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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2025

Conformational flexibility associated with remote residues regulates the kinetic properties of glutamate dehydrogenase.

Barsa Kanchan Jyotshna Godsora, Parijat Das, Prasoon Kumar Mishra, Anjali Sairaman, Sandip Kaledhonkar, Narayan S Punekar, Prasenjit Bhaumik

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Barsa Kanchan Jyotshna GodsoraDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0732-998X
Parijat DasDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Prasoon Kumar MishraDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Anjali SairamanDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sandip KaledhonkarDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Narayan S PunekarDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Prasenjit BhaumikDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1257-9809

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Abstract

Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) is a pivotal metabolic enzyme in all living organisms, and some of the GDHs exhibit substrate-dependent homotropic cooperativity. However, the mode of allosteric communication during the homotropic effect in GDHs remains poorly understood. In this study, we examined two homologous GDHs, Aspergillus niger GDH (AnGDH) and Aspergillus terreus GDH (AtGDH), with differing substrate utilization kinetics to uncover the factors driving their distinct behavior. We report the crystal structures and first-ever cryo-EM structures of apo- AtGDH and AnGDH that captured arrays of conformational ensembles. A wider mouth opening (~ 21 Å) is observed for the cooperative AnGDH as compared to the non-cooperative AtGDH (~17 Å) in their apo states. A network of interactions related to the substitutions in Domain II influence structural flexibility in these GDHs. Remarkably, we have identified a distant substitution (R246 to S) in Domain II, as a part of this network, which can impact the mouth opening and converts non-cooperative AtGDH into a cooperative enzyme. Our study demonstrates that remote residues can influence structural and kinetic properties in homologous GDHs.

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AspergillusAspergillus nigerFungal ProteinsGlutamate DehydrogenaseCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayKineticsModels, MolecularProtein ConformationFungal ProteinsGlutamate Dehydrogenaseallosterycryo‐EMcrystal structureglutamate dehydrogenasehomotropic cooperativityintrinsic domain dynamicskinetic propertiesremote residue substitution

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PMID39981924
PMCPMC11843732

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