Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22158123›Full record

ArticleNature2011

An unanticipated architecture of the 750-kDa α6β6 holoenzyme of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase.

Christine S Huang, Peng Ge, Z Hong Zhou, Liang Tong

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Article in Nature, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christine S HuangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
Peng Ge
Z Hong Zhou
Liang Tong
Columbia University · USCalifornia NanoSystems Institute · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Case Center for Synchrotron BiosciencesP30EB009998 · NIBIB · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI CHANCE, MARK R · 2009 to 2018
$8.4M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICST32GM008281 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI PALMER, ARTHUR G · 1988 to 2017
$5.4M
High-Resolution CryoEM Reconstruction of Large ComplexesR01GM071940 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ZHOU, Z HONG · 2006 to 2025
$5.0M
Structural biology of enzymes in fatty acid metabolismR01DK067238 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI TONG, LIANG · 2004 to 2012
$2.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS P30 EB009998NIDDK NIH HHS DK067238NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK067238NIGMS NIH HHS GM071940NIGMS NIH HHS GM08281NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM071940NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC), a member of the biotin-dependent carboxylase superfamily, is essential for the metabolism of leucine, and deficient mutations in this enzyme are linked to methylcrotonylglycinuria (MCG) and other serious diseases in humans. MCC has strong sequence conservation with propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), and their holoenzymes are both 750-kilodalton (kDa) α(6)β(6) dodecamers. Therefore the architecture of the MCC holoenzyme is expected to be highly similar to that of PCC. Here we report the crystal structures of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa MCC (PaMCC) holoenzyme, alone and in complex with coenzyme A. Surprisingly, the structures show that the architecture and overall shape of PaMCC are markedly different when compared to PCC. The α-subunits show trimeric association in the PaMCC holoenzyme, whereas they have no contacts with each other in PCC. Moreover, the positions of the two domains in the β-subunit of PaMCC are swapped relative to those in PCC. This structural information establishes a foundation for understanding the disease-causing mutations of MCC and provides new insights into the catalytic mechanism and evolution of biotin-dependent carboxylases. The large structural differences between MCC and PCC also have general implications for the relationship between sequence conservation and structural similarity.

Indexed as

Binding SitesBiocatalysisCarbon-Carbon LigasesCoenzyme ACrystallography, X-RayDiseaseHoloenzymesHumansMethylmalonyl-CoA DecarboxylaseModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsPseudomonas aeruginosaCarbon-Carbon LigasesCoenzyme AHoloenzymesmethylcrotonoyl-CoA carboxylaseMethylmalonyl-CoA DecarboxylaseProtein Subunits

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PMID22158123
PMCPMC3271731
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