Solution nuclear magnetic resonance structure of membrane-integral diacylglycerol kinase
Van Horn, W.D., Kim, H.J., Ellis, C.D., Hadziselimovic, A., Sulistijo, E.S., Karra, M.D., Tian, C., Sonnichsen, F.D., Sanders, C.R.(2009) Science 324: 1726-1729
- PubMed: 19556511
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1171716
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2KDC - PubMed Abstract:
Escherichia coli diacylglycerol kinase (DAGK) represents a family of integral membrane enzymes that is unrelated to all other phosphotransferases. We have determined the three-dimensional structure of the DAGK homotrimer with the use of solution nuclear magnetic resonance. The third transmembrane helix from each subunit is domain-swapped with the first and second transmembrane segments from an adjacent subunit. Each of DAGK's three active sites resembles a portico. The cornice of the portico appears to be the determinant of DAGK's lipid substrate specificity and overhangs the site of phosphoryl transfer near the water-membrane interface. Mutations to cysteine that caused severe misfolding were located in or near the active site, indicating a high degree of overlap between sites responsible for folding and for catalysis.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.