Crystal structure and functional analysis of lipoamide dehydrogenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report the 2.4 A crystal structure for lipoamide dehydrogenase encoded by lpdC from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Based on the Lpd structure and sequence alignment between bacterial and eukaryotic Lpd sequences, we generated single point mutations in Lpd and assayed the resulting proteins for their ability to catalyze lipoamide reduction/oxidation alone and in complex with other proteins that participate in pyruvate dehydrogenase and peroxidase activities. The results suggest that amino acid residues conserved in mycobacterial species but not conserved in eukaryotic Lpd family members modulate either or both activities and include Arg-93, His-98, Lys-103, and His-386. In addition, Arg-93 and His-386 are involved in forming both "open" and "closed" active site conformations, suggesting that these residues play a role in dynamically regulating Lpd function. Taken together, these data suggest protein surfaces that should be considered while developing strategies for inhibiting this enzyme.

publication date

  • August 10, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 26644432063

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1074/jbc.M507466200

PubMed ID

  • 16093239

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 280

issue

  • 40