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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
The six individual catalytic polypeptide chains within the two catalytic trimers of Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase; EC 2.1.3.2) are folded into two discrete structural domains interconnected in part by helix 12, which comprises residues 285-305 and is located near the carboxyl terminus of the chain. The essential role of this helix in folding of the chains and their assembly into ATCase was demonstrated by introducing a stop codon at the position corresponding to amino acid 284, 291, or 299. Cells containing these mutations are pyrimidine auxotrophs lacking ATCase-like protein in cell extracts. In contrast, stable active enzyme is formed from chains truncated at position 306 or 307, showing that all 310 amino acids are not required for assembly. Replacements of Gln-288, Asn-291, Arg-296, and Ala-298 were introduced to assess the effect of alterations within helix 12 on protein stability. Stability of the trimers was measured both by differential scanning microcalorimetry and by the rate of exchange of chains at 4 degrees C when mutant trimers were incubated with succinylated wild-type trimers. Melting temperatures of the mutant trimers spanned a range of more than 20 degrees C, with a few higher and others lower than that of wild-type trimers. Large changes in interchain interaction energies were observed for the trimers, but there was no direct correlation between the ease of dissociation of the trimers and their thermal stability. Calorimetry on the mutant holoenzymes revealed alterations in the interactions between trimers and regulatory subunits within the intact enzymes. The striking changes in stability of both trimers and holoenzymes demonstrated that effects of relatively localized amino acid replacements in helix 12 are manifested by indirect global alterations propagated throughout the structure.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
458-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Bacillus subtilis, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Calorimetry, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Dictyostelium, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Enzyme Stability, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Protein Multimerization, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:1899140-Saccharomyces cerevisiae
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of a carboxyl-terminal helix in the assembly, interchain interactions, and stability of aspartate transcarbamoylase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't