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Structure of a 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase homolog from Streptomyces coelicolor.

ABSTRACT: The X-ray crystal structure of the 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) homolog from Streptomyces coelicolor, SCO 6650, was solved at 1.5 A resolution. SCO 6650 forms a hexameric T-fold that closely resembles other PTPS proteins. The biological activity of SCO 6650 is unknown, but it lacks both a required active-site zinc metal ion and the essential catalytic triad and does not catalyze the PTPS reaction. However, SCO 6650 maintains active-site residues consistent with binding a pterin-like substrate.

SUBMITTER: Spoonamore JE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2564891 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structure of a 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase homolog from Streptomyces coelicolor.

Spoonamore James E JE Roberts Sue A SA Heroux Annie A Bandarian Vahe V

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20080930 Pt 10

The X-ray crystal structure of the 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) homolog from Streptomyces coelicolor, SCO 6650, was solved at 1.5 A resolution. SCO 6650 forms a hexameric T-fold that closely resembles other PTPS proteins. The biological activity of SCO 6650 is unknown, but it lacks both a required active-site zinc metal ion and the essential catalytic triad and does not catalyze the PTPS reaction. However, SCO 6650 maintains active-site residues consistent with binding a pterin-lik ...[more]

PMID: 18931427

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Project description:Nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) are small, highly abundant transcriptional regulators with low sequence specificity which are involved in multiple DNA-related processes including gene expression, DNA protection, recombination/repair and nucleoid structuring. Through these functions they are able to regulate important phenotypic properties including virulence, secondary metabolism and stress resistance. However the set of NAPs known within the Actinobacteria is small and incomplete. The missing proteins are likely to be key regulators of virulence in pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and also of development and secondary metabolism in industrially-important species such as Streptomyces. Here, we use label-free LC-MS/MS to systematically search for novel NAPs in isolated nucleoids of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor. Based on the criteria of high abundance (emPAI score) and predicted DNA-binding ability (DNAbinder score) we identified a set of 24 proteins with a high predicted likelihood of being NAPs. The approach was deemed successful as the set included known major NAPs HupA, HupS, sIHF and Lsr2 as well as the global transcriptional regulators BldD and CRP and the pleiotropic response regulator AfsQ1. It also included a number of proteins whose functions are not yet known from recognisable classes of transcription factor (SCO2140, SCO4493, SCO1839, SCO1210, SCO5405, SCO4229, SCO3198) or from uncharacterised protein families (SCO5783, SCO5592, SCO3793, SCO6482) which comprise a valuable set of candidates for further study.In this paper we establish a robust protocol for preparing S. coelicolor nucleoids for mass spectrometric analysis and develop a workflow for identifying novel nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) by combining LC-MS/MS with a bioinformatical analysis. The nucleoid-associated proteins of many species are known to be key regulators of virulence, stress tolerance and global patterns of gene expression. Identifying the "missing" nucleoid proteins of S. coelicolor is likely to have important implications for manipulating the production of secondary metabolites such as antibiotics. Candidate NAPs were identified. Several of these are highly conserved in clinically important species such as Mycobacterium and in many commercially important species such as Salinispora and Micromonospora which represent a vital source of novel drugs such as antibiotics, antifungals and anticancer agents.

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Structure of a 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase homolog from Streptomyces coelicolor.

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Structure of a 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase homolog from Streptomyces coelicolor.

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