PDBsum entry: 2f3t

Transferase

PDB id: 2f3t

Contents

Protein chains

(+ 0 more) 205 a.a. *

Ligands

LGP ×4

Waters ×25

* Residue conservation analysis

PDB id:

2f3t

Name:

Transferase

Title:

Crystal structure of e.Coli guanylate kinase in complex with ganciclovir monophosphate

Structure:

Guanylate kinase. Chain: a, b, c, d, e, f. Synonym: gmp kinase. Engineered: yes

Source:

Escherichia coli. Organism_taxid: 562. Gene: gmk, spor. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562.

Biol. unit:

Hexamer (from PQS)

Resolution:

3.16Å R-factor: 0.268 R-free: 0.290

Authors:

G.Hible,J.Cherfils

Key ref:

G.Hible et al. (2006). Crystal structures of GMP kinase in complex with ganciclovir monophosphate and Ap5G. Biochimie, 88, 1157-1164. PubMed id: 16690197 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.04.002

Date:

22-Nov-05 Release date: 30-May-06

Protein chains

P60546  (KGUA_ECOLI) -  Guanylate kinase

Seq: 207 a.a.

Struc: 205 a.a.

Enzyme reactions

• Enzyme class: E.C.2.7.4.8 - Guanylate kinase.
• Reaction: ATP + GMP = ADP + GDP

ATP + GMP (Bound ligand (Het Group name = LGP) matches with 91.67% similarity) = ADP + GDP

Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 

• Cellular component: cytoplasm (1 term)
• Biological process: phosphorylation (2 terms)
• Biochemical function: nucleotide binding (6 terms)

reference

DOI no: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.04.002

Biochimie 88:1157-1164 (2006)

PubMed id: 16690197

Crystal structures of GMP kinase in complex with ganciclovir monophosphate and Ap5G.

G.Hible, P.Daalova, A.M.Gilles, J.Cherfils.

ABSTRACT

Guanosine monophosphate kinases (GMPK), by catalyzing the phosphorylation of GMP or dGMP, are of dual potential in assisting the activation of anti-viral prodrugs or as candidates for antibiotic strategies. Human GMPK is an obligate step for the activation of acyclic guanosine analogs, such as ganciclovir, which necessitate efficient phosphorylation, while GMPK from bacterial pathogens, in which this enzyme is essential, are potential targets for therapeutic inhibition. Here we analyze these two aspects of GMPK activity with the crystal structures of Escherichia coli GMPK in complex with ganciclovir-monophosphate (GCV-MP) and with a bi-substrate inhibitor, Ap5G. GCV-MP binds as GMP to the GMP-binding domain, which is identical in E. coli and human GMPKs, but unlike the natural substrate fails to stabilize the closed, catalytically-competent conformation of this domain. Comparison with GMP- and GDP-bound GMPK structures identifies the 2'hydroxyl of the ribose moiety as responsible for hooking the GMP-binding domain onto the CORE domain. Absence of this hydroxyl in GCV-MP impairs the stabilization of the active conformation, and explains why GCV-MP is phosphorylated less efficiently than GMP, but as efficiently as dGMP. In contrast, Ap5G is an efficient inhibitor of GMPK. The crystal structure shows that Ap5G locks an incompletely closed conformation of the enzyme, in which the adenine moiety is located outside its expected binding site. Instead, it binds at a subunit interface that is unique to the bacterial enzyme, which is in equilibrium between a dimeric and an hexameric form in solution. This suggests that inhibitors could be designed to bind at this interface such as to prevent nucleotide-induced domain closure. Altogether, these complexes point to domain motions as critical components to be evaluated in therapeutic strategies targeting NMP kinases, with opposite effects depending on whether efficient phosphorylation or inhibition is being sought after.