PMID:8845762
| Citation |
Murata, LB and Schachman, HK (1996) Structural similarity between ornithine and aspartate transcarbamoylases of Escherichia coli: implications for domain switching. Protein Sci. 5:719-28 |
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| Abstract |
Each catalytic (c) polypeptide chain of Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) is composed of two globular domains connected by two interdomain helices. Helix 12, near the C-terminus, extends from the second domain back through the first domain, bringing the two termini close together. This helix is of critical importance for the assembly of a stable enzyme. The trimeric E. coli enzyme ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTCase) is proposed to be similar in tertiary and quaternary structure to the ATCase trimer and has a predicted alpha-helical segment near its C-terminus. In our companion paper, we have shown that this putative helix is essential for OTCase folding and assembly (Murata L, Schachman HK, 1996, Protein Sci 5:709-718). Here, the similarity between OTCase and the ATCase trimer, which are 32% identical in sequence, was tested further by the construction of several chimeras in which various structural elements were switched between the enzymes by genetic techniques. These elements included the two globular domains and regions containing the C-terminal helices. In contrast to results reported previously (Houghton J, O'Donovan G, Wild J, 1989, Nature 338:172-174), none of the chimeric proteins exhibited in vivo activity and all were insoluble when overexpressed. Attempts to make hybrid trimers composed of c chains from ATCase and OTCase were also unsuccessful. These results underscore the complexities of specific intrachain and interchain side-chain interactions required to maintain tertiary and quaternary structures in these enzymes. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC2143375 Online version:10.1002/pro.5560050417 |
| Keywords |
Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase/chemistry; Binding Sites; Crystallography, X-Ray; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; Multienzyme Complexes/chemistry; Multienzyme Complexes/genetics; Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase/chemistry; Protein Conformation; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Solubility |
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