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From ATP as substrate to ADP as coenzyme: functional evolution of the nucleotide binding subunit of dihydroxyacetone kinases.

Dihydroxyacetone kinases are a family of sequence-related enzymes that utilize either ATP or a protein of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system ( PTS) as a source of high energy phosphate. The PTS is a multicomponent system involved in carbohydrate uptake and control of carbon metabolism in bacteria. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the PTS-dependent dihydroxyacetone kinases evolved from an ATP-dependent ancestor. Their nucleotide binding subunit, an eight-helix barrel of regular up-down topology, retains ADP as phosphorylation site for the double displacement of phosphate from a phospho-histidine of the PTS protein to dihydroxyacetone. ADP is bound essentially irreversibly with a t((1/2)) of 100 min. Complexation with ADP increases the thermal unfolding temperature of dihydroxyacetone L from 40 (apo-form) to 65 degrees C (holoenzyme). ADP assumes the same role as histidines, cysteines, and aspartic acids in histidine kinases and PTS proteins. This conversion of a substrate binding site into a cofactor binding site reflects a remarkable instance of parsimonious evolution.[1]

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  1. From ATP as substrate to ADP as coenzyme: functional evolution of the nucleotide binding subunit of dihydroxyacetone kinases. Bächler, C., Flükiger-Brühwiler, K., Schneider, P., Bähler, P., Erni, B. J. Biol. Chem. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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