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Assembly of the cysteine synthase complex and the regulatory role of protein-protein interactions.

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Title Assembly of the cysteine synthase complex and the regulatory role of protein-protein interactions.
 
Creator Kumaran, Sangaralingam
Yi, Hankuil
Krishnan, Hari B
Jez, Joseph M
 
Subject QD Chemistry
 
Description Macromolecular assemblies play critical roles in regulating cellular functions. The cysteine synthase complex (CSC), which is formed by association of serine O-acetyltransferase (SAT) and O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase (OASS), acts as a sensor and modulator of thiol metabolism by responding to changes in nutrient conditions. Here we examine the oligomerization and energetics of formation of the soybean CSC. Biophysical examination of the CSC by size exclusion chromatography and sedimentation ultracentrifugation indicates that this assembly (complex M(r) approximately 330,000) consists of a single SAT trimer (trimer M(r) approximately 110,000) and three OASS dimers (dimer M(r) approximately 70,000). Analysis of the SAT-OASS interaction by isothermal titration calorimetry reveals negative cooperativity with three distinct binding events during CSC formation with K(d) values of 0.3, 7.5, and 78 nm. The three binding events are also observed using surface plasmon resonance with comparable affinities. The stability of the CSC derives from rapid association and extremely slow dissociation of OASS with SAT and requires the C terminus of SAT for the interaction. Steady-state kinetic analysis shows that CSC formation enhances SAT activity and releases SAT from substrate inhibition and feedback inhibition by cysteine, the final product of the biosynthesis pathway. Cysteine inhibits SAT and the CSC with K(i) values of 2 and 70 microm, respectively. These results suggest a new model for the architecture of this regulatory complex and additional control mechanisms for biochemically controlling plant cysteine biosynthesis. Based on previous work and our results, we suggest that OASS acts as an enzyme chaperone of SAT in the CSC.
 
Publisher ASBMB
 
Date 2009-04-10
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1092/1/kumaran2009.pdf
Kumaran, Sangaralingam and Yi, Hankuil and Krishnan, Hari B and Jez, Joseph M (2009) Assembly of the cysteine synthase complex and the regulatory role of protein-protein interactions. The Journal of biological chemistry, 284 (15). pp. 10268-75. ISSN 0021-9258
 
Relation http://www.jbc.org/content/284/15/10268.full.pdf+html
http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1092/