The structure of SAICAR synthase: an enzyme in the de novo pathway of purine nucleotide biosynthesis

Structure
Vladimir LevdikovK S Wilson

Abstract

The biosynthesis of key metabolic components is of major interest to biologists. Studies of de novo purine synthesis are aimed at obtaining a deeper understanding of this central pathway and the development of effective chemotherapeutic agents. Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide (SAICAR) synthase catalyses the seventh step out of ten in the biosynthesis of purine nucleotides. To date, only one structure of an enzyme involved in purine biosynthesis has been reported: adenylosuccinate synthetase, which catalyses the first committed step in the synthesis of AMP from IMP. We report the first three-dimensional structure of a SAICAR synthase, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is a monomer with three domains. The first two domains consist of antiparallel beta sheets and the third is composed of two alpha helices. There is a long deep cleft made up of residues from all three domains. Comparison of SAICAR synthases by alignment of their sequences reveals a number of conserved residues, mostly located in the cleft. The presence of two sulphate ions bound in the cleft, the structure of SAICAR synthase in complex with ATP and a comparison of this structure with that of other ATP-dependent proteins point to the interdomain cleft...Continue Reading

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