6z1n
From Proteopedia
Structure of the human heterotetrameric cis-prenyltransferase complex
Structural highlights
DiseaseDHDDS_HUMAN Non-specific early-onset epileptic encephalopathy;Retinitis pigmentosa. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease may be caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. FunctionDHDDS_HUMAN With NUS1, forms the dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase (DDS) complex, an essential component of the dolichol monophosphate (Dol-P) biosynthetic machinery. Both subunits contribute to enzymatic activity, i.e. condensation of multiple copies of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) to farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) to produce dehydrodolichyl diphosphate (Dedol-PP), a precursor of dolichol phosphate which is utilized as a sugar carrier in protein glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (PubMed:25066056, PubMed:28842490, PubMed:32817466). Synthesizes long-chain polyprenols, mostly of C95 and C100 chain length (PubMed:32817466). Regulates the glycosylation and stability of nascent NPC2, thereby promoting trafficking of LDL-derived cholesterol (PubMed:21572394).[1] [2] [3] [4] Publication Abstract from PubMedThe human cis-prenyltransferase (hcis-PT) is an enzymatic complex essential for protein N-glycosylation. Synthesizing the precursor of the glycosyl carrier dolichol-phosphate, mutations in hcis-PT cause severe human diseases. Here, we reveal that hcis-PT exhibits a heterotetrameric assembly in solution, consisting of two catalytic dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase (DHDDS) and inactive Nogo-B receptor (NgBR) heterodimers. Importantly, the 2.3 A crystal structure reveals that the tetramer assembles via the DHDDS C-termini as a dimer-of-heterodimers. Moreover, the distal C-terminus of NgBR transverses across the interface with DHDDS, directly participating in active-site formation and the functional coupling between the subunits. Finally, we explored the functional consequences of disease mutations clustered around the active-site, and in combination with molecular dynamics simulations, we propose a mechanism for hcis-PT dysfunction in retinitis pigmentosa. Together, our structure of the hcis-PT complex unveils the dolichol synthesis mechanism and its perturbation in disease. Structural basis of heterotetrameric assembly and disease mutations in the human cis-prenyltransferase complex.,Bar-El ML, Vankova P, Yeheskel A, Simhaev L, Engel H, Man P, Haitin Y, Giladi M Nat Commun. 2020 Oct 19;11(1):5273. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18970-z. PMID:33077723[5] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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