Structure and function of S-adenosylmethionine synthetase: crystal structures of S-adenosylmethionine synthetase with ADP, BrADP, and PPi at 28 angstroms resolution

Biochemistry
Fusao TakusagawaGeorge D Markham

Abstract

S-Adenosylmethionine synthetase (MAT,ATP:L-methionine S-adenosltransferase, EC 2.5.1.6) plays a central metabolic role in all organisms. MAT catalyzes the two-step reaction which synthesizes S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), pyrophosphate (PPi), and orthophosphate (Pi) from ATP and L-methionine. AdoMet is the primary methyl group donor in biological systems. The first crystal structure of MAT from Escherichia coli has recently been determined [Takusagawa et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 136-147]. In order to elucidate the active site and possible catalytic reaction mechanism, the MAT structures in the crystals grown with the substrate ATP (and BrATP) and the product PPi have been determined (space group P6(2)22; unit cell a = b = 128.9 Angstroms, c= 139.8 Angstroms, resolution limit 2.8 Angstroms; R O.19; Rfree 0.26). The enzyme consists of four identical subunits; two subunits form a spherical dimer, and pairs of these tightly bound dimers form a tetrameric enzyme. Each dimer has two active sites which are located between the subunits. Each subunit consists of three domains related to each other by a pseudo 3-fold symmetry. The crystal structures showed that the ATP molecules were hydrolyzed to ADP and Pi by the enzyme. Those pr...Continue Reading

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