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Aufklärung der molekularen Funktionsweise des Lipidregulators Diacylglycerolkinase mittels Festkörper-NMR

Fachliche Zuordnung Strukturbiologie
Förderung Förderung von 2013 bis 2018
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 237774529
 
Erstellungsjahr 2019

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

Escherichia coli diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) is an integral membrane protein, which catalyses the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of diacylglycerol (DAG) to phosphatic acid (PA). It is a unique trimeric enzyme, which does not share sequence homology with typical kinases. It exhibits a notable complexity in structure and function despite of its small size. Here, chemical shift assignment of wild-type DGK within lipid bilayers was carried out based on 3D MAS NMR, utilizing manual and automatic analysis protocols. Upon nucleotide binding, extensive chemical shift perturbations could be observed. These data provide evidence for a symmetric DGK trimer with all of its three active sites concurrently occupied. Additionally, we could detect that the nucleotide substrate induces a substantial conformational change, most likely directing DGK into its catalytic active form. Functionally relevant intra- and interprotomer contacts are identified by DNP-enhanced MAS NMR in combination with site-directed mutagenesis and functional assays.

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