Structural highlights
Function
[GLNB_ARATH] Participates in sensing carbon and organic nitrogen status and regulates some steps of primary carbon and nitrogen metabolism. Required for nitrite uptake in chloroplasts and regulates arginine biosynthesis through interaction with acetylglutamate kinase (NAGK) in chloroplasts. Regulates fatty acids synthesis in chloroplasts by interacting with the acetyl-CoA carboxylase complex and inhibiting acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) activity.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The 1.9 A resolution crystal structure of PII from Arabidopsis thaliana reveals for the first time the molecular structure of a widely conserved regulator of carbon and nitrogen metabolism from a eukaryote. The structure provides a framework for understanding the arrangement of highly conserved residues shared with PII proteins from bacteria, archaea, and red algae as well as residues conserved only in plant PII. Most strikingly, a highly conserved segment at the N-terminus that is found only in plant PII forms numerous interactions with the alpha2 helix and projects from the surface of the homotrimer opposite to that occupied by the T-loop. In addition, solvent-exposed residues near the T-loop are highly conserved in plants but differ in prokaryotes. Several residues at the C-terminus that are also highly conserved only in plants contribute part of the ATP-binding site and likely participate in an ATP-induced conformational change. Structures of PII also reveal how citrate and malonate bind near the triphosphate binding site occupied by ATP in bacterial and archaeal PII proteins.
Crystal structure of Arabidopsis PII reveals novel structural elements unique to plants.,Mizuno Y, Berenger B, Moorhead GB, Ng KK Biochemistry. 2007 Feb 13;46(6):1477-83. PMID:17279613[4]
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References
- ↑ Ferrario-Mery S, Bouvet M, Leleu O, Savino G, Hodges M, Meyer C. Physiological characterisation of Arabidopsis mutants affected in the expression of the putative regulatory protein PII. Planta. 2005 Dec;223(1):28-39. Epub 2005 Aug 16. PMID:16133214 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-005-0063-5
- ↑ Ferrario-Mery S, Meyer C, Hodges M. Chloroplast nitrite uptake is enhanced in Arabidopsis PII mutants. FEBS Lett. 2008 Apr 2;582(7):1061-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.056. Epub, 2008 Mar 4. PMID:18325336 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.056
- ↑ Hsieh MH, Lam HM, van de Loo FJ, Coruzzi G. A PII-like protein in Arabidopsis: putative role in nitrogen sensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Nov 10;95(23):13965-70. PMID:9811909
- ↑ Mizuno Y, Berenger B, Moorhead GB, Ng KK. Crystal structure of Arabidopsis PII reveals novel structural elements unique to plants. Biochemistry. 2007 Feb 13;46(6):1477-83. PMID:17279613 doi:10.1021/bi062149e
