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Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum

Thermoplasma acidophilum is a thermophilic archaeon that uses both non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway and Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway for glucose degradation. While triosephosphate isomerase (TPI), a well-known glycolytic enzyme, is not involved in the ED pathway in T. acidop...

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Autores principales: Park, Sang Ho, Kim, Hyoun Sook, Park, Mi Seul, Moon, Sojin, Song, Mi Kyung, Park, Han Su, Hahn, Hyunggu, Kim, Soon-Jong, Bae, Euiyoung, Kim, Hyun-Jung, Han, Byung Woo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26709515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145331
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author Park, Sang Ho
Kim, Hyoun Sook
Park, Mi Seul
Moon, Sojin
Song, Mi Kyung
Park, Han Su
Hahn, Hyunggu
Kim, Soon-Jong
Bae, Euiyoung
Kim, Hyun-Jung
Han, Byung Woo
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Kim, Hyoun Sook
Park, Mi Seul
Moon, Sojin
Song, Mi Kyung
Park, Han Su
Hahn, Hyunggu
Kim, Soon-Jong
Bae, Euiyoung
Kim, Hyun-Jung
Han, Byung Woo
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description Thermoplasma acidophilum is a thermophilic archaeon that uses both non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway and Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway for glucose degradation. While triosephosphate isomerase (TPI), a well-known glycolytic enzyme, is not involved in the ED pathway in T. acidophilum, it has been considered to play an important role in the EMP pathway. Here, we report crystal structures of apo- and glycerol-3-phosphate-bound TPI from T. acidophilum (TaTPI). TaTPI adopts the canonical TIM-barrel fold with eight α-helices and parallel eight β-strands. Although TaTPI shares ~30% sequence identity to other TPIs from thermophilic species that adopt tetrameric conformation for enzymatic activity in their harsh physiological environments, TaTPI exists as a dimer in solution. We confirmed the dimeric conformation of TaTPI by analytical ultracentrifugation and size-exclusion chromatography. Helix 5 as well as helix 4 of thermostable tetrameric TPIs have been known to play crucial roles in oligomerization, forming a hydrophobic interface. However, TaTPI contains unique charged-amino acid residues in the helix 5 and adopts dimer conformation. TaTPI exhibits the apparent T(d) value of 74.6°C and maintains its overall structure with some changes in the secondary structure contents at extremely acidic conditions (pH 1–2). Based on our structural and biophysical analyses of TaTPI, more compact structure of the protomer with reduced length of loops and certain patches on the surface could account for the robust nature of Thermoplasma acidophilum TPI.
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spelling pubmed-46924822016-01-12 Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum Park, Sang Ho Kim, Hyoun Sook Park, Mi Seul Moon, Sojin Song, Mi Kyung Park, Han Su Hahn, Hyunggu Kim, Soon-Jong Bae, Euiyoung Kim, Hyun-Jung Han, Byung Woo PLoS One Research Article Thermoplasma acidophilum is a thermophilic archaeon that uses both non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway and Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway for glucose degradation. While triosephosphate isomerase (TPI), a well-known glycolytic enzyme, is not involved in the ED pathway in T. acidophilum, it has been considered to play an important role in the EMP pathway. Here, we report crystal structures of apo- and glycerol-3-phosphate-bound TPI from T. acidophilum (TaTPI). TaTPI adopts the canonical TIM-barrel fold with eight α-helices and parallel eight β-strands. Although TaTPI shares ~30% sequence identity to other TPIs from thermophilic species that adopt tetrameric conformation for enzymatic activity in their harsh physiological environments, TaTPI exists as a dimer in solution. We confirmed the dimeric conformation of TaTPI by analytical ultracentrifugation and size-exclusion chromatography. Helix 5 as well as helix 4 of thermostable tetrameric TPIs have been known to play crucial roles in oligomerization, forming a hydrophobic interface. However, TaTPI contains unique charged-amino acid residues in the helix 5 and adopts dimer conformation. TaTPI exhibits the apparent T(d) value of 74.6°C and maintains its overall structure with some changes in the secondary structure contents at extremely acidic conditions (pH 1–2). Based on our structural and biophysical analyses of TaTPI, more compact structure of the protomer with reduced length of loops and certain patches on the surface could account for the robust nature of Thermoplasma acidophilum TPI. Public Library of Science 2015-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4692482/ /pubmed/26709515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145331 Text en © 2015 Park et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Park, Sang Ho
Kim, Hyoun Sook
Park, Mi Seul
Moon, Sojin
Song, Mi Kyung
Park, Han Su
Hahn, Hyunggu
Kim, Soon-Jong
Bae, Euiyoung
Kim, Hyun-Jung
Han, Byung Woo
Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
title Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
title_full Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
title_fullStr Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
title_full_unstemmed Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
title_short Structure and Stability of the Dimeric Triosephosphate Isomerase from the Thermophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
title_sort structure and stability of the dimeric triosephosphate isomerase from the thermophilic archaeon thermoplasma acidophilum
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26709515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145331
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