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The structure and inhibition of a GGDEF diguanylate cyclase complexed with (c-di-GMP)2 at the active site.
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Acta Crystallographica: Section D (Wiley-Blackwell) . Dec2011, Vol. 67 Issue 12, p997-1008. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Cyclic diguanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a key signalling molecule involved in regulating many important biological functions in bacteria. The synthesis of c-di-GMP is catalyzed by the GGDEF-domain-containing diguanylate cyclase (DGC), the activity of which is regulated by the binding of product at the allosteric inhibitory (I) site. However, a significant number of GGDEF domains lack the R xxD motif characteristic of the allosteric I site. Here, the structure of XCC4471GGDEF, the GGDEF domain of a DGC from Xanthomonas campestris, in complex with c-di-GMP has been solved. Unexpectedly, the structure of the complex revealed a GGDEF-domain dimer cross-linked by two molecules of c-di-GMP at the strongly conserved active sites. In the complex (c-di-GMP)2 adopts a novel partially intercalated form, with the peripheral guanine bases bound to the guanine-binding pockets and the two central bases stacked upon each other. Alteration of the residues involved in specific binding to c-di-GMP led to dramatically reduced Kd values between XCC4471GGDEF and c-di-GMP. In addition, these key residues are strongly conserved among the many thousands of GGDEF-domain sequences identified to date. These results indicate a new product-bound form for GGDEF-domain-containing proteins obtained via (c-di-GMP)2 binding at the active site. This novel XCC4471GGDEF-c-di-GMP complex structure may serve as a general model for the design of lead compounds to block the DGC activity of GGDEF-domain-containing proteins in X. campestris or other microorganisms that contain multiple GGDEF-domain proteins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09074449
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Acta Crystallographica: Section D (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67480328
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1107/S090744491104039X