title: The crystal structure of D-lactate dehydrogenase, a peripheral membrane respiratory enzyme.
abstract: d-Lactate dehydrogenase (d-LDH) of Escherichia coli is a peripheral membrane respiratory enzyme involved in electron transfer, located on the cytoplasmic side of the inner membrane. d-LDH catalyzes the oxidation of d-lactate to pyruvate, which is coupled to transmembrane transport of amino acids and sugars. Here we describe the crystal structure at 1.9 A resolution of the three domains of d-LDH: the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-binding domain, the cap domain, and the membrane-binding domain. The FAD-binding domain contains the site of d-lactate reduction by a noncovalently bound FAD cofactor and has an overall fold similar to other members of a recently discovered FAD-containing family of proteins. This structural similarity extends to the cap domain as well. The most prominent difference between d-LDH and the other members of the FAD-containing family is the membrane-binding domain, which is either absent in some of these proteins or differs significantly. The d-LDH membrane-binding domain presents an electropositive surface with six Arg and five Lys residues, which presumably interacts with the negatively charged phospholipid head groups of the membrane. Thus, d-LDH appears to bind the membrane through electrostatic rather than hydrophobic forces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Laboratory of Structural Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dym
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D019069:Cell Respiration; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D019344:Lactic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase