Structural basis for the regulation of N-acetylglutamate kinase by PII in Arabidopsis thalianaStructural basis for the regulation of N-acetylglutamate kinase by PII in Arabidopsis thaliana

Structural highlights

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Ligands:, , , ,
Gene:T8H10.160 (ARATH), AT4g01900, T7B11.16 (ARATH)
Activity:Acetylglutamate kinase, with EC number 2.7.2.8
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[NAGK_ARATH] Involved in the arginine biosynthetic pathway via the intermediate compound ornithine.[1] [2] [GLNB_ARATH] Participates in sensing carbon and organic nitrogen status and regulates some steps of primary carbon and nitrogen metabolism. Required for nitrite uptake in chloroplasts and regulates arginine biosynthesis through interaction with acetylglutamate kinase (NAGK) in chloroplasts. Regulates fatty acids synthesis in chloroplasts by interacting with the acetyl-CoA carboxylase complex and inhibiting acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) activity.[3] [4] [5]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

PII is a highly conserved regulatory protein found in organisms across the three domains of life. In cyanobacteria and plants, PII relieves the feedback inhibition of the rate-limiting step in arginine biosynthesis catalyzed by N-acetylglutamate kinase (NAGK). To understand the molecular structural basis of enzyme regulation by PII, we have determined a 2.5-A resolution crystal structure of a complex formed between two homotrimers of PII and a single hexamer of NAGK from Arabidopsis thaliana bound to the metabolites N-acetylglutamate, ADP, ATP, and arginine. In PII, the T-loop and Trp(22) at the start of the alpha1-helix, which are both adjacent to the ATP-binding site of PII, contact two beta-strands as well as the ends of two central helices (alphaE and alphaG) in NAGK, the opposing ends of which form major portions of the ATP and N-acetylglutamate substrate-binding sites. The binding of Mg(2+).ATP to PII stabilizes a conformation of the T-loop that favors interactions with both open and closed conformations of NAGK. Interactions between PII and NAGK appear to limit the degree of opening and closing of the active-site cleft in opposition to a domain-separating inhibitory effect exerted by arginine, thus explaining the stimulatory effect of PII on the kinetics of arginine-inhibited NAGK.

Structural basis for the regulation of N-acetylglutamate kinase by PII in Arabidopsis thaliana.,Mizuno Y, Moorhead GB, Ng KK J Biol Chem. 2007 Dec 7;282(49):35733-40. Epub 2007 Oct 3. PMID:17913711[6]

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References

  1. Chen YM, Ferrar TS, Lohmeier-Vogel EM, Morrice N, Mizuno Y, Berenger B, Ng KK, Muench DG, Moorhead GB. The PII signal transduction protein of Arabidopsis thaliana forms an arginine-regulated complex with plastid N-acetyl glutamate kinase. J Biol Chem. 2006 Mar 3;281(9):5726-33. Epub 2005 Dec 23. PMID:16377628 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M510945200
  2. Ferrario-Mery S, Besin E, Pichon O, Meyer C, Hodges M. The regulatory PII protein controls arginine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. FEBS Lett. 2006 Apr 3;580(8):2015-20. Epub 2006 Mar 10. PMID:16545809 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2006.02.075
  3. Ferrario-Mery S, Bouvet M, Leleu O, Savino G, Hodges M, Meyer C. Physiological characterisation of Arabidopsis mutants affected in the expression of the putative regulatory protein PII. Planta. 2005 Dec;223(1):28-39. Epub 2005 Aug 16. PMID:16133214 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-005-0063-5
  4. Ferrario-Mery S, Meyer C, Hodges M. Chloroplast nitrite uptake is enhanced in Arabidopsis PII mutants. FEBS Lett. 2008 Apr 2;582(7):1061-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.056. Epub, 2008 Mar 4. PMID:18325336 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.056
  5. Hsieh MH, Lam HM, van de Loo FJ, Coruzzi G. A PII-like protein in Arabidopsis: putative role in nitrogen sensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Nov 10;95(23):13965-70. PMID:9811909
  6. Mizuno Y, Moorhead GB, Ng KK. Structural basis for the regulation of N-acetylglutamate kinase by PII in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem. 2007 Dec 7;282(49):35733-40. Epub 2007 Oct 3. PMID:17913711 doi:10.1074/jbc.M707127200

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