Crystal Structure of DltA

DltA, the d-alanine:d-alanyl carrier protein ligase responsible for the initial step of lipoteichoic acid d-alanylation in Gram-positive bacteria, belongs to the adenylation domain superfamily, which also includes acetyl-CoA synthetase and the adenylation domains of non-ribosomal synthetases. The tw...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of biological chemistry 2008-11, Vol.283 (47), p.32484-32491
Hauptverfasser: Yonus, Huma, Neumann, Piotr, Zimmermann, Stephan, May, Jürgen J., Marahiel, Mohamed A., Stubbs, Milton T.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:DltA, the d-alanine:d-alanyl carrier protein ligase responsible for the initial step of lipoteichoic acid d-alanylation in Gram-positive bacteria, belongs to the adenylation domain superfamily, which also includes acetyl-CoA synthetase and the adenylation domains of non-ribosomal synthetases. The two-step reaction catalyzed by these enzymes (substrate adenylation followed by transfer to the reactive thiol group of CoA or the phosphopantheinyl prosthetic group of peptidyl carrier proteins) has been suggested to proceed via large scale rearrangements of structural domains within the enzyme. The structures of DltA reported here reveal the determinants for d-Ala substrate specificity and confirm that the peptidyl carrier protein-activating domains are able to adopt multiple conformational states, in this case corresponding to the thiolation reaction. Comparisons of available structures allow us to propose a mechanism whereby small perturbations of finely balanced metastable structural states would be able to direct an ordered formation of non-ribosomal synthetase products.
ISSN:0021-9258
1083-351X
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M800557200