Evolutionary link between glycogen phosphorylase and a DNA modifying enzyme.
AUTOR(ES)
Holm, L
RESUMO
We report here an unexpected similarity in three-dimensional structure between glucosyltransferases involved in very different biochemical pathways, with interesting evolutionary and functional implications. One is the DNA modifying enzyme beta-glucosyltransferase from bacteriophage T4, alias UDP-glucose:5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine beta-glucosyltransferase. The other is the metabolic enzyme glycogen phosphorylase, alias 1.4-alpha-D-glucan:orthophosphate alpha-glucosyltransferase. Structural alignment revealed that the entire structure of beta-glucosyltransferase is topographically equivalent to the catalytic core of the much larger glycogen phosphorylase. The match includes two domains in similar relative orientation and connecting helices, with a positional root-mean-square deviation of only 3.4 A for 256 C alpha atoms. An interdomain rotation seen in the R- to T-state transition of glycogen phosphorylase is similar to that observed in beta-glucosyltransferase on substrate binding. Although not a single functional residue is identical, there are striking similarities in the spatial arrangement and in the chemical nature of the substrates. The functional analogies are (beta-glucosyltransferase-glycogen phosphorylase): ribose ring of UDP-pyridoxal ring of pyridoxal phosphate co-enzyme; phosphates of UDP-phosphate of co-enzyme and reactive orthophosphate; glucose unit transferred to DNA-terminal glucose unit extracted from glycogen. We anticipate the discovery of additional structurally conserved members of the emerging glucosyltransferase superfamily derived from a common ancient evolutionary ancestor of the two enzymes.
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