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ArticleScientific reports2016

Stable preparations of tyrosine hydroxylase provide the solution structure of the full-length enzyme.

Maria T Bezem, Anne Baumann, Lars Skjærven, Romain Meyer, Petri Kursula, Aurora Martinez, Marte I Flydal

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria T BezemDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Anne BaumannDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Lars SkjærvenDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Romain MeyerCentre for Geobiology and Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 3.3, Earth Surface Geochemistry, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany.
Petri KursulaDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Aurora MartinezDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Marte I FlydalDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
University of Bergen · NOHelmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of catecholamine neurotransmitters. TH is a highly complex enzyme at mechanistic, structural, and regulatory levels, and the preparation of kinetically and conformationally stable enzyme for structural characterization has been challenging. Here, we report on improved protocols for purification of recombinant human TH isoform 1 (TH1), which provide large amounts of pure, stable, active TH1 with an intact N-terminus. TH1 purified through fusion with a His-tagged maltose-binding protein on amylose resin was representative of the iron-bound functional enzyme, showing high activity and stabilization by the natural feedback inhibitor dopamine. TH1 purified through fusion with a His-tagged ZZ domain on TALON is remarkably stable, as it was partially inhibited by resin-derived cobalt. This more stable enzyme preparation provided high-quality small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data and reliable structural models of full-length tetrameric TH1. The SAXS-derived model reveals an elongated conformation (Dmax = 20 nm) for TH1, different arrangement of the catalytic domains compared with the crystal structure of truncated forms, and an N-terminal region with an unstructured tail that hosts the phosphorylation sites and a separated Ala-rich helical motif that may have a role in regulation of TH by interacting with binding partners.

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Catalytic DomainDopamineEnzyme StabilityHumansProtein BindingTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseDopamineTyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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PMID27462005
PMCPMC4961952
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