Crystal Structure of FLU-TPR in Complex with the C-terminal Region of GluTRCrystal Structure of FLU-TPR in Complex with the C-terminal Region of GluTR

Structural highlights

4yvq is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.401Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

HEM11_ARATH Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) to glutamate 1-semialdehyde (GSA). Probably involved in the tetrapyrrole synthesis required for the chlorophyll biosynthesis.[1] [2]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing protein FLU is a negative regulator of chlorophyll biosynthesis in plants. It directly interacts through its TPR domain with glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GluTR), the rate-limiting enzyme in the formation of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). Delineation of how FLU binds to GluTR is important for understanding the molecular basis for FLU-mediated repression of synthesis of ALA, the universal tetrapyrrole precursor. Here, we characterize the FLU-GluTR interaction by solving the crystal structures of the uncomplexed TPR domain of FLU (FLU(TPR)) at 1.45-A resolution and the complex of the dimeric domain of GluTR bound to FLU(TPR) at 2.4-A resolution. Three non-canonical TPR motifs of each FLU(TPR) form a concave surface and clamp the helix bundle in the C-terminal dimeric domain of GluTR. We demonstrate that a 2:2 FLU(TPR)-GluTR complex is the functional unit for FLU-mediated GluTR regulation and suggest that the formation of the FLU-GluTR complex prevents glutamyl-tRNA, the GluTR substrate, from binding with this enzyme. These results also provide insights into the spatial regulation of ALA synthesis by the membrane-located FLU protein.

The Non-canonical Tetratricopeptide Repeat (TPR) Domain of Fluorescent (FLU) Mediates Complex Formation with Glutamyl-tRNA Reductase.,Zhang M, Zhang F, Fang Y, Chen X, Chen Y, Zhang W, Dai HE, Lin R, Liu L J Biol Chem. 2015 Jul 10;290(28):17559-65. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.662981. Epub, 2015 Jun 2. PMID:26037924[3]

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References

  1. Ilag LL, Kumar AM, Soll D. Light regulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis at the level of 5-aminolevulinate formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 1994 Feb;6(2):265-75. PMID:7908550 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.6.2.265
  2. Ujwal ML, McCormac AC, Goulding A, Kumar AM, Soll D, Terry MJ. Divergent regulation of the HEMA gene family encoding glutamyl-tRNA reductase in Arabidopsis thaliana: expression of HEMA2 is regulated by sugars, but is independent of light and plastid signalling. Plant Mol Biol. 2002 Sep;50(1):83-91. PMID:12139011
  3. Zhang M, Zhang F, Fang Y, Chen X, Chen Y, Zhang W, Dai HE, Lin R, Liu L. The Non-canonical Tetratricopeptide Repeat (TPR) Domain of Fluorescent (FLU) Mediates Complex Formation with Glutamyl-tRNA Reductase. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jul 10;290(28):17559-65. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.662981. Epub, 2015 Jun 2. PMID:26037924 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.662981

4yvq, resolution 2.40Å

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