Structural highlights
Disease
[GNMT_HUMAN] Defects in GNMT are the cause of glycine N-methyltransferase deficiency (GNMT deficiency) [MIM:606664]; also known as hypermethioninemia. The only clinical abnormalities in patients with this deficiency are mild hepatomegaly and chronic elevation of serum transaminases.
Function
[GNMT_HUMAN] Catalyzes the methylation of glycine by using S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) to form N-methylglycine (sarcosine) with the concomitant production of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy). Possible crucial role in the regulation of tissue concentration of AdoMet and of metabolism of methionine.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
In the presence of moderate (2-4 M) urea concentrations the tetrameric enzyme, glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT), dissociates into compact monomers. Higher concentrations of urea (7-8 M) promote complete denaturation of the enzyme. We report here that the H176N mutation in this enzyme, found in humans with hypermethioninaemia, significantly decreases stability of the tetramer, although H176 is located far from the intersubunit contact areas. Dissociation of the tetramer to compact monomers and unfolding of compact monomers of the mutant protein were detected by circular dichroism, quenching of fluorescence emission, size-exclusion chromatography, and enzyme activity. The values of apparent free energy of dissociation of tetramer and of unfolding of compact monomers for the H176N mutant (27.7 and 4.2 kcal/mol, respectively) are lower than those of wild-type protein (37.5 and 6.2 kcal/mol). A 2.7 A resolution structure of the mutant protein revealed no significant difference in the conformation of the protein near the mutated residue.
Destabilization of human glycine N-methyltransferase by H176N mutation.,Luka Z, Pakhomova S, Luka Y, Newcomer ME, Wagner C Protein Sci. 2007 Sep;16(9):1957-64. Epub 2007 Jul 27. PMID:17660255[3]
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References
- ↑ Pakhomova S, Luka Z, Grohmann S, Wagner C, Newcomer ME. Glycine N-methyltransferases: a comparison of the crystal structures and kinetic properties of recombinant human, mouse and rat enzymes. Proteins. 2004 Nov 1;57(2):331-7. PMID:15340920 doi:10.1002/prot.20209
- ↑ Luka Z, Pakhomova S, Luka Y, Newcomer ME, Wagner C. Destabilization of human glycine N-methyltransferase by H176N mutation. Protein Sci. 2007 Sep;16(9):1957-64. Epub 2007 Jul 27. PMID:17660255 doi:10.1110/ps.072921507
- ↑ Luka Z, Pakhomova S, Luka Y, Newcomer ME, Wagner C. Destabilization of human glycine N-methyltransferase by H176N mutation. Protein Sci. 2007 Sep;16(9):1957-64. Epub 2007 Jul 27. PMID:17660255 doi:10.1110/ps.072921507
