title: Structure of methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from methylobacterium extorquens AM1.
abstract: NADP-dependent methylene-H(4)MPT dehydrogenase, MtdA, from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 catalyzes the dehydrogenation of methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin and methylene-tetrahydrofolate with NADP(+) as cosubstrate. The X-ray structure of MtdA with and without NADP bound was established at 1.9 A resolution. The enzyme is present as a homotrimer. The alpha,beta fold of the monomer is related to that of methylene-H(4)F dehydrogenases, suggesting a common evolutionary origin. The position of the active site is located within a large crevice built up by the two domains of one subunit and one domain of a second subunit. Methylene-H(4)MPT could be modeled into the cleft, and crucial active site residues such as Phe18, Lys256, His260, and Thr102 were identified. The molecular basis of the different substrate specificities and different catalytic demands of MtdA compared to methylene-H(4)F dehydrogenases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 7, D-60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ulrich.ermler@mpibp-frankfurt.mpg.de
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ermler
authors.forename: Christoph H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hagemeier
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Demmer
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grabarse
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Warkentin
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vorholt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006801:Humans; D020601:Methylobacterium extorquens / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011622:Pterins / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D011622:Pterins; D009249:NADP; C042416:5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; C047126:methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase