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Assembly of preactivation complex for urease maturation in Helicobacter pylori: crystal structure of UreF-UreH protein complex.


ABSTRACT: Colonization of Helicobacter pylori in the acidic environment of the human stomach depends on the neutralizing activity of urease. Activation of apo-urease involves carboxylation of lysine 219 and insertion of two nickel ions. In H. pylori, this maturation process involves four urease accessory proteins as follows: UreE, UreF, UreG, and UreH. It is postulated that the apo-urease interacts with UreF, UreG, and UreH to form a pre-activation complex that undergoes GTP-dependent activation of urease. The crystal structure of the UreF-UreH complex reveals conformational changes in two distinct regions of UreF upon complex formation. First, the flexible C-terminal residues of UreF become ordered, forming an extra helix ?10 and a loop structure stabilized by hydrogen bonds involving Arg-250. Second, the first turn of helix ?2 uncoils to expose a conserved residue, Tyr-48. Substitution of R250A or Y48A in UreF abolishes the formation of the heterotrimeric complex of UreG-UreF-UreH and abolishes urease maturation. Our results suggest that the C-terminal residues and helix ?2 of UreF are essential for the recruitment of UreG for the formation of the pre-activation complex. The molecular mass of the UreF-UreH complex determined by static light scattering was 116 ± 2.3 kDa, which is consistent with the quaternary structure of a dimer of heterodimers observed in the crystal structure. Taking advantage of the unique 2-fold symmetry observed in both the crystal structures of H. pylori urease and the UreF-UreH complex, we proposed a topology model of the pre-activation complex for urease maturation.

SUBMITTER: Fong YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3234868 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Assembly of preactivation complex for urease maturation in Helicobacter pylori: crystal structure of UreF-UreH protein complex.

Fong Yu Hang YH   Wong Ho Chun HC   Chuck Chi Pang CP   Chen Yu Wai YW   Sun Hongzhe H   Wong Kam-Bo KB  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20111019 50


Colonization of Helicobacter pylori in the acidic environment of the human stomach depends on the neutralizing activity of urease. Activation of apo-urease involves carboxylation of lysine 219 and insertion of two nickel ions. In H. pylori, this maturation process involves four urease accessory proteins as follows: UreE, UreF, UreG, and UreH. It is postulated that the apo-urease interacts with UreF, UreG, and UreH to form a pre-activation complex that undergoes GTP-dependent activation of urease  ...[more]

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