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  • Title: R-state AMP complex reveals initial steps of the quaternary transition of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase.
    Author: Iancu CV, Mukund S, Fromm HJ, Honzatko RB.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2005 May 20; 280(20):19737-45. PubMed ID: 15767255.
    Abstract:
    AMP transforms fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from its active R-state to its inactive T-state; however, the mechanism of that transformation is poorly understood. The mutation of Ala(54) to leucine destabilizes the T-state of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. The mutant enzyme retains wild-type levels of activity, but the concentration of AMP that causes 50% inhibition increases 50-fold. In the absence of AMP, the Leu(54) enzyme adopts an R-state conformation nearly identical to that of the wild-type enzyme. The mutant enzyme, however, grows in two crystal forms in the presence of saturating AMP. In one form, the AMP-bound tetramer is in a T-like conformation, whereas in the other form, the AMP-bound tetramer is in a R-like conformation. The latter reveals conformational changes in two helices due to the binding of AMP. Helix H1 moves toward the center of the tetramer and displaces Ile(10) from a hydrophobic pocket. The displacement of Ile(10) exposes a hydrophobic surface critical to interactions that stabilize the T-state. Helix H2 moves away from the center of the tetramer, breaking hydrogen bonds with a buried loop (residues 187-195) in an adjacent subunit. The same hydrogen bonds reform but only after the quaternary transition to the T-state. Proposed here is a model that accounts for the quaternary transition and cooperativity in the inhibition of catalysis by AMP.
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