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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Direct structural analysis of a single acyl carrier protein domain in fatty acid synthase from the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Elnaz Khalili Samani, Amy C Chen, Jennifer W Lou, David L Dai, Alexander F A Keszei, Guihong Tan, Charles Boone, Martin Grininger, Mohammad T Mazhab-Jafari

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Structural basis of product recognition by Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid synthase.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  3. The structure of full-length AFPK supports the ACP linker in a role that regulates iterative polyketide and fatty acid assembly.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elnaz Khalili SamaniDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Amy C ChenDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jennifer W LouDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2716-2192
David L DaiDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Alexander F A KeszeiDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Guihong TanDonnelly Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Charles BooneDonnelly Centre, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3542-6760
Martin GriningerInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-0667
Mohammad T Mazhab-JafariDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. mohammad.mazhabjafari@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-0207-5877
University of Toronto · CAUniversity Health Network · CAGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acyl carrier protein (ACP) is the work horse of polyketide (PKS) and fatty acid synthases (FAS) and acts as a substrate shuttling domain in these mega enzymes. In fungi, FAS forms a 2.6 MDa symmetric assembly with six identical copies of FAS1 and FAS2 polypeptides. However, ACP spatial distribution is not restricted by symmetry owing to the long and flexible loops that tether the shuttling domain to its corresponding FAS2 polypeptide. This symmetry breaking has hampered experimental investigation of substrate shuttling route in fungal FAS. Here, we develop a protein engineering and expression method to isolate asymmetric fungal FAS proteins containing odd numbers of ACP domains. Electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) observation of the engineered complex reveals a non-uniform distribution of the substrate shuttling domain relative to its corresponding FAS2 polypeptide at 2.9 Å resolution. This work lays the methodological foundation for experimental study of ACP shuttling route in fungi.

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Acyl Carrier ProteinSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAnimalsFatty Acid SynthasesFungal ProteinsHorsesPeptidesAcyl Carrier ProteinFatty Acid SynthasesFungal ProteinsPeptides

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PMID38216676
PMCPMC10786820
OpenAlexW4390828789

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