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6hg3

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Hybrid dihydroorotase domain of human CAD with E. coli flexible loop, bound to dihydroorotate

Structural highlights

6hg3 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.97Å
Ligands:	, , ,
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

PYR1_HUMAN This protein is a "fusion" protein encoding four enzymatic activities of the pyrimidine pathway (GATase, CPSase, ATCase and DHOase).

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The dihydroorotase (DHOase) domain of the multifunctional protein carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamoylase, and dihydroorotase (CAD) catalyzes the third step in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides in animals. The crystal structure of the DHOase domain of human CAD (huDHOase) revealed that, despite evolutionary divergence, its active site components are highly conserved with those in bacterial DHOases, encoded as monofunctional enzymes. An important element for catalysis, conserved from Escherichia coli to humans, is a flexible loop that closes as a lid over the active site. Here, we combined mutagenic, structural, biochemical, and molecular dynamics analyses to characterize the function of the flexible loop in the activity of CAD's DHOase domain. A huDHOase chimera bearing the E. coli DHOase flexible loop was inactive, suggesting the presence of distinctive elements in the flexible loop of huDHOase that cannot be replaced by the bacterial sequence. We pinpoint Phe-1563, a residue absolutely conserved at the tip of the flexible loop in CAD's DHOase domain, as a critical element for the conformational equilibrium between the two catalytic states of the protein. Substitutions of Phe-1563 with Ala, Leu or Thr prevented the closure of the flexible loop and inactivated the protein, whereas substitution with Tyr enhanced the interactions of the loop in the closed position and reduced fluctuations and the reaction rate. Our results confirm the importance of the flexible loop in CAD's DHOase domain and explain the key role of Phe-1563 in configuring the active site and in promoting substrate strain and catalysis.

Characterization of the catalytic flexible loop in the dihydroorotase domain of the human multi-enzymatic protein CAD.,Del Cano-Ochoa F, Grande-Garcia A, Reverte-Lopez M, D'Abramo M, Ramon-Maiques S J Biol Chem. 2018 Oct 12. pii: RA118.005494. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.005494. PMID:30315107^[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Del Cano-Ochoa F, Grande-Garcia A, Reverte-Lopez M, D'Abramo M, Ramon-Maiques S. Characterization of the catalytic flexible loop in the dihydroorotase domain of the human multi-enzymatic protein CAD. J Biol Chem. 2018 Oct 12. pii: RA118.005494. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.005494. PMID:30315107 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.005494