TY - JOUR
T1 - How oligomerization contributes to the thermostability of an archaeon protein
T2 - Protein L-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase from Sulfolobus tokodaii
AU - Tanakai, Yoshikazu
AU - Tsumoto, Kouhei
AU - Yasutake, Yoshiaki
AU - Umetsu, Mitsuo
AU - Yao, Min
AU - Fukada, Harumi
AU - Tanaka, Isao
AU - Kumagai, Izumi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/7/30
Y1 - 2004/7/30
N2 - To study how oligomerization may contribute to the thermostability of archaeon proteins, we focused on a hexameric protein, protein L-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase from Sulfolobus tokodaii (StoPIMT). The crystal structure shows that StoPIMT has a distinctive hexameric structure composed of monomers consisting of two domains: an S-adenosylmethionine- dependent methyl-transferase fold domain and a C-terminal α-helical domain. The hexameric structure includes three interfacial contact regions: major, minor, and coiled-coil. Several C-terminal deletion mutants were constructed and characterized. The hexameric structure and thermostability were retained when the C-terminal α-helical domain (Ty206-Thr 231) was deleted, suggesting that oligomerization via coiled-coil association using the C-terminal α-helical domains did not contribute critically to hexamerization or to the increased thermostability of the protein. Deletion of three additional residues located in the major contact region, Tyr203-Asp204-Asp205, led to a significant decrease in hexamer stability and chemico/thermostability. Although replacement of Thr146 and Asp204, which form two hydrogen bonds in the interface in the major contact region, with Ala did not affect hexamer formation, these mutations led to a significant decrease in thermostability, suggesting that two residues in the major contact region make significant contributions to the increase in stability of the protein via hexamerization. These results suggest that cooperative hexamerization occurs via interactions of "hot spot" residues and that a couple of interfacial hot spot residues are responsible for enhancing thermostability via oligomerization.
AB - To study how oligomerization may contribute to the thermostability of archaeon proteins, we focused on a hexameric protein, protein L-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase from Sulfolobus tokodaii (StoPIMT). The crystal structure shows that StoPIMT has a distinctive hexameric structure composed of monomers consisting of two domains: an S-adenosylmethionine- dependent methyl-transferase fold domain and a C-terminal α-helical domain. The hexameric structure includes three interfacial contact regions: major, minor, and coiled-coil. Several C-terminal deletion mutants were constructed and characterized. The hexameric structure and thermostability were retained when the C-terminal α-helical domain (Ty206-Thr 231) was deleted, suggesting that oligomerization via coiled-coil association using the C-terminal α-helical domains did not contribute critically to hexamerization or to the increased thermostability of the protein. Deletion of three additional residues located in the major contact region, Tyr203-Asp204-Asp205, led to a significant decrease in hexamer stability and chemico/thermostability. Although replacement of Thr146 and Asp204, which form two hydrogen bonds in the interface in the major contact region, with Ala did not affect hexamer formation, these mutations led to a significant decrease in thermostability, suggesting that two residues in the major contact region make significant contributions to the increase in stability of the protein via hexamerization. These results suggest that cooperative hexamerization occurs via interactions of "hot spot" residues and that a couple of interfacial hot spot residues are responsible for enhancing thermostability via oligomerization.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M404405200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M404405200
M3 - Article
C2 - 15169774
AN - SCOPUS:3543039400
VL - 279
SP - 32957
EP - 32967
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 31
ER -