle, concomitant with hemoglobin consumption and elevated oxidative stress. In vitro studies revealed that P. falciparum E1- and E2-conjugating enzymes interact effectively to recognize and modify RanGAP1, a model mammalian SUMO substrate. However, in heterologous reactions, P. falciparum E1 and E2 enzymes failed to interact with cognate human E2 and E1 partners, respectively, to modify RanGAP1. Structural analysis, binding studies, and functional assays revealed divergent amino acid residues within the E1-E2 binding interface that define organism-specific enzyme interactions. Our studies identify sumoylation as a potentially important regulator of oxidative stress response during the P. falciparum intra-erythrocyte developmental cycle, and define E1 and E2 interactions as a promising target for development of parasite-specific inhibitors of sumoylation and parasite replication. Identification of Biochemically Distinct Properties of the Small Ubiquitin-related Modifier (SUMO) Conjugation Pathway in Plasmodium falciparum.,Reiter K, Mukhopadhyay D, Zhang H, Boucher LE, Kumar N, Bosch J, Matunis MJ J Biol Chem. 2013 Sep 27;288(39):27724-36. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.498410. Epub, 2013 Aug 13. PMID:23943616 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9

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