Structural Investigation of a Dimeric Variant of Pyruvate Kinase Muscle Isoform 2.
Srivastava, D., Razzaghi, M., Henzl, M.T., Dey, M.(2017) Biochemistry 56: 6517-6520
- PubMed: 29182273 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01013
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6B6U - PubMed Abstract: 
Pyruvate kinase muscle isoform 2 (PKM2) catalyzes the terminal step in glycolysis, transferring a phosphoryl group from phosphoenolpyruvate to ADP, to produce pyruvate and ATP. PKM2 activity is allosterically regulated by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP), an upstream glycolytic intermediate. FBP stabilizes the tetrameric form of the enzyme. In its absence, the PKM2 tetramers dissociate, yielding a dimer-monomer mixture having lower enzymatic activity. The S437Y variant of PKM2 is incapable of binding FBP. Consistent with that defect, we find that S437Y exists in a monomer-dimer equilibrium in solution, with a K d of ∼20 μM. Interestingly, however, the protein crystallizes as a tetramer, providing insight into the structural basis for impaired FBP binding of S437Y.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.