1pt5
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Crystal structure of gene yfdW of E. coli
OverviewOverview
Because of its toxicity, oxalate accumulation from amino acid catabolism, leads to acute disorders in mammals. Gut microflora are therefore pivotal, in maintaining a safe intestinal oxalate balance through oxalate, degradation. Oxalate catabolism was first identified in Oxalobacter, formigenes, a specialized, strictly anaerobic bacterium. Oxalate, degradation was found to be performed successively by two enzymes, a, formyl-CoA transferase (frc) and an oxalate decarboxylase (oxc). These two, genes are present in several bacterial genomes including that of, Escherichia coli. The frc ortholog in E. coli is yfdW, with which it, shares 61% sequence identity. We have expressed the YfdW open reading, frame product and solved its crystal structure in the apo-form and in, complex with acetyl-CoA and with a mixture of acetyl-CoA and oxalate. YfdW, exhibits a novel and spectacular fold in which two monomers assemble as, interlaced rings, defining the CoA binding site at their interface. From, the structure of the complex with acetyl-CoA and oxalate, we propose a, putative formyl/oxalate transfer mechanism involving the conserved, catalytic residue Asp169. The similarity of yfdW with bacterial orthologs, (approximately 60% identity) and paralogs (approximately 20-30% identity), suggests that this new fold and parts of the CoA transfer mechanism are, likely to be the hallmarks of a wide family of CoA transferases.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1PT5 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Escherichia coli, and shigella flexneri with ACO as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
The crystal structure of the Escherichia coli YfdW gene product reveals a new fold of two interlaced rings identifying a wide family of CoA transferases., Gruez A, Roig-Zamboni V, Valencia C, Campanacci V, Cambillau C, J Biol Chem. 2003 Sep 5;278(36):34582-6. Epub 2003 Jul 3. PMID:12844490
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