Insights into stabilizing interactions in the distorted domain-swapped dimer of Salmonella typhimurium survival protein

Mathiharan, Yamuna Kalyani and Savithri, HS and Murthy, MRN (2015) Insights into stabilizing interactions in the distorted domain-swapped dimer of Salmonella typhimurium survival protein. In: ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 71 (9). pp. 1812-1823.

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Abstract

The survival protein SurE from Salmonella typhimurium (StSurE) is a dimeric protein that functions as a phosphatase. SurE dimers are formed by the swapping of a loop with a pair of beta-strands and a C-terminal helix between two protomers. In a previous study, the Asp230 and His234 residues were mutated to Ala to abolish a hydrogen bond that was thought to be crucial for C-terminal helix swapping. These mutations led to functionally inactive and distorted dimers in which the two protomers were related by a rotation of 167 degrees. New salt bridges involving Glu112 were observed in the dimeric interface of the H234A and D230A/H234A mutants. To explore the role of these salt bridges in the stability of the distorted structure, E112A, E112A/D230A, E112A/H234A, E112A/D230A/H234A, R179L/H180A/H234A and E112A/R179L/H180A/H234A mutants were constructed. X-ray crystal structures of the E112A, E112A/H234A and E112A/D230A mutants could be determined. The dimeric structures of the E112A and E112A/H234A mutants were similar to that of native SurE, while the E112A/D230A mutant had a residual rotation of 11 degrees between the B chains upon superposition of the A chains of the mutant and native dimers. The native dimeric structure was nearly restored in the E112A/H234A mutant, suggesting that the new salt bridge observed in the H234A and D230A/H234A mutants was indeed responsible for the stability of their distorted structures. Catalytic activity was also restored in these mutants, implying that appropriate dimeric organization is necessary for the activity of SurE.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Publisher:	INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 2 ABBEY SQ, CHESTER, CH1 2HU, ENGLAND
Keywords:	SurE; domain swapping; oligomeric structure; symmetry; structure-function relationship
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2015 04:37
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2015 04:37
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/52474

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