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Closed Conformation of a Human Phosphatase, Chronophin under the Reduced Condition.

사람에 존재하는 phosphatase인 chronophin의 환원된 상태에서의 구조

  • Cho, Hyo-Je (School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kang, Beom-Sik (School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
  • 조효제 (경북대학교 자연과학대학 생명공학부) ;
  • 강범식 (경북대학교 자연과학대학 생명공학부)
  • Published : 2008.04.30
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Abstract

Chronophin is a phosphatase responsible for the dephosphorylation of cofilin, which regulates the rearrangement of actin cytoskeleton. It is also known as a phosphatase for pyrodoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), an active form of vitamin $B_6$, and maintains the level of PLP in the cytoplasm. Since this phosphatase belongs to a HAD subfamily containing a cap domain, it is expected to undergo a conformational change for the binding of a substrate. However, the crystal structure of chronophin has a disulfide bridge between the cap and core domains preventing a movement of the cap domain against the core domain. It is possible that the disulfide bond between C91 and C221 was formed by an oxidation during the crystallization. Here, we obtained chronophin crystals under a reduced condition and determined the crystal structure. This reduced chronophin does not contain a disulfide bridge and shows a closed conformation like the oxidized form. It implies that an active chronophin binds its substrate under the closed conformation without the disulfide bond and shows a high substrate specificity in the cell.

Actin cytoskeleton rearrangement를 조절하는 cofilin은 인산기가 제거되면서 활성화되는데 이를 담당하는 효소가 chronophin이다. 이 효소는 비타민 $B_6$의 활성형태인 pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)의 세포 내 농도를 조절하는 PLP phosphatase로도 알려져 있다. Chronophin은 cap 도메인과 core 도메인을 갖는 HAD family에 속하는 phosphatase이며 다른 HAD phosphatase와 같이 기질결합을 위해 cap 도메인과 core 도메인 사이의 활성부위가 노출되는 열린 형태로의 전환이 있을 것으로 추정되었다. 이전의 밝혀진 chronophin/PLPP의 결정구조에서는 단백질의 결정화과정이 산화된 상태에 이루어졌기에 cap 도메인의 C91과 core 도메인의 C221 사이에 disulfide bond가 있었으며 이것이 cap 도메인과 core 도메인사이의 움직임을 막고 있었다. 본 연구에서는 환원된 상태의 chronophin의 결정체를 얻어 chronophin의 구조를 규명하였다. 환원된 상태의 chronophin의 구조에는 C91과 C221간의 disulfide 결합은 없었으나 산화된 상태와 동일한 닫힌 형태이었으며 국부적인 core 도메인의 움직임이외에는 core 도메인과 cap 도메인의 구조에는 변화가 없었다. 이는 chronophin이 기질이 없는 상태에서 닫힌 형태로 유지되는 것이 disulfide bond에 의한 것이 아님을 의미하며 세포 내의 환원된 상태에서도 닫힌 구조를 유지함으로서 높은 기질 특이성을 보여줄 것임을 암시한다.

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