Cyclic nucleotide binding and structural changes in the isolated GAF domain of Anabaena adenylyl cyclase, CyaB2

Biswas, Kabir Hassan and Badireddy, Suguna and Rajendran, Abinaya and Anand, Ganesh Srinivasan and Visweswariah, Sandhya S (2015) Cyclic nucleotide binding and structural changes in the isolated GAF domain of Anabaena adenylyl cyclase, CyaB2. In: PEERJ, 3 .

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Abstract

GAF domains are a large family of regulatory domains, and a subset are found associated with enzymes involved in cyclic nucleotide (cNMP) metabolism such as adenylyl cyclases and phosphodiesterases. CyaB2, an adenylyl cyclase from Anabaena, contains two GAF domains in tandem at the N-terminus and an adenylyl cyclase domain at the C-terminus. Cyclic AMP, but not cGMP, binding to the GAF domains of CyaB2 increases the activity of the cyclase domain leading to enhanced synthesis of cAMP. Here we show that the isolated GAFb domain of CyaB2 can bind both cAMP and cGMP, and enhanced specificity for cAMP is observed only when both the GAFa and the GAFb domains are present in tandem(GAFab domain). In silico docking and mutational analysis identified distinct residues important for interaction with either cAMP or cGMP in the GAFb domain. Structural changes associated with ligand binding to the GAF domains could not be detected by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) experiments. However, amide hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDXMS) experiments provided insights into the structural basis for cAMP-induced allosteric regulation of the GAF domains, and differences in the changes induced by cAMP and cGMP binding to the GAF domain. Thus, our findings could allow the development of molecules that modulate the allosteric regulation by GAF domains present in pharmacologically relevant proteins.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	PEERJ
Publisher:	PEERJ INC
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the PEERJ INC, 341-345 OLD ST, THIRD FLR, LONDON, EC1V 9LL, ENGLAND
Keywords:	BRET; cAMP; cGMP; GAF; Cyclases; HDXMS; Ligand; Phosphodiesterases; Structural changes
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics
Date Deposited:	29 May 2015 05:54
Last Modified:	29 May 2015 05:54
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51610

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