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ArticleNature communications2024

Dynamic inter-domain transformations mediate the allosteric regulation of human 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase.

Linnea K M Blomgren, Melanie Huber, Sabrina R Mackinnon, Céline Bürer, Arnaud Baslé, Wyatt W Yue, D Sean Froese, Thomas J McCorvie

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Linnea K M BlomgrenDivision of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8032, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3833-0227
Melanie HuberDivision of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8032, Switzerland.
Sabrina R MackinnonBiosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6816-244X
Céline BürerDivision of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8032, Switzerland.
Arnaud BasléBiosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-3086
Wyatt W Yue *Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. Wyatt.Yue@newcastle.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6959-6007
D Sean Froese *Division of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8032, Switzerland. Sean.Froese@kispi.uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1557-3517
Thomas J McCorvie *Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. Thomas.McCorvie@newcastle.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1502-7113
University of Zurich · CHNewcastle University · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) commits folate-derived one-carbon units to generate the methyl-donor S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM). Eukaryotic MTHFR appends to the well-conserved catalytic domain (CD) a unique regulatory domain (RD) that confers feedback inhibition by SAM. Here we determine the cryo-electron microscopy structures of human MTHFR bound to SAM and its demethylated product S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH). In the active state, with the RD bound to a single SAH, the CD is flexible and exposes its active site for catalysis. However, in the inhibited state the RD pocket is remodelled, exposing a second SAM-binding site that was previously occluded. Dual-SAM bound MTHFR demonstrates a substantially rearranged inter-domain linker that reorients the CD, inserts a loop into the active site, positions Tyr404 to bind the cofactor FAD, and blocks substrate access. Our data therefore explain the long-distance regulatory mechanism of MTHFR inhibition, underpinned by the transition between dual-SAM and single-SAH binding in response to cellular methylation status.

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Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)S-AdenosylmethionineAllosteric RegulationCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMethylationMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)S-Adenosylmethionine

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PMID38622112
PMCPMC11018872
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