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ArticleScientific reports2017

Structural and Mechanistic Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Agmatine N-Acetyltransferase, an Enzyme that Catalyzes the Formation of N-Acetylagmatine.

Daniel R Dempsey, Derek A Nichols, Matthew R Battistini, Orville Pemberton, Santiago Rodriguez Ospina, Xiujun Zhang, Anne-Marie Carpenter, Brian G O'Flynn, James W Leahy, Ankush Kanwar and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel R DempseyDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
Derek A NicholsDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States.
Matthew R BattistiniDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
Orville PembertonDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States.
Santiago Rodriguez OspinaDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
Xiujun ZhangDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States.
Anne-Marie CarpenterDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
Brian G O'FlynnDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
James W LeahyDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
Ankush KanwarDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States.
Eric M LewandowskiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States.
Yu ChenDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States. ychen1@health.usf.edu.
David J MerklerDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States. merkler@usf.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6659-0005
University of South Florida · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Subtraction LipidomicsR15GM107864 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI MERKLER, DAVID J · 2015 to 2017
$386k
Glycine N-AcyltransferasesR03DA034323 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI MERKLER, DAVID J · 2012 to 2013
$136k
NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA034323NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM107864
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agmatine N-acetyltransferase (AgmNAT) catalyzes the formation of N-acetylagmatine from acetyl-CoA and agmatine. Herein, we provide evidence that Drosophila melanogaster AgmNAT (CG15766) catalyzes the formation of N-acetylagmatine using an ordered sequential mechanism; acetyl-CoA binds prior to agmatine to generate an AgmNAT•acetyl-CoA•agmatine ternary complex prior to catalysis. Additionally, we solved a crystal structure for the apo form of AgmNAT with an atomic resolution of 2.3 Å, which points towards specific amino acids that may function in catalysis or active site formation. Using the crystal structure, primary sequence alignment, pH-activity profiles, and site-directed mutagenesis, we evaluated a series of active site amino acids in order to assign their functional roles in AgmNAT. More specifically, pH-activity profiles identified at least one catalytically important, ionizable group with an apparent pK

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AcetyltransferasesAgmatineAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsAcetyltransferasesAgmatineAgmNAT protein, DrosophilaDrosophila Proteins

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PMID29044148
PMCPMC5647378
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