Structure of the short LOR domain of human AASSStructure of the short LOR domain of human AASS

Structural highlights

8e8t is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.18Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Disease

AASS_HUMAN Hyperlysinemia;Saccharopinuria. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The protein represented in this entry is involved in disease pathogenesis. A selective decrease in mitochondrial NADP(H) levels due to NADK2 mutations causes a deficiency of NADPH-dependent mitochondrial enzymes, such as DECR1 and AASS.[1]

Function

AASS_HUMAN Bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the first two steps in lysine degradation. The N-terminal and the C-terminal contain lysine-ketoglutarate reductase and saccharopine dehydrogenase activity, respectively.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

In humans, a single enzyme 2-aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase (AASS) catalyses the initial two critical reactions in the lysine degradation pathway. This enzyme evolved to be a bifunctional enzyme with both lysine-2-oxoglutarate reductase (LOR) and saccharopine dehydrogenase domains (SDH). Moreover, AASS is a unique drug target for inborn errors of metabolism such as glutaric aciduria type 1 that arise from deficiencies downstream in the lysine degradation pathway. While work has been done to elucidate the SDH domain structurally and to develop inhibitors, neither has been done for the LOR domain. Here, we purify and characterize LOR and show that it is activated by alkylation of cysteine 414 by N-ethylmaleimide. We also provide evidence that AASS is rate-limiting upon high lysine exposure of mice. Finally, we present the crystal structure of the human LOR domain. Our combined work should enable future efforts to identify inhibitors of this novel drug target.

Characterization and structure of the human lysine-2-oxoglutarate reductase domain, a novel therapeutic target for treatment of glutaric aciduria type 1.,Leandro J, Khamrui S, Suebsuwong C, Chen PJ, Secor C, Dodatko T, Yu C, Sanchez R, DeVita RJ, Houten SM, Lazarus MB Open Biol. 2022 Sep;12(9):220179. doi: 10.1098/rsob.220179. Epub 2022 Sep 21. PMID:36128717[2]

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References

  1. Houten SM, Denis S, Te Brinke H, Jongejan A, van Kampen AH, Bradley EJ, Baas F, Hennekam RC, Millington DS, Young SP, Frazier DM, Gucsavas-Calikoglu M, Wanders RJ. Mitochondrial NADP(H) deficiency due to a mutation in NADK2 causes dienoyl-CoA reductase deficiency with hyperlysinemia. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Sep 15;23(18):5009-16. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu218. Epub 2014 May, 8. PMID:24847004 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddu218
  2. Leandro J, Khamrui S, Suebsuwong C, Chen PJ, Secor C, Dodatko T, Yu C, Sanchez R, DeVita RJ, Houten SM, Lazarus MB. Characterization and structure of the human lysine-2-oxoglutarate reductase domain, a novel therapeutic target for treatment of glutaric aciduria type 1. Open Biol. 2022 Sep;12(9):220179. doi: 10.1098/rsob.220179. Epub 2022 Sep 21. PMID:36128717 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220179

8e8t, resolution 2.18Å

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