title: Structures of human cytosolic NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase reveal a novel self-regulatory mechanism of activity.
abstract: Isocitrate dehydrogenases (IDHs) catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate, and regulation of the enzymatic activity of IDHs is crucial for their biological functions. Bacterial IDHs are reversibly regulated by phosphorylation of a strictly conserved serine residue at the active site. Eukaryotic NADP-dependent IDHs (NADP-IDHs) have been shown to have diverse important biological functions; however, their regulatory mechanism remains unclear. Structural studies of human cytosolic NADP-IDH (HcIDH) in complex with NADP and in complex with NADP, isocitrate, and Ca2+ reveal three biologically relevant conformational states of the enzyme that differ substantially in the structure of the active site and in the overall structure. A structural segment at the active site that forms a conserved alpha-helix in all known NADP-IDH structures assumes a loop conformation in the open, inactive form of HcIDH; a partially unraveled alpha-helix in the semi-open, intermediate form; and an alpha-helix in the closed, active form. The side chain of Asp279 of this segment occupies the isocitrate-binding site and forms hydrogen bonds with Ser94 (the equivalent of the phosphorylation site in bacterial IDHs) in the inactive form and chelates the metal ion in the active form. The structural data led us to propose a novel self-regulatory mechanism for HcIDH that mimics the phosphorylation mechanism used by the bacterial homologs, consistent with biochemical and biological data. This mechanism might be applicable to other eukaryotic NADP-IDHs. The results also provide insights into the recognition and specificity of substrate and cofactor by eukaryotic NADP-IDHs.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jingyue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Baozhen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Qiuhua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Eddy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003460:Crystallization; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007523:Isocitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D017356:Synchrotrons
chemical_list: D007523:Isocitrates; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D009249:NADP; C034219:isocitric acid; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; C039355:isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP+); D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium