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Asada R, Hirota K. Multi-Layered Regulations on the Chromatin Architectures: Establishing the Tight and Specific Responses of Fission Yeast fbp1 Gene Transcription. Biomolecules 2022; 12:1642. [PMID: 36358992 PMCID: PMC9687179 DOI: 10.3390/biom12111642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 04/08/2024] Open
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Transcriptional regulation is pivotal for all living organisms and is required for adequate response to environmental fluctuations and intercellular signaling molecules. For precise regulation of transcription, cells have evolved regulatory systems on the genome architecture, including the chromosome higher-order structure (e.g., chromatin loops), location of transcription factor (TF)-binding sequences, non-coding RNA (ncRNA) transcription, chromatin configuration (e.g., nucleosome positioning and histone modifications), and the topological state of the DNA double helix. To understand how these genome-chromatin architectures and their regulators establish tight and specific responses at the transcription stage, the fission yeast fbp1 gene has been analyzed as a model system for decades. The fission yeast fbp1 gene is tightly repressed in the presence of glucose, and this gene is induced by over three orders of magnitude upon glucose starvation with a cascade of multi-layered regulations on various levels of genome and chromatin architecture. In this review article, we summarize the multi-layered transcriptional regulatory systems revealed by the analysis of the fission yeast fbp1 gene as a model system.
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- Ryuta Asada
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192-0397, Tokyo, Japan
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Gupta A, Varma A, Storey KB. New Insights to Regulation of Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase during Anoxia in Red-Eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11101548. [PMID: 34680181 PMCID: PMC8534150 DOI: 10.3390/biom11101548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) undergoes numerous changes to its physiological and metabolic processes to survive without oxygen. During anoxic conditions, its metabolic rate drops drastically to minimize energy requirements. The alterations in the central metabolic pathways are often accomplished by the regulation of key enzymes. The regulation of one such enzyme, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase; EC 3.1.3.11), was characterized in the present study during anoxia in liver. FBPase is a crucial enzyme of gluconeogenesis. The FBPase was purified from liver tissue in both control and anoxic conditions and subsequently assayed to determine the kinetic parameters of the enzyme. The study revealed the relative degree of post-translational modifications in the FBPase from control and anoxic turtles. Further, this study demonstrated a significant decrease in the maximal activity in anoxic FBPase and decreased sensitivity to its substrate Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) when compared to the control. Immunoblotting demonstrated increased threonine phosphorylation (~1.4-fold) in the anoxic FBPase. Taken together, these results suggest that the phosphorylation of liver FBPase is an important step in suppressing FBPase activity, ultimately leading to the inhibition of gluconeogenesis in the liver of the red-eared slider during anaerobic conditions.
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Gut microbial alterations in neonatal jaundice pre- and post-treatment. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:228373. [PMID: 33860293 PMCID: PMC8150162 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20210362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Neonatal jaundice is a common disease that affects up to 60% of newborns. Herein, we performed a comparative analysis of the gut microbiome in neonatal jaundice and non-neonatal jaundice infants (NJIs) and identified gut microbial alterations in neonatal jaundice pre- and post-treatment. We prospectively collected 232 fecal samples from 51 infants at five time points (0, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months). Finally, 114 samples from 6 NJIs and 19 non-NJI completed MiSeq sequencing and analysis. We characterized the gut microbiome and identified microbial differences and gene functions. Meconium microbial diversity from NJI was decreased compared with that from non-NJI. The genus Gemella was decreased in NJI versus non-NJI. Eleven predicted microbial functions, including fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase III and pyruvate carboxylase subunit B, decreased, while three functions, including acetyl-CoA acyltransferase, increased in NJI. After treatments, the microbial community presented significant alteration-based β diversity. The phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria were increased, while Proteobacteria and Fusobacteria were decreased. Microbial alterations were also analyzed between 6 recovered NJI and 19 non-NJI. The gut microbiota was unique in the meconium microbiome from NJI, implying that early gut microbiome intervention could be promising for the management of neonatal jaundice. Alterations of gut microbiota from NJI can be of great value to bolster evidence-based prevention against 'bacterial dysbiosis'.
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Zhao W, Zhao J, Guo X, Feng Y, Zhang B, Tian L. LncRNA MT1JP plays a protective role in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by regulating miR-18a-5p/FBP1 axis. BMC Cancer 2021; 21:142. [PMID: 33557774 PMCID: PMC7871555 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-07838-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Cholangiocarcinoma is a common malignant tumor of digestive system. LncRNA metallothionein 1 J, pseudogene (MT1JP) has been reported to play tumor-suppressing roles in multiple cancers. However, its effect on cholangiocarcinoma has not been evaluated. Methods The expression of MT1JP in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma specimens and paired para-carcinoma tissues were detected by real-time PCR. The overexpression plasmid and siRNA of MT1JP were transfected into intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma cells to change the expression levels of MT1JP. CCK-8, flow cytometry and transwell assays were performed to measure proliferation, cell cycle transition, apoptosis, migration and invasion. Dual-luciferase reporter assay, real-time PCR and western blot were carried out to screen the miRNA bound by MT1JP. In addition, xenograft experiment was used to determine the tumorigenesis of cholangiocarcinoma cells in nude mice. Results MT1JP was downregulated in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma specimens, and its expression was related with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis. Overexpression of MT1JP inhibited proliferation, cell cycle transition, migration and invasion, and induced apoptosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma cells. The knockdown of MT1JP led to opposite results. MT1JP bound to miR-18a-5p to facilitate the expression of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 (FBP1). MiR-18a-5p was increased in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma samples, and its expression was negatively correlated with that of MT1JP. In addition, MT1JP also suppressed tumorigenesis in nude mice. Conclusions MT1JP alleviated proliferation, migration and invasion, and induced apoptosis in cholangiocarcinoma cells by regulating miR-18a-5p/FBP1 axis. These findings may provide novel insights for clinical diagnosis and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12885-021-07838-0.
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- Wei Zhao
- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Road, Qingdao, 266000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, People's Republic of China
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- Heart Center, Qingdao Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, Qingdao, 266034, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Road, Qingdao, 266000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Road, Qingdao, 266000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 1677 Wutaishan Road, Qingdao, 266000, People's Republic of China
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Reversing allosteric communication: From detecting allosteric sites to inducing and tuning targeted allosteric response. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006228. [PMID: 29912863 PMCID: PMC6023240 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The omnipresence of allosteric regulation together with the fundamental role of structural dynamics in this phenomenon have initiated a great interest to the detection of regulatory exosites and design of corresponding effectors. However, despite a general consensus on the key role of dynamics most of the earlier efforts on the prediction of allosteric sites are heavily crippled by the static nature of the underlying methods, which are either structure-based approaches seeking for deep surface pockets typical for “traditional” orthosteric drugs or sequence-based techniques exploiting the conservation of protein sequences. Because of the critical role of global protein dynamics in allosteric signaling, we investigate the hypothesis of reversibility in allosteric communication, according to which allosteric sites can be detected via the perturbation of the functional sites. The reversibility is tested here using our structure-based perturbation model of allostery, which allows one to analyze the causality and energetics of allosteric communication. We validate the “reverse perturbation” hypothesis and its predictive power on a set of classical allosteric proteins, then, on the independent extended benchmark set. We also show that, in addition to known allosteric sites, the perturbation of the functional sites unravels rather extended protein regions, which can host latent regulatory exosites. These protein parts that are dynamically coupled with functional sites can also be used for inducing and tuning allosteric communication, and an exhaustive exploration of the per-residue contributions to allosteric effects can eventually lead to the optimal modulation of protein activity. The site-effector interactions necessary for a specific mode and level of allosteric communication can be fine-tuned by adjusting the site’s structure to an available effector molecule and by the design or selection of an appropriate ligand. Recent advances in the development of allosteric drugs allow one to fully appreciate the sheer power of allosteric effectors in the avoiding toxicity, receptor desensitization and modulatory rather than on/off mode of action, compared to the traditional orthosteric compounds. The detection of allosteric sites is one of the major challenges in the quest for allosteric drugs. This work proposes a “reverse perturbation” approach for identifying allosteric sites as a result of a perturbation applied to the functional ones. We show that according to the traditional Monod-Changeux-Jacob’s definition of allostery, considering non-overlapping regulatory and functional sites is a critical prerequisite for the successful detection of allosteric sites. Using the reverse perturbation method, it is possible to determine wide protein regions with a potential to induce an allosteric response and to adjust its strength. Further studies on inducing and fine-tuning of allosteric signalling seem to be of a great importance for efficient design of non-orthosteric ligands in the development of novel drugs.
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Liu GM, Zhang YM. Targeting FBPase is an emerging novel approach for cancer therapy. Cancer Cell Int 2018; 18:36. [PMID: 29556139 PMCID: PMC5845355 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-018-0533-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cancer is a leading cause of death in both developed and developing countries. Metabolic reprogramming is an emerging hallmark of cancer. Glucose homeostasis is reciprocally controlled by the catabolic glycolysis and anabolic gluconeogenesis pathways. Previous studies have mainly focused on catabolic glycolysis, but recently, FBPase, a rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis, was found to play critical roles in tumour initiation and progression in several cancer types. Here, we review recent ideas and discoveries that illustrate the clinical significance of FBPase expression in various cancers, the mechanism through which FBPase influences cancer, and the mechanism of FBPase silencing. Furthermore, we summarize some of the drugs targeting FBPase and discuss their potential use in clinical applications and the problems that remain unsolved.
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- Gao-Min Liu
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, No. 38 Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514000 China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, No. 38 Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514000 China
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Yuan M, Vásquez-Valdivieso MG, McNae IW, Michels PAM, Fothergill-Gilmore LA, Walkinshaw MD. Structures of Leishmania Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Reveal Species-Specific Differences in the Mechanism of Allosteric Inhibition. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:3075-3089. [PMID: 28882541 PMCID: PMC5639204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase has been proposed as a potential drug target against Leishmania parasites that cause up to 20,000-30,000 deaths annually. A comparison of three crystal structures of Leishmania major fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (LmFBPase) along with enzyme kinetic data show how AMP acts as an allosteric inhibitor and provides insight into its metal-dependent reaction mechanism. The crystal structure of the apoenzyme form of LmFBPase is a homotetramer in which the dimer of dimers adopts a planar conformation with disordered "dynamic loops". The structure of LmFBPase, complexed with manganese and its catalytic product phosphate, shows the dynamic loops locked into the active sites. A third crystal structure of LmFBPase complexed with its allosteric inhibitor AMP shows an inactive form of the tetramer, in which the dimer pairs are rotated by 18° relative to each other. The three structures suggest an allosteric mechanism in which AMP binding triggers a rearrangement of hydrogen bonds across the large and small interfaces. Retraction of the "effector loop" required for AMP binding releases the side chain of His23 from the dimer-dimer interface. This is coupled with a flip of the side chain of Arg48 which ties down the key catalytic dynamic loop in a disengaged conformation and also locks the tetramer in an inactive rotated T-state. The structure of the effector site of LmFBPase shows different structural features compared with human FBPases, thereby offering a potential and species-specific drug target.
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- Meng Yuan
- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
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Kohnhorst CL, Kyoung M, Jeon M, Schmitt DL, Kennedy EL, Ramirez J, Bracey SM, Luu BT, Russell SJ, An S. Identification of a multienzyme complex for glucose metabolism in living cells. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:9191-9203. [PMID: 28424264 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.783050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Sequential metabolic enzymes in glucose metabolism have long been hypothesized to form multienzyme complexes that regulate glucose flux in living cells. However, it has been challenging to directly observe these complexes and their functional roles in living systems. In this work, we have used wide-field and confocal fluorescence microscopy to investigate the spatial organization of metabolic enzymes participating in glucose metabolism in human cells. We provide compelling evidence that human liver-type phosphofructokinase 1 (PFKL), which catalyzes a bottleneck step of glycolysis, forms various sizes of cytoplasmic clusters in human cancer cells, independent of protein expression levels and of the choice of fluorescent tags. We also report that these PFKL clusters colocalize with other rate-limiting enzymes in both glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, supporting the formation of multienzyme complexes. Subsequent biophysical characterizations with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and FRET corroborate the formation of multienzyme metabolic complexes in living cells, which appears to be controlled by post-translational acetylation on PFKL. Importantly, quantitative high-content imaging assays indicated that the direction of glucose flux between glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway, and serine biosynthesis seems to be spatially regulated by the multienzyme complexes in a cluster-size-dependent manner. Collectively, our results reveal a functionally relevant, multienzyme metabolic complex for glucose metabolism in living human cells.
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- Casey L Kohnhorst
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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Ben-Nissan G, Belov ME, Morgenstern D, Levin Y, Dym O, Arkind G, Lipson C, Makarov AA, Sharon M. Triple-Stage Mass Spectrometry Unravels the Heterogeneity of an Endogenous Protein Complex. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4708-4715. [PMID: 28345864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Protein complexes often represent an ensemble of different assemblies with distinct functions and regulation. This increased complexity is enabled by the variety of protein diversification mechanisms that exist at every step of the protein biosynthesis pathway, such as alternative splicing and post transcriptional and translational modifications. The resulting variation in subunits can generate compositionally distinct protein assemblies. These different forms of a single protein complex may comprise functional variances that enable response and adaptation to varying cellular conditions. Despite the biological importance of this layer of complexity, relatively little is known about the compositional heterogeneity of protein complexes, mostly due to technical barriers of studying such closely related species. Here, we show that native mass spectrometry (MS) offers a way to unravel this inherent heterogeneity of protein assemblies. Our approach relies on the advanced Orbitrap mass spectrometer capable of multistage MS analysis across all levels of protein organization. Specifically, we have implemented a two-step fragmentation process in the inject flatapole device, which was converted to a linear ion trap, and can now probe the intact protein complex assembly, through its constituent subunits, to the primary sequence of each protein. We demonstrate our approach on the yeast homotetrameric FBP1 complex, the rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis. We show that the complex responds differently to changes in growth conditions by tuning phosphorylation dynamics. Our methodology deciphers, on a single instrument and in a single measurement, the stoichiometry, kinetics, and exact position of modifications, contributing to the exposure of the multilevel diversity of protein complexes.
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- Gili Ben-Nissan
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Israel Structural Proteomics Center, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Barciszewski J, Wisniewski J, Kolodziejczyk R, Jaskolski M, Rakus D, Dzugaj A. T-to-R switch of muscle fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase involves fundamental changes of secondary and quaternary structure. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2016; 72:536-50. [PMID: 27050133 PMCID: PMC4822563 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798316001765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) catalyzes the hydrolysis of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to fructose 6-phosphate and is a key enzyme of gluconeogenesis and glyconeogenesis and, more generally, of the control of energy metabolism and glucose homeostasis. Vertebrates, and notably Homo sapiens, express two FBPase isoforms. The liver isozyme is expressed mainly in gluconeogenic organs, where it functions as a regulator of glucose synthesis. The muscle isoform is expressed in all cells, and recent studies have demonstrated that its role goes far beyond the enzymatic function, as it can interact with various nuclear and mitochondrial proteins. Even in its enzymatic function, the muscle enzyme is different from the liver isoform, as it is 100-fold more susceptible to allosteric inhibition by AMP and this effect can be abrogated by complex formation with aldolase. All FBPases are homotetramers composed of two intimate dimers: the upper dimer and the lower dimer. They oscillate between two conformational states: the inactive T form when in complex with AMP, and the active R form. Parenthetically, it is noted that bacterial FBPases behave somewhat differently, and in the absence of allosteric activators exist in a tetramer-dimer equilibrium even at relatively high concentrations. [Hines et al. (2007), J. Biol. Chem. 282, 11696-11704]. The T-to-R transition is correlated with the conformation of the key loop L2, which in the T form becomes `disengaged' and unable to participate in the catalytic mechanism. The T states of both isoforms are very similar, with a small twist of the upper dimer relative to the lower dimer. It is shown that at variance with the well studied R form of the liver enzyme, which is flat, the R form of the muscle enzyme is diametrically different, with a perpendicular orientation of the upper and lower dimers. The crystal structure of the muscle-isozyme R form shows that in this arrangement of the tetramer completely new protein surfaces are exposed that are most likely targets for the interactions with various cellular and enzymatic partners. The cruciform R structure is stabilized by a novel `leucine lock', which prevents the key residue, Asp187, from locking loop L2 in the disengaged conformation. In addition, the crystal structures of muscle FBPase in the T conformation with and without AMP strongly suggest that the T-to-R transition is a discrete jump rather than a shift of an equilibrium smooth transition through multiple intermediate states. Finally, using snapshots from three crystal structures of human muscle FBPase, it is conclusively demonstrated that the AMP-binding event is correlated with a β→α transition at the N-terminus of the protein and with the formation of a new helical structure.
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- Jakub Barciszewski
- Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Animal Molecular Physiology, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Animal Molecular Physiology, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland
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Gao Y, Shen L, Honzatko RB. Central cavity of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and the evolution of AMP/fructose 2,6-bisphosphate synergism in eukaryotic organisms. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:8450-61. [PMID: 24436333 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.548586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The effects of AMP and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (Fru-2,6-P2) on porcine fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (pFBPase) and Escherichia coli FBPase (eFBPase) differ in three respects. AMP/Fru-2,6-P2 synergism in pFBPase is absent in eFBPase. Fru-2,6-P2 induces a 13° subunit pair rotation in pFBPase but no rotation in eFBPase. Hydrophilic side chains in eFBPase occupy what otherwise would be a central aqueous cavity observed in pFBPase. Explored here is the linkage of AMP/Fru-2,6-P2 synergism to the central cavity and the evolution of synergism in FBPases. The single mutation Ser(45) → His substantially fills the central cavity of pFBPase, and the triple mutation Ser(45) → His, Thr(46) → Arg, and Leu(186) → Tyr replaces porcine with E. coli type side chains. Both single and triple mutations significantly reduce synergism while retaining other wild-type kinetic properties. Similar to the effect of Fru-2,6-P2 on eFBPase, the triple mutant of pFBPase with bound Fru-2,6-P2 exhibits only a 2° subunit pair rotation as opposed to the 13° rotation exhibited by the Fru-2,6-P2 complex of wild-type pFBPase. The side chain at position 45 is small in all available eukaryotic FBPases but large and hydrophilic in bacterial FBPases, similar to eFBPase. Sequence information indicates the likelihood of synergism in the FBPase from Leptospira interrogans (lFBPase), and indeed recombinant lFBPase exhibits AMP/Fru-2,6-P2 synergism. Unexpectedly, however, AMP also enhances Fru-6-P binding to lFBPase. Taken together, these observations suggest the evolution of AMP/Fru-2,6-P2 synergism in eukaryotic FBPases from an ancestral FBPase having a central aqueous cavity and exhibiting synergistic feedback inhibition by AMP and Fru-6-P.
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- Yang Gao
- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Gao Y, Iancu CV, Mukind S, Choe JY, Honzatko RB. Mechanism of displacement of a catalytically essential loop from the active site of mammalian fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Biochemistry 2013; 52:5206-16. [PMID: 23844654 PMCID: PMC4869526 DOI: 10.1021/bi400532n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AMP triggers a 15° subunit-pair rotation in fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) from its active R state to its inactive T state. During this transition, a catalytically essential loop (residues 50-72) leaves its active (engaged) conformation. Here, the structures of Ile(10) → Asp FBPase and molecular dynamic simulations reveal factors responsible for loop displacement. The AMP/Mg(2+) and AMP/Zn(2+) complexes of Asp(10) FBPase are in intermediate quaternary conformations (completing 12° of the subunit-pair rotation), but the complex with Zn(2+) provides the first instance of an engaged loop in a near-T quaternary state. The 12° subunit-pair rotation generates close contacts involving the hinges (residues 50-57) and hairpin turns (residues 58-72) of the engaged loops. Additional subunit-pair rotation toward the T state would make such contacts unfavorable, presumably causing displacement of the loop. Targeted molecular dynamics simulations reveal no steric barriers to subunit-pair rotations of up to 14° followed by the displacement of the loop from the active site. Principal component analysis reveals high-amplitude motions that exacerbate steric clashes of engaged loops in the near-T state. The results of the simulations and crystal structures are in agreement: subunit-pair rotations just short of the canonical T state coupled with high-amplitude modes sterically displace the dynamic loop from the active site.
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- Yang Gao
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, 4206 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3260, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, 4206 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3260, United States
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Biochemical characterization and functional analysis of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from Clonorchis sinensis. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:4371-82. [PMID: 23652997 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2508-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), a key regulatory enzyme of gluconeogenesis, plays an essential role in metabolism and development of most organisms. To the wealth of available knowledge about FBPase from Clonorchis sinensis (CsFBPase), in this study, the characteristics of CsFBPase and its potential role in pathogenesis of clonorchiasis were investigated. The Km value of CsFBPase was calculated to be 41.9 uM. The optimal temperature and pH of CsFBPase were 37 °C and pH 7.5-8.0, respectively. In addition, Mg(2+) or K(+) played a regulatory role in enzyme activity of CsFBPase. Both transcriptional and translational level of CsFBPase were higher in metacercariae (one of larva stages) than those in adult worm (P < 0.05). CsFBPase were observed to extensively express in the intestine, vitellaria and tegument of adult worms and ubiquitously in metacercariae. Moreover, CsFBPase was confirmed as a component of excretory/secretory products. Consequently, the translocation of CsFBPase could be detected on epithelial cells of bile duct in liver of C. sinensis infected rat. Recombinant CsFBPase can specifically bind to the membrane of human hepatic stellate cell line LX-2 by immunofluorescence analysis and stimulated proliferation and activation of LX-2 which demonstrated by Cell Counting Kit-8 and upregulation of key fibrosis-related factors, such as α-smooth muscle actin, collagen I and collagen III using qRT-PCR. Thus, we predicated that CsFBPase might be a multifunctional enzyme which played as both regulatory enzyme and virulence factor in pathogenesis of C. sinensis infection.
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Canales L, Chen J, Kelty E, Musah S, Webb C, Pisano MM, Neal RE. Developmental cigarette smoke exposure: liver proteome profile alterations in low birth weight pups. Toxicology 2012; 300:1-11. [PMID: 22609517 PMCID: PMC3699338 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cigarette smoke is composed of over 4000 chemicals many of which are strong oxidizing agents and chemical carcinogens. Chronic cigarette smoke exposure (CSE) induces mild alterations in liver histology indicative of toxicity though the molecular pathways underlying these alterations remain to be explored. Utilizing a mouse model of 'active' developmental CSE (gestational day (GD) 1 through postnatal day (PD) 21; cotinine >50ng/mL) characterized by low birth weight offspring, the impact of developmental CSE on liver protein abundances was determined. On PD21, liver tissue was collected from pups for 2D SDS-PAGE based proteome analysis with statistical analysis by Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA). Protein spots of interest were identified by ESI-MS/MS with impacted molecular pathways identified by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis. Developmental CSE decreased the abundance of proteins associated with the small molecule biochemistry (includes glucose metabolism), lipid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and inflammatory response pathways. Decreased gluconeogenic enzyme activity and lysophosphatidylcholine availability following developmental CSE were found and supports the impact of CSE on these pathways. Proteins with increased abundance belonged to the cell death and drug metabolism networks. Liver antioxidant enzyme abundances [glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and peroxiredoxins] were also altered by CSE, but GST enzymatic activity was unchanged. In summary, cigarette smoke exposure spanning pre- and post-natal development resulted in persistent decreased offspring weights, decreased abundances of liver metabolic proteins, decreased gluconeogenic activity, and altered lipid metabolism. The companion paper details the kidney proteome alterations in the same offspring.
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- Lorena Canales
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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Kuznetsova E, Xu L, Singer A, Brown G, Dong A, Flick R, Cui H, Cuff M, Joachimiak A, Savchenko A, Yakunin AF. Structure and activity of the metal-independent fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase YK23 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:21049-59. [PMID: 20427268 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.118315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), a key enzyme of gluconeogenesis and photosynthetic CO(2) fixation, catalyzes the hydrolysis of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) to produce fructose 6-phosphate, an important precursor in various biosynthetic pathways. All known FBPases are metal-dependent enzymes, which are classified into five different classes based on their amino acid sequences. Eukaryotes are known to contain only the type-I FBPases, whereas all five types exist in various combinations in prokaryotes. Here we demonstrate that the uncharacterized protein YK23 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae efficiently hydrolyzes FBP in a metal-independent reaction. YK23 is a member of the histidine phosphatase (phosphoglyceromutase) superfamily with homologues found in all organisms. The crystal structure of the YK23 apo-form was solved at 1.75-A resolution and revealed the core domain with the alpha/beta/alpha-fold covered by two small cap domains. Two liganded structures of this protein show the presence of two phosphate molecules (an inhibitor) or FBP (a substrate) bound to the active site. FBP is bound in its linear, open conformation with the cleavable C1-phosphate positioned deep in the active site. Alanine replacement mutagenesis of YK23 identified six conserved residues absolutely required for activity and suggested that His(13) and Glu(99) are the primary catalytic residues. Thus, YK23 represents the first family of metal-independent FBPases and a second FBPase family in eukaryotes.
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- Ekaterina Kuznetsova
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Centre for Structural Proteomics in Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L6, Canada
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Heng S, Harris KM, Kantrowitz ER. Designing inhibitors against fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase: exploring natural products for novel inhibitor scaffolds. Eur J Med Chem 2010; 45:1478-84. [PMID: 20116906 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 12/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Natural products often contain unusual scaffold structures that may be elaborated by combinatorial methods to develop new drug-like molecules. Visual inspection of more than 128 natural products with some type of anti-diabetic activity suggested that a subset might provide novel scaffolds for designing potent inhibitors against fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), an enzyme critical in the control of gluconeogenesis. Using in silico docking methodology, these were evaluated to determine those that exhibited affinity for the AMP binding site. Achyrofuran from the South American plant Achyrocline satureoides, was selected for further investigation. Using the achyrofuran scaffold, inhibitors against FBPase were developed. Compounds 15 and 16 inhibited human liver and pig kidney FBPases at IC50 values comparable to that of AMP, the natural allosteric inhibitor.
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- Sabrina Heng
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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Heng S, Gryncel KR, Kantrowitz ER. A library of novel allosteric inhibitors against fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:3916-22. [PMID: 19419876 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Revised: 04/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The identification of a proper lead compound for fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) is a critical step in the process of developing novel therapeutics against type-2 diabetes. Herein, we have successfully generated a library of allosteric inhibitors against FBPase as potential anti-diabetic drugs, of which, the lead compound 1b was identified through utilizing a virtual high-throughput screening (vHTS) system, which we have developed. The thiazole-based core structure was synthesized via the condensation of alpha-bromo-ketones with thioureas and substituents on the two aryl rings were varied. 4c was found to inhibit pig kidney FBPase approximately fivefold better than 1b. In addition, we have also identified 10b, a tight binding fragment, which can be use for fragment-based drug design purposes.
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- Sabrina Heng
- Boston College, Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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Jardón R, Gancedo C, Flores CL. The gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is dispensable for growth of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica in gluconeogenic substrates. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2008; 7:1742-9. [PMID: 18689525 PMCID: PMC2568072 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00169-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The genes encoding gluconeogenic enzymes in the nonconventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica were found to be differentially regulated. The expression of Y. lipolytica FBP1 (YlFBP1) encoding the key enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase was not repressed by glucose in contrast with the situation in other yeasts; however, this sugar markedly repressed the expression of YlPCK1, encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, and YlICL1, encoding isocitrate lyase. We constructed Y. lipolytica strains with two different disrupted versions of YlFBP1 and found that they grew much slower than the wild type in gluconeogenic carbon sources but that growth was not abolished as happens in most microorganisms. We attribute this growth to the existence of an alternative phosphatase with a high K(m) (2.3 mM) for fructose-1,6-bisphosphate. The gene YlFBP1 restored fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity and growth in gluconeogenic carbon sources to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fbp1 mutant, but the introduction of the FBP1 gene from S. cerevisiae in the Ylfbp1 mutant did not produce fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity or growth complementation. Subcellular fractionation revealed the presence of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase both in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus.
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- Raquel Jardón
- Department of Metabolism and Cell Signaling, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Erion MD, van Poelje PD, Dang Q, Kasibhatla SR, Potter SC, Reddy MR, Reddy KR, Jiang T, Lipscomb WN. MB06322 (CS-917): A potent and selective inhibitor of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase for controlling gluconeogenesis in type 2 diabetes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:7970-5. [PMID: 15911772 PMCID: PMC1138262 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502983102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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In type 2 diabetes, the liver produces excessive amounts of glucose through the gluconeogenesis (GNG) pathway and consequently is partly responsible for the elevated glucose levels characteristic of the disease. In an effort to find safe and efficacious GNG inhibitors, we targeted the AMP binding site of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase). The hydrophilic nature of AMP binding sites and their widespread use for allosteric regulation of enzymes in metabolic pathways has historically made discovery of AMP mimetics suitable for drug development difficult. By using a structure-based drug design strategy, we discovered a series of compounds that mimic AMP but bear little structural resemblance. The lead compound, MB05032, exhibited high potency and specificity for human FBPase. Oral delivery of MB05032 was achieved by using the bisamidate prodrug MB06322 (CS-917), which is converted to MB05032 in two steps through the action of an esterase and a phosphoramidase. MB06322 inhibited glucose production from a variety of GNG substrates in rat hepatocytes and from bicarbonate in male Zucker diabetic fatty rats. Analysis of liver GNG pathway intermediates confirmed FBPase as the site of action. Oral administration of MB06322 to Zucker diabetic fatty rats led to a dose-dependent decrease in plasma glucose levels independent of insulin levels and nutritional status. Glucose lowering occurred without signs of hypoglycemia or significant elevations in plasma lactate or triglyceride levels. The findings suggest that potent and specific FBPase inhibitors represent a drug class with potential to treat type 2 diabetes through inhibition of GNG.
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- Mark D Erion
- Department of Biochemistry, Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., 9390 Towne Centre Drive, Building 300, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Zhou R, Cheng L. Biochemical characterization of cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from apple (Malus domestica) leaves. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 45:879-86. [PMID: 15295071 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase was purified to apparent homogeneity from the leaves of apple, a sorbitol synthesizing species. The enzyme was a homotetramer with a subunit mass of 37 kDa, and was highly specific for fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (F1,6BP) with a Km of 3.1 micro M and a Vmax of 48 units (mg protein)(-1). Either Mg2+ or Mn2+ was required for its activity with a Km of 0.59 mM and 62 micro M, respectively. Li+, Ca2+, Zn2+, Cu2+ and Hg2+ inhibited whereas Mn2+ enhanced the Mg2+ activated enzyme activity. Fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) was found to be a mixed type inhibitor with a Ki of 0.47 mM. Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6BP) competitively inhibited the enzyme activity and changed the substrate saturation curve from hyperbolic to sigmoidal. AMP was a non-competitive inhibitor for the enzyme. F6P interacted with F2,6BP and AMP in a synergistic way to inhibit the enzyme activity. Dihydroxyacetone phosphate slightly inhibited the enzyme activity in the presence or absence of F2,6BP. Sorbitol increased the susceptibility of the enzyme to the inhibition by high concentrations of F1,6BP. High concentrations of sorbitol in the reaction mixture led to a reduction in the enzyme activity.
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- Rui Zhou
- Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Rakus D, Tillmann H, Wysocki R, Ulaszewski S, Eschrich K, Dzugaj A. Different sensitivities of mutants and chimeric forms of human muscle and liver fructose-1,6-bisphosphatases towards AMP. Biol Chem 2003; 384:51-8. [PMID: 12674499 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2003.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AMP is an allosteric inhibitor of human muscle and liver fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase). Despite strong similarity of the nucleotide binding domains, the muscle enzyme is inhibited by AMP approximately 35 times stronger than liver FBPase: I0.5 for muscle and for liver FBPase are 0.14 microM and 4.8 microM, respectively. Chimeric human muscle (L50M288) and chimeric human liver enzymes (M50L288), in which the N-terminal residues (1-50) were derived from the human liver and human muscle FBPases, respectively, were inhibited by AMP 2-3 times stronger than the wild-type liver enzyme. An amino acid exchange within the N-terminal region of the muscle enzyme towards liver FBPase (Lys20-->Glu) resulted in 13-fold increased I0.5 values compared to the wild-type muscle enzyme. However, the opposite exchanges in the liver enzyme (Glu20-->Lys and double mutation Glu19-->Asp/Glu20-->Lys) did not change the sensitivity for AMP inhibition of the liver mutant (I0.5 value of 4.9 microM). The decrease of sensitivity for AMP of the muscle mutant Lys20-->Glu, as well as the lack of changes in the inhibition by AMP of liver mutants Glu20-->Lys and Glu19-->Asp/Glu20-->Lys, suggest a different mechanism of AMP binding to the muscle and liver enzyme.
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- Dariusz Rakus
- Department of Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute, Wroclaw University, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wroclaw, Poland
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Zhang FW, Zhao FK, Xu GJ. Molecular cloning, expression and purification of muscle fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from Zaocys dhumnades: the role of the N-terminal sequence in AMP activation at alkaline pH. Biol Chem 2000; 381:561-6. [PMID: 10987362 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2000.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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An open reading frame (ORF) of snake muscle fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (Fru-1,6-P2ase) was obtained by the RT-PCR method with degenerate primers, followed by RACE-PCR. The cDNA of Fru-1,6-P2ase, encoding 340 amino acids, is highly homologous to that of mammalian species, especially human muscle, with a few exceptions. Kinetic parameters of the purified recombinant enzyme, including inhibition behavior by AMP, were identical to that of the tissue form. Replacement of the N-terminal sequence of this enzyme by the corresponding region of rat liver Fru-1,6-P2ase shows that the activity was fully retained in the chimeric enzyme. The inhibition constant (Ki) of AMP at pH 7.5, however, increases sharply from 0.85 microM (wild-type) to 1.2 mM (chimeric enzyme). AMP binding is mainly located in the N-terminal region, and the allosteric inhibition was shown not to be merely determined by the backbone of this region. The fact that the chimeric enzyme could be activated at alkaline pH by AMP indicated that the AMP activation requires the global structure beyond the area.
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- F W Zhang
- Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Academia Sinica, China
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Ludwig HC, Herrera R, Reyes AM, Hubert E, Slebe JC. Suppression of kinetic AMP cooperativity of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by carbamoylation of lysine 50. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1999; 18:533-45. [PMID: 10524771 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020647116022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Selective treatment of pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with cyanate leads to the formation of an active carbamoylated derivative that shows no cooperative interaction between the AMP-binding sites, but completely retains the sensitivity to the inhibitor. By an exhaustive carbamoylation of the enzyme a derivative is formed that has a complete loss of cooperativity and a decrease of sensitivity to AMP. It was proposed that the observed changes of allosteric properties were due to the chemical modification of two lysine residues per enzyme subunit [Slebe et al. (1983), J. Protein Chem. 2, 437-443]. Studies of the temperature dependence of AMP sensitivity and the interaction with Cibacron Blue Sepharose of carbamoylated fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase derivatives indicate that the lysine residue involved in AMP sensitivity is located at the allosteric AMP site, while the lysine residue involved in AMP cooperativity is at a distinct location. Using [14C]cyanate, we identified both lysine residues in the primary structure of the enzyme; Lys50 is essential for AMP cooperativity and Lys112 appears to be the reactive residue involved in the AMP sensitivity. According to the fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase crystal structure, Lys50 is strategically positioned at the C1-C2 interface, near the molecular center of the tetramer, and Lys112 is in the AMP-binding site. The results reported here, combined with the structural data of the enzyme, strongly suggest that the C1-C2 interface is critical for the propagation of the allosteric signal among the AMP sites on different subunits.
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- H C Ludwig
- Instituto de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia
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Villeret V, Huang S, Fromm HJ, Lipscomb WN. Crystallographic evidence for the action of potassium, thallium, and lithium ions on fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:8916-20. [PMID: 7568043 PMCID: PMC41078 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.19.8916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (Fru-1,6-Pase; D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.11) requires two divalent metal ions to hydrolyze alpha-D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. Although not required for catalysis, monovalent cations modify the enzyme activity; K+ and Tl+ ions are activators, whereas Li+ ions are inhibitors. Their mechanisms of action are still unknown. We report here crystallographic structures of pig kidney Fru-1,6-Pase complexed with K+, Tl+, or both Tl+ and Li+. In the T form Fru-1,6-Pase complexed with the substrate analogue 2,5-anhydro-D-glucitol 1,6-bisphosphate (AhG-1,6-P2) and Tl+ or K+ ions, three Tl+ or K+ binding sites are found. Site 1 is defined by Glu-97, Asp-118, Asp-121, Glu-280, and a 1-phosphate oxygen of AhG-1,6-P2; site 2 is defined by Glu-97, Glu-98, Asp-118, and Leu-120. Finally, site 3 is defined by Arg-276, Glu-280, and the 1-phosphate group of AhG-1,6-P2. The Tl+ or K+ ions at sites 1 and 2 are very close to the positions previously identified for the divalent metal ions. Site 3 is specific to K+ or Tl+. In the divalent metal ion complexes, site 3 is occupied by the guanidinium group of Arg-276. These observations suggest that Tl+ or K+ ions can substitute for Arg-276 in the active site and polarize the 1-phosphate group, thus facilitating nucleophilic attack on the phosphorus center. In the T form complexed with both Tl+ and Li+ ions, Li+ replaces Tl+ at metal site 1. Inhibition by lithium very likely occurs as it binds to this site, thus retarding turnover or phosphate release. The present study provides a structural basis for a similar mechanism of inhibition for inositol monophosphatase, one of the potential targets of lithium ions in the treatment of manic depression.
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- V Villeret
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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York JD, Ponder JW, Majerus PW. Definition of a metal-dependent/Li(+)-inhibited phosphomonoesterase protein family based upon a conserved three-dimensional core structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:5149-53. [PMID: 7761465 PMCID: PMC41866 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.11.5149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Inositol polyphosphate 1-phosphatase, inositol monophosphate phosphatase, and fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase share a sequence motif, Asp-Pro-(Ile or Leu)-Asp-(Gly or Ser)-(Thr or Ser), that has been shown by crystallographic and mutagenesis studies to bind metal ions and participate in catalysis. We compared the six alpha-carbon coordinates of this motif from the crystal structures of these three phosphatases and found that they are superimposable with rms deviations ranging from 0.27 to 0.60 A. Remarkably, when these proteins were aligned by this motif a common core structure emerged, defined by five alpha-helices and 11 beta-strands comprising 155 residues having rms deviations ranging from 1.48 to 2.66 A. We used the superimposed structures to align the sequences within the common core, and a distant relationship was observed suggesting a common ancestor. The common core was used to align the sequences of several other proteins that share significant similarity to inositol monophosphate phosphatase, including proteins encoded by fungal qa-X and qutG, bacterial suhB and cysQ (identical to amtA), and yeast met22 (identical to hal2). Evolutionary comparison of the core sequences indicate that five distinct branches exist within this family. These proteins share metal-dependent/Li(+)-sensitive phosphomonoesterase activity, and each predicted tree branch exhibits unique substrate specificity. Thus, these proteins define an ancient structurally conserved family involved in diverse metabolic pathways including inositol signaling, gluconeogenesis, sulfate assimilation, and possibly quinone metabolism. Furthermore, we suggest that this protein family identifies candidate enzymes to account for both the therapeutic and toxic actions of Li+ as it is used in patients treated for manic depressive disease.
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- J D York
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Xue Y, Huang S, Liang JY, Zhang Y, Lipscomb WN. Crystal structure of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase complexed with fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, AMP, and Zn2+ at 2.0-A resolution: aspects of synergism between inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:12482-6. [PMID: 7809062 PMCID: PMC45462 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.26.12482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The crystal structure of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (Fru-1,6-Pase; EC 3.1.3.11) complexed with Zn2+ and two allosteric regulators, AMP and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (Fru-2,6-P2) has been determined at 2.0-A resolution. In the refined model, the crystallographic R factor is 0.189 with rms deviations of 0.014 A and 2.8 degrees from ideal geometries for bond lengths and bond angles, respectively. A 15 degrees rotation is observed between the upper dimer C1C2 and the lower dimer C3C4 relative to the R-form structure (fructose 6-phosphate complex), consistent with that expected from a T-form structure. The major difference between the structure of the previously determined Fru-2,6-P2 complex (R form) and that of the current quaternary T-form complex lies in the active site domain. A zinc binding site distinct from the three binding sites established earlier was identified within each monomer. Helix H4 (residues 123-127) was found to be better defined than in previously studied ligated Fru-1,6-Pase structures. Interactions between monomers in the active site domain were found involving H4 residues from one monomer and residues Tyr-258 and Arg-243 from the adjacent monomer. Cooperativity between AMP and Fru-2,6-P2 in signal transmission probably involves the following features: an AMP site, the adjacent B3 strand (residues 113-118), the metal site, the immediate active site, the short helix H4 (residues 123-127), and Tyr-258 and Arg-243 from the adjacent monomer within the upper (or lower) dimer. The closest distance between the immediate active site and that on the adjacent monomer is only 5 A. Thus, the involvement of H4 in signal transmission adds another important pathway to the scheme of the allosteric mechanism of Fru-1,6-Pase.
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- Y Xue
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Bigl M, Eschrich K. Overexpression of catalytically active yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase in Escherichia coli. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY HOPPE-SEYLER 1994; 375:153-60. [PMID: 8011172 DOI: 10.1515/bchm3.1994.375.3.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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E. coli expression plasmids for yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) as wild-type enzyme and as lacZ fusion protein have been constructed from a pUC vector and a fragment of genomic yeast DNA. Both proteins were overexpressed in E. coli strain TG2 as enzymatically active soluble forms and purified to homogeneity. While the wild-type enzyme is indistinguishable from the authentic yeast enzyme with respect to molecular size, specific activity and kinetic properties, the lacZ fusion protein behaves differently. Being a tetramer like the wild-type enzyme, the specific activity of the purified fusion protein is lower than that of the native enzyme. In contrast to the wild-type enzyme the fusion fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is not inhibited by excess substrate. Inhibition of the fusion protein by the most potent allosteric effectors of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, AMP and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, is weaker than observed with the wild-type enzyme. The fusion protein but not the wild-type enzyme was found to bind to immobilized Procion Navy H-ER. This was employed to purify the fusion fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by affinity chromatography. Polyclonal antibodies raised in rabbits against the fusion enzyme were found to cross-react with the wild-type enzyme, but not with E. coli proteins. Both fructose-1,6-bisphosphatases complement the fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase mutant DF656 of E. coli.
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- M Bigl
- Institut für Biochemie, Bereich Medizin, Universität Leipzig, Germany
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Reyes AM, Bravo N, Ludwig H, Iriarte A, Slebe JC. Modification of Cys-128 of pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with different thiol reagents: size dependent effect on the substrate and fructose-2,6-bisphosphate interaction. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1993; 12:159-68. [PMID: 8387793 DOI: 10.1007/bf01026037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Treatment of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with N-ethylmaleimide was shown to abolish the inhibition by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, which also protected the enzyme against this chemical modification [Reyes, A., Burgos, M. E., Hubert, E., and Slebe, J. C. (1987), J. Biol. Chem. 262, 8451-8454]. On the basis of these results, it was suggested that a single reactive sulfhydryl group was essential for the inhibition. We have isolated a peptide bearing the N-ethylmaleimide target site and the modified residue has been identified as cysteine-128. We have further examined the reactivity of this group and demonstrated that when reagents with bulky groups are used to modify the protein at the reactive sulfhydryl [e.g., N-ethylmaleimide or 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoate)], most of the fructose 2,6-bisphosphate inhibition potential is lost. However, there is only partial or no loss of inhibition when smaller groups (e.g., cyanate or cyanide) are introduced. Kinetic and ultraviolet difference spectroscopy-binding studies show that the treatment of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with N-ethylmaleimide causes a considerable reduction in the affinity of the enzyme for fructose 2,6-bisphosphate while affinity for fructose 1,6-bisphosphate does not change. We can conclude that modification of this reactive sulfhydryl affects the enzyme sensitivity to fructose 2,6-bisphosphate inhibition by sterically interfering with the binding of this sugar bisphosphate, although this residue does not seem to be essential for the inhibition to occur. The results also suggest that fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate may interact with the enzyme in a different way.
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- A M Reyes
- Instituto de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia
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Liang JY, Zhang Y, Huang S, Lipscomb WN. Allosteric transition of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:2132-6. [PMID: 8384713 PMCID: PMC46039 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.6.2132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Structural changes during the R-to-T transition of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) form a hierarchy, in which structural changes at one level are supported by those at the other levels. The quaternary conformational changes involve a 17 degrees rotation between the upper and lower dimers, and a 3.4 degrees rotation between monomers in a dimer. Within monomers, the FBP domain, which remains rigid during the R-to-T transition, rotates 2.3 degrees relative to the AMP domain, which undergoes significant structural reorientations. The most important of these reorientations are the newly identified partially ordered loop residues 55-61 in the T state and reorientations of helices H1, H2, and H3. Supporting these structural changes are numerous readjustments of hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions throughout the entire tetrameric protein. Propagation of structural changes during the R-to-T transition relies primarily on helices H1, H2, H3, and loop 50-72. The change that begins at the AMP site causes reorientation of H1, H2, and H3 and changes of interactions across the C1-C4 (C2-C3) interface. These changes may propagate down H1, H2, H3, and loop 50-72 to affect interactions across the C1-C2 (C3-C4) and C1-C3 (C2-C4) interfaces. AMP inhibition is most probably caused by reduced metal binding affinity due to structural changes of metal ligands (Glu97, Asp118, and Asp121) in the active site. The eight-stranded beta-sheet, particularly the beta-strand B3, which connects Lys112 and Tyr113 of the AMP site with Asp118 and Asp121 of the metal site, may be responsible for communication between the AMP and active sites. Additional structural changes that support such communication include reorientation of the FBP domain and H1, H2, and H3 relative to the eight-stranded beta-sheet, and new conformations of loop 54-72 in the T state as AMP binds.
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- J Y Liang
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Williams MK, Kantrowitz ER. Isolation and sequence analysis of the cDNA for pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:3080-2. [PMID: 1313579 PMCID: PMC48807 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.7.3080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A full-length clone of pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.11) was isolated by screening a cDNA library for complementation of an Escherichia coli fbp deletion mutation. The open reading frame of 1011 bases corresponds to 337 amino acids, two more than have been previously reported [Marcus, F., Edelstein, I., Reardon, I. & Heinrikson, R. L. (1982) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79, 7161-7165]. The extra two amino acids (Ala-Lys) are located at the C-terminal end of the protein as an extension. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with the reported (see above) and revised amino acid sequence [Harrsch, P. B., Kim, Y., Fox, J. L. & Marcus, F. (1985) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 133, 520-526] indicates three differences in addition to the C-terminal extension. Gln-20, Thr-96, and Asn-199 in the amino acid sequence are found to be Glu, Ser, and Asp, respectively. Since the x-ray structure of the pig kidney enzyme has been reported, the cDNA clone will allow the construction of site-specific mutants to help test possible structure-function relationships in this important metabolic enzyme.
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- M K Williams
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
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Liang JY, Huang S, Zhang Y, Ke H, Lipscomb WN. Crystal structure of the neutral form of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase complexed with regulatory inhibitor fructose 2,6-bisphosphate at 2.6-A resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:2404-8. [PMID: 1312721 PMCID: PMC48666 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.6.2404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The three-dimensional structure of the complex between fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) and the physiological inhibitor beta-D-fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (Fru-2,6-P2), an analogue of the substrate (fructose 1,6-bisphosphate), has been refined at 2.6-A resolution to a residual error (R) factor of 0.171. The rms deviations are 0.012 A and 2.88 degrees from ideal geometries of bond lengths and angles, respectively. The Fru-2,6-P2 occupies the active sites of both polypeptides C1 and C2 in the crystallographic asymmetric unit in the space group P3(2)21. The furanose and 6-phosphate of Fru-2,6-P2 are located at the fructose 6-phosphate site established earlier, and the 2-phosphate binds to the OH of Ser-124, the NH3+ of Lys-274, and the backbone NH of Gly-122 and Ser-123. Backbone displacements of 1 A occur for residues from Asp-121 to Asn-125. Model building of substrate alpha-D-Fru-1,6-P2 based on the binding structure of Fru-2,6-P2 in the active site shows interactions of the 1-phosphate with the backbone NH of Ser-123 and Ser-124. In the AMP sites, density peaks attributed to Fru-2,6-P2 are seen in C1 (and C4) but not in C2 (and C3). This minor binding of Fru-2,6-P2 to AMP sites partially explains the synergistic interaction between AMP and Fru-2,6-P2 and the protection of the AMP site from acetylation in the presence of Fru-2,6-P2. In the synergistic interaction between AMP and Fru-2,6-P2, inhibition of catalytic metal binding by the presence of Fru-2,6-P2 at the active site, and propagation of structural changes over some 28 A along beta-strand B3 from residues 121 to 125 in the active site to Lys-112 and Tyr-113 in the AMP site, as well as movement of helices across the interdimeric interfaces, may affect AMP binding and the subsequent R-to-T transition. In addition, occupancy of Fru-2,6-P2 at the AMP sites of C1 and C4 may favor binding of AMP to the remaining unoccupied AMP sites and thus promote the accompanying quaternary conformational changes.
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- J Y Liang
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Ke HM, Zhang YP, Liang JY, Lipscomb WN. Crystal structure of the neutral form of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase complexed with the product fructose 6-phosphate at 2.1-A resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:2989-93. [PMID: 1849642 PMCID: PMC51369 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.8.2989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) complexed with the product fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) has been refined at 2.1-A resolution to an R factor of 0.177 with root-mean-square deviations of 0.014 A and 2.9 degrees from the ideal geometries of bond lengths and bond angles, respectively. The secondary structures but not the trace of the unligated enzyme have been slightly revised in the F6P complex at this higher resolution. Helix H4 in the unligated structure has been refined to a helix-like coil, and two very short 3(10) helices have been found, one in H4 and one in H5. F6P at 10 mM concentration in the absence of divalent metals in our study shows major binding at the active site and minor binding at the AMP site. The major site has almost equal full occupancy in the C1 and C2 chains of the crystallographic asymmetric unit, while the minor site shows occupancy only in the C1 chain at about 50%. The electron density in both (2Fo - Fc) and (Fo - Fc) maps calculated by omitting F6P slightly favors the beta anomer of D-F6P over the alpha anomer. Possible functions of the active-site residues are discussed, and candidates are suggested for site-directed mutagenesis.
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- H M Ke
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Ke HM, Zhang YP, Lipscomb WN. Crystal structure of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase complexed with fructose 6-phosphate, AMP, and magnesium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:5243-7. [PMID: 2164670 PMCID: PMC54299 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.14.5243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) complexed with fructose 6-phosphate, AMP, and Mg2+ has been solved by the molecular replacement method and refined at 2.5-A resolution to a R factor of 0.215, with root-mean-square deviations of 0.013 A and 3.5 degrees for bond lengths and bond angles, respectively. No solvent molecules have been included in the refinement. This structure shows large quaternary and tertiary conformational changes from the structures of the unligated enzyme or its fructose 2,6-bisphosphate complex, but the secondary structures remain essentially the same. Dimer C3-C4 of the enzyme-fructose 6-phosphate-AMP-Mg2+ complex twists about 19 degrees relative to the same dimer of the enzyme-fructose 2,6-bisphosphate complex if their C1-C2 dimers are superimposed on one another. Nevertheless, many interfacial interactions between dimers of C1-C2 and C3-C4 are conserved after quaternary structure changes occur. Residues of the AMP domain (residues 6-200) show large migrations of C alpha atoms relative to barely significant positional changes of the FBP domain (residues 201-335).
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- H M Ke
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Ke H, Thorpe CM, Seaton BA, Marcus F, Lipscomb WN. Molecular structure of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase at 2.8-A resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:1475-9. [PMID: 2537975 PMCID: PMC286719 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.5.1475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.11) from the cortex of pig kidney and its complexes with either fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (Fru-2,6-P2) or adenosine monophosphate (AMP) have been crystallized in the space group P3(2)21. The three-dimensional structure of the native enzyme has been solved at 3.0-A resolution by the multiple isomorphous replacement method and refined at 2.8-A resolution to a crystallographic R factor of 0.194. A total of 316 of 335 residues, omitting disordered regions 1-5 and 54-67, have been built into the monomer, which has average dimensions of about 30 A by 50 A by 35 A. Four monomeric units aggregate into a molecular tetramer with D2 symmetry, which approximates a disk about 35 A thick. Each monomer consists of about 33% alpha-helix, 23% beta-strand, and 6% beta-turn. Four sites for Fru-2,6-P2 and two major sites for AMP binding per tetramer have been identified by difference Fourier techniques. The binding site for Fru-2,6-P2 is shared by two neighboring monomers and consists of side-chain atoms of Asn-212, Tyr-244, Tyr-264, and Lys-274; backbone atoms of Gly-246 through Met-248; and only Arg-243 from the adjacent subunit. In addition, Asn-125, Tyr-215, and Lys-269 are located within a distance of about 5 A of Fru-2,6-P2. A negatively charged pocket near this binding site includes Asp-118, Asp-121, Glu-280, Glu-97, and Glu-98. The AMP binding site is located near Val-17, Gln-20, Gly-21, Ala-24 through Met-30, Lys-112, Tyr-113, Arg-140, and Met-177.
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- H Ke
- Gibbs Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Sedivy JM, Babul J, Fraenkel DG. AMP-insensitive fructose bisphosphatase in Escherichia coli and its consequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986; 83:1656-9. [PMID: 3006063 PMCID: PMC323142 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.6.1656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Inhibition of fructose bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) by AMP is thought to be an important control mechanism, and, for the Escherichia coli enzyme, is the only control known. We here report on a mutant E. coli fructose bisphosphatase almost insensitive to this inhibition. The purified enzyme is normal in other respects. A strain with this enzyme instead of the wild-type enzyme grows normally in a variety of media. A strain with a very high level of the wild-type enzyme also grows normally. A strain with the very high level of mutant enzyme, however, does show growth abnormalities, but they are not clearly associated with the AMP insensitivity.
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Marcus F, Edelstein I, Reardon I, Heinrikson RL. Complete amino acid sequence of pig kidney fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982; 79:7161-5. [PMID: 6296821 PMCID: PMC347298 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.79.23.7161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The covalent structure of the pig kidney fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.11) subunit has been determined. Placement of the 335 amino acid residues in the polypeptide chain was based largely on automated Edman degradation of eight purified cyanogen bromide fragments generated from the S-carboxymethylated protein. The determination of the amino acid sequence of the largest cyanogen bromide fragment (154 residues) required additional analysis of subfragments obtained by tryptic cleavage at arginyl residues and by mild acid cleavage of an Asp-Pro peptide bond. Alignment of the cyanogen bromide fragments was accomplished by analysis of a product of limited proteolysis by an endogenous protease and by characterization of the tryptic peptides isolated from S-[14C]carboxymethylated fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. This sequence information has permitted the identification of several reactive sites of functional and structural significance in pig kidney fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase.
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