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ArticleScientific reports2021

Point mutations in Candida glabrata 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (CgHMGR) decrease enzymatic activity and substrate/inhibitor affinity.

Dulce Andrade-Pavón, Vanessa Fernández-Muñoz, Wendy González-Ibarra, César Hernández-Rodríguez, J Antonio Ibarra, Lourdes Villa-Tanaca

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Dulce Andrade-PavónLaboratorio de Biología Molecular de Bacterias y Levaduras, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala. Col. Sto. Tomás, CP 11340, Mexico City, Mexico.
Vanessa Fernández-MuñozLaboratorio de Biología Molecular de Bacterias y Levaduras, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala. Col. Sto. Tomás, CP 11340, Mexico City, Mexico.
Wendy González-IbarraLaboratorio de Genética Microbiana, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.
César Hernández-RodríguezLaboratorio de Biología Molecular de Bacterias y Levaduras, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala. Col. Sto. Tomás, CP 11340, Mexico City, Mexico.
J Antonio IbarraLaboratorio de Genética Microbiana, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.
Lourdes Villa-TanacaLaboratorio de Biología Molecular de Bacterias y Levaduras, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala. Col. Sto. Tomás, CP 11340, Mexico City, Mexico. mvillat@ipn.mx.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) is a crucial enzyme in the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway. The aim of this study was to obtain, purify, characterize, and overexpress five point mutations in highly conserved regions of the catalytic domain of Candida glabrata HMGR (CgHMGR) to explore the function of key amino acid residues in enzymatic activity. Glutamic acid (Glu) was substituted by glutamine in the E680Q mutant (at the dimerization site), Glu by glutamine in E711Q (at the substrate binding site), aspartic acid by alanine in D805A, and methionine by arginine in M807R (the latter two at the cofactor binding site). A double mutation, E680Q-M807R, was included. Regarding recombinant and wild-type CgHMGR, in vitro enzymatic activity was significantly lower for the former, as was the in silico binding energy of simvastatin, alpha-asarone and the HMG-CoA substrate. E711Q displayed the lowest enzymatic activity and binding energy, suggesting the importance of Glu

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Point MutationAcyl Coenzyme ABinding SitesCandida glabrataCatalytic DomainFungal ProteinsModels, MolecularPhylogenySubstrate Specificity3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme AAcyl Coenzyme AFungal Proteins

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PMID34675283
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