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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Structural basis of Naa20 activity towards a canonical NatB substrate.

Dominik Layer, Jürgen Kopp, Miriam Fontanillo, Maja Köhn, Karine Lapouge, Irmgard Sinning

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dominik LayerBiochemiezentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, INF 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-7651
Jürgen KoppBiochemiezentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, INF 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5633-7399
Miriam FontanilloEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.
Maja KöhnEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8142-3504
Karine LapougeBiochemiezentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, INF 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0620-9553
Irmgard SinningBiochemiezentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, INF 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. irmi.sinning@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-4477
Heidelberg University · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-terminal acetylation is one of the most common protein modifications in eukaryotes and is carried out by N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs). It plays important roles in protein homeostasis, localization, and interactions and is linked to various human diseases. NatB, one of the major co-translationally active NATs, is composed of the catalytic subunit Naa20 and the auxiliary subunit Naa25, and acetylates about 20% of the proteome. Here we show that NatB substrate specificity and catalytic mechanism are conserved among eukaryotes, and that Naa20 alone is able to acetylate NatB substrates in vitro. We show that Naa25 increases the Naa20 substrate affinity, and identify residues important for peptide binding and acetylation activity. We present the first Naa20 crystal structure in complex with the competitive inhibitor CoA-Ac-MDEL. Our findings demonstrate how Naa20 binds its substrates in the absence of Naa25 and support prospective endeavors to derive specific NAT inhibitors for drug development.

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ChaetomiumFungal ProteinsMolecular StructureN-Terminal Acetyltransferase BSubstrate SpecificityFungal ProteinsN-Terminal Acetyltransferase B

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PMID33398031
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