1n9g
From Proteopedia
Mitochondrial 2-enoyl thioester reductase Etr1p/Etr2p heterodimer from Candida tropicalis
Structural highlights
FunctionETR2_CANTR Required for respiration and the maintenance of the mitochondrial compartment. May have a role in the mitochondrial synthesis of fatty acids. Evolutionary ConservationCheck, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedHere we report on the cloning of a Candida tropicalis gene, ETR2, that is closely related to ETR1. Both genes encode enzymatically active 2-enoyl thioester reductases involved in mitochondrial synthesis of fatty acids (fatty acid synthesis type II) and respiratory competence. The 5'- and 3'-flanking (coding) regions of ETR2 and ETR1 are about 90% (97%) identical, indicating that the genes have evolved via gene duplication. The gene products differ in three amino acid residues: Ile67 (Val), Ala92 (Thr), and Lys251 (Arg) in Etr2p (Etr1p). Quantitative PCR analysis and reverse transcriptase-PCR indicated that both genes were expressed about equally in fermenting and ETR1 predominantly respiring yeast cells. Like the situation with ETR1, expression of ETR2 in respiration-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant cells devoid of Ybr026p/Etr1p was able to restore growth on glycerol. Triclosan that is used as an antibacterial agent against fatty acid synthesis type II 2-enoyl thioester reductases inhibited growth of FabI overexpressing mutant yeast cells but was not able to inhibit respiratory growth of the ETR2- or ETR1-complemented mutant yeast cells. Resolving of crystal structures obtained via Etr2p and Etr1p co-crystallization indicated that all possible dimer variants occur in the same asymmetric unit, suggesting that similar dimer formation also takes place in vivo. Candida tropicalis expresses two mitochondrial 2-enoyl thioester reductases that are able to form both homodimers and heterodimers.,Torkko JM, Koivuranta KT, Kastaniotis AJ, Airenne TT, Glumoff T, Ilves M, Hartig A, Gurvitz A, Hiltunen JK J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 17;278(42):41213-20. Epub 2003 Jul 30. PMID:12890667[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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