8zev
From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of the dehydratase domain of human fatty acid synthase
Structural highlights
FunctionFAS_HUMAN Fatty acid synthetase catalyzes the formation of long-chain fatty acids from acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA and NADPH. This multifunctional protein has 7 catalytic activities and an acyl carrier protein. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe human fatty acid synthase (hFASN) produces fatty acids for cellar membrane construction, energy storage, biomolecule modifications and signal transduction. Abnormal expression and functions of hFASN highly associate with numerous human diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cancers, and thereby it has been considered as a valuable potential drug target. So far, the structural and catalytic mechanisms of most of the hFASN enzymatic modules have been extensively studied, except the key dehydratase module (hDH). Here we presented the enzymatic characterization and the high-resolution crystal structure of hDH. We demonstrated that the hDH preferentially catalyzes the acyl substrates with short lengths between 4 to 8-carbons, and exhibits much lower enzymatic activity on longer substrates. Subsequent structural study showed that hDH displays a pseudo-dimeric organization with a single L-shaped composite hydrophobic catalytic tunnel as well as an atypical ACP binding site nearby, indicating that hDH achieves distinct substrate recognition and dehydration mechanisms compared to the conventional bacterial fatty acid dehydratases identified. Our findings laid the foundation for understanding the biological and pathogenic functions of hFASN, and may facilitate therapeutical drug development against diseases with abnormal functionality of hFASN. Structural Basis of the Dehydratase Module (hDH) of Human Fatty Acid Synthase.,Cai C, Huang Y, Zhang L, Zhang L Chembiochem. 2024 Sep 16;25(18):e202400466. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202400466. Epub , 2024 Aug 26. PMID:38955950[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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