Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cya, an evolutionary ancestor of the mammalian membrane adenylyl cyclases
- Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- University of Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis adenylyl cyclase (AC) Rv1625c / Cya is an evolutionary ancestor of the mammalian membrane ACs and a model system for studies of their structure and function. Although the vital role of ACs in cellular signaling is well established, the function of their transmembrane (TM) regions remains unknown. Here we describe the cryo-EM structure of Cya bound to a stabilizing nanobody at 3.6 Å resolution. The TM helices 1-5 form a structurally conserved domain that facilitates the assembly of the helical and catalytic domains. The TM region contains discrete pockets accessible from the extracellular and cytosolic side of the membrane. Neutralization of the negatively charged extracellular pocket Ex1 destabilizes the cytosolic helical domain and reduces the catalytic activity of the enzyme. The TM domain acts as a functional component of Cya, guiding the assembly of the catalytic domain and providing the means for direct regulation of catalytic activity in response to extracellular ligands.
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The atomic coordinates and structure factors have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank (7YZ9, 7YZI, 7YZK); the density maps have been deposited in the Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMD-14388, EMD-14389). The mass spectrometry data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD033826. All other data are available in the main text or the supplementary materials.
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Volodymyr M. Korkhov
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (150665)
- Volodymyr M. Korkhov
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (176992)
- Volodymyr M. Korkhov
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (184951)
- Volodymyr M. Korkhov
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2022, Mehta et al.
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Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cya, an evolutionary ancestor of the mammalian membrane adenylyl cyclases
eLife 11:e77032.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77032
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