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Mycobacterium tuberculosis very-long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase

spinqualitylabelsall models Very Long Chain Fatty Acyl CoA Synthetase (FadD13) Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image Introduction Mycobacterium tuberculosis very-long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, also known as FadD13, is unique within its class in regards to its ability to house lipid substrates longer than itself. Most FadD class proteins exist as integral membrane proteins involved in lipid transport into the cell. FadD13 is unique structurally in that it exists as a peripheral protein on the inside of the cell membrane. This feature is key in the mechanistic basis for FadD13's activation and transport of fatty acids of length C24-C26 through the two step addition of Coenzyme A(Figure 1).[1] FadD13 may be important in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, and has emerged as possible target for novel therapeutic agents.[2] Mechanism Figure 1: Mechanism for the activation of fatty acids (C24-C26) by FadD13. The N terminal domain (pink) is embedded in the membrane with the arginine rich lid-loop (dark blue), while the flexile linker (black) connects the C terminal domain (green) to the rest of the enzyme. Activation requires the binding of ATP (blue) which induces structural changes that promote the binding of the fatty acid chain. Formation of an acyl-adenylate intermediate induces a 140° rotation of the C terminal domain and the binding of CoA (orange). results in a 95% loss of function of FadD13. [3]

References

1. ↑ Andersson CS, Lundgren CA, Magnusdottir A, Ge C, Wieslander A, Molina DM, Hogbom M. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase: Structural Basis for Housing Lipid Substrates Longer than the Enzyme. Structure. 2012 May 2. PMID:22560731 doi:10.1016/j.str.2012.03.012
2. ↑ Jatana N, Jangid S, Khare G, Tyagi AK, Latha N. Molecular modeling studies of Fatty acyl-CoA synthetase (FadD13) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis--a potential target for the development of antitubercular drugs. J Mol Model. 2011 Feb;17(2):301-13. doi: 10.1007/s00894-010-0727-3. Epub 2010 May, 8. PMID:20454815 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00894-010-0727-3
3. ↑ PMCID: PMC2793005ref>
   

   

   Figure 2: Representation of the two-step reaction catalyzed by FadD13

   Contents 1 General mechanism for the activation of fatty acids 2 Structural basis for housing lipid substrates longer than the enzyme 3 Structure 3.1 Electrostatics 3.2 Arginine Rich Lid-loop 3.3 Hydrophobic Tunnel 3.4 Active Site 4 Disease 4.1 Relevance 4.2 Inhibitors 4.3 Future Research

   General mechanism for the activation of fatty acids

   FadD13 first activates the fatty acid through a reaction with ATP to form an acyl adenylate intermediate and release pyrophosphate. Following a conformational change of the enzyme, coenzyme A is able to bind and reaction with the acyl adenylate intermediate forming the acyl CoA product (Figure 2).

   
   

   Structural basis for housing lipid substrates longer than the enzyme

   The ability for FadD13 to transport and activate fatty acids of the maximum tested length C26, lies in it being a peripheral membrane protein with a hydrophobic tunnel. FadD13 is attached to the membrane via electrostatic interactions in the N-terminal domain. Of importance in the region is the arginine rich lid-loop which serves to block the transport of fatty acids into the enzyme. Once the lid-loop is opened, fatty acids may be pulled from the membrane into a hydrophobic tunnel, which is the main structural component by which fatty acids are transported from the membrane into the cell. Negatively charged residues at the active site of FadD13 are the driving factor in the attraction of the fatty acid from the membrane through the hydrophobic tunnel of the enzyme.

   Structure

   FadD13 is composed of 503 amino acid residues divided into three main regions: The (residues 1-395) and (residues 402-503) which are connected via a flexible represented in dark blue (residues 396-401).<ref></ref> Each region plays an important role in the activation of fatty acids. The large N-terminal domain has the most structural features, but it is ultimately the flexible linker that allows movement of the C-terminal domain to from the fully functioning active site (Figure 1).

   
   

   Electrostatics

   

   

   Figure 3: Pmyol depiction of electrostatic interaction of FadD13.

   The electrostatics of FadD13 as seen in (Fiigure 3) illustrate the hydrophobic and positively charged regions that compose this protein. Experimental results revealed that the peripheral FadD13 is attached to the membrane via electrostatic and hydrophobic regions located on the top portion of the N-terminal region (figure 3).<ref></ref> Of key importance in this N-terminal domain region attached to the membrane is an area of notable arginine rich residues, known as the arginine rich lid-loop.

   Arginine Rich Lid-loop

   The functions to block entry of fatty acids into the hydrophobic tunnel of FadD13.This area on the top portion of the enzyme is also crucial in the association with the membrane as the positively charged arginine residues are attracted to the negative charge on the phospholipid heads.<ref></ref>

   Hydrophobic Tunnel

   The hydrophobic tunnel of FadD13 is essential to the transport and accommodation of very long fatty acids from the membrane into the cell. This tunnel runs through the middle of FadD13 from the arginine rich lid loop to the ATP binding site and is situated between the and alpha helices α8-α9 and parallel beta sheet β9- β14.<ref></ref>

   Active Site

   The active site on FadD13 is composed of two conserved regions, one of which serves as the binding site for ATP and the other for CoA. The adenine of ATP is bound to a group of that is structurally identically to other acyl-CoA synthetases. <ref></ref>

   
   

   Disease

   Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent involved in the disease tuberculosis.

   Relevance

   Inhibitors

   Future Research

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