Crystal Structure and Functional Assignment of YfaU, a Metal Ion Dependent Class II Aldolase from Escherichia coli K12

Authors

Dean Rea
Rebecca Hovington
John F. Rakus, Marshall UniversityFollow
John A. Gerlt
Vilmos Fu¨lo¨p
Timothy D. H. Bugg
David I. Roper

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-23-2008

Abstract

One of the major challenges in the postgenomic era is the functional assignment of proteins using sequence- and structure-based predictive methods coupled with experimental validation. We have used these approaches to investigate the structure and function of theEscherichia coli K-12 protein YfaU, annotated as a putative 4-hydroxy-2-ketoheptane-1,7-dioate aldolase (HpcH) in the sequence databases. HpcH is the final enzyme in the degradation pathway of the aromatic compound homoprotocatechuate. We have determined the crystal structure of apo-YfaU and the Mg²⁺−pyruvate product complex. Despite greater sequence and structural similarity to HpcH, genomic context suggests YfaU is instead a 2-keto-3-deoxy sugar aldolase like the homologous 2-dehydro-3-deoxygalactarate aldolase (DDGA). Enzyme kinetic measurements show activity with the probable physiological substrate 2-keto-3-deoxy-l-rhamnonate, supporting the functional assignment, as well as the structurally similar 2-keto-3-deoxy-l-mannonate and 2-keto-3-deoxy-l-lyxonate.

Comments

The version of record is available at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bi800943g

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Recommended Citation

Rea, D., Hovington, R., Rakus, J. F., Gerlt, J. A., Fülöp, V., Bugg, T. D., & Roper, D. I. (2008). Crystal Structure and Functional Assignment of YfaU, a Metal Ion Dependent Class II Aldolase from Escherichia coli K12. Biochemistry, 47(38), 9955-9965.