title: Modelling the 2-kinase domain of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase on adenylate kinase.
abstract: Simultaneous multiple alignment of available sequences of the bifunctional enzyme 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase revealed several segments of conserved residues in the 2-kinase domain. The sequence of the kinase domain was also compared with proteins of known three-dimensional structure. No similarity was found between the kinase domain of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase and 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase. This questions the modelling of the 2-kinase domain on bacterial 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase that has previously been proposed [Bazan, Fletterick and Pilkis (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86, 9642-9646]. However, sequence similarities were found between the 2-kinase domain and several nucleotide-binding proteins, the most similar being adenylate kinase. A structural model of the 2-kinase domain based on adenylate kinase is proposed. It accommodates all the results of site-directed mutagenesis studies carried out to date on residues in the 2-kinase domain. It also allows residues potentially involved in catalysis and/or substrate binding to be predicted.
authors.affiliation: Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Department of Biology, Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vertommen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Depiereux
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hue
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rider
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feytmans
mesh_terms: D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed / Q000235:genetics; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D025481:Phosphofructokinase-2; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D025481:Phosphofructokinase-2; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; C068652:1-phosphofructokinase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase