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Crystal structures of a dual coenzyme specific glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni

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posted on 2021-08-03, 16:26 authored by Adnan Ayna, Peter CE Moody
Campylobacter jejuni is a pathogenic bacteria that causes gastrointestinal disorders and is thus of great importance. Phosphorylating Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a ubiquitous cellular enzyme that has a well-defined role in glycolysis and other pathways where it catalyses the oxidative phosphorylation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl dihydrogen phosphate) to 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate ((2-Hydroxy-3-phosphonooxy-propanoyloxy)phosphonic acid). The C. jejuni genome encodes a single GAPDH enzyme (CjGAPDH) which displays dual (NAD/NADP) coenzyme specificity. NAD-specific GAPDHs are given the EC classification of 1.2.1.12, whereas NADP-specific GAPDHs are classed as 1.2.1.13. GAPDH's with dual specificity are in the class 1.2.1.59. Here we present the X-ray crystal structure of this enzyme (at 2.25 Å), this comprises superimposed structures of NAD- and NADP- complexes showing the structural adaptation that allows this dual specificity, and we consider this in the context of the pathogen's metabolism. There are no previous reports of EC 1.2.1.59 structures that compare the binding of the two co-enzymes. Furthermore, we also report the structure (at 2.05 Å) of the enzyme complexed with the nucleoside ADP and consider this with respect to the reported “moonlighting” activities of GAPDH.

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Journal of Molecular Structure Volume 1242, 15 October 2021, 130820

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Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Journal of Molecular Structure

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1242

Publisher

Elsevier

issn

0022-2860

Acceptance date

2021-05-31

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2021

Available date

2022-06-02

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en

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