Structural highlights
Function
[PHSG_YEAST] Phosphorylase is an important allosteric enzyme in carbohydrate metabolism. Enzymes from different sources differ in their regulatory mechanisms and in their natural substrates. However, all known phosphorylases share catalytic and structural properties.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
A phosphorylation-initiated mechanism of local protein refolding activates yeast glycogen phosphorylase (GP). Refolding of the phosphorylated amino-terminus was shown to create a hydrophobic cluster that wedges into the subunit interface of the enzyme to trigger activation. The phosphorylated threonine is buried in the allosteric site. The mechanism implicates glucose 6-phosphate, the allosteric inhibitor, in facilitating dephosphorylation by dislodging the buried covalent phosphate through binding competition. Thus, protein phosphorylation-dephosphorylation may also be controlled through regulation of the accessibility of the phosphorylation site to kinases and phosphatases. In mammalian glycogen phosphorylase, phosphorylation occurs at a distinct locus. The corresponding allosteric site binds a ligand activator, adenosine monophosphate, which triggers activation by a mechanism analogous to that of phosphorylation in the yeast enzyme.
A protein phosphorylation switch at the conserved allosteric site in GP.,Lin K, Rath VL, Dai SC, Fletterick RJ, Hwang PK Science. 1996 Sep 13;273(5281):1539-42. PMID:8703213[1]
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References
- ↑ Lin K, Rath VL, Dai SC, Fletterick RJ, Hwang PK. A protein phosphorylation switch at the conserved allosteric site in GP. Science. 1996 Sep 13;273(5281):1539-42. PMID:8703213
