title: Structural and biochemical studies of TIGAR (TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator).
abstract: Activation of the p53 tumor suppressor by cellular stress leads to variable responses ranging from growth inhibition to apoptosis. TIGAR is a novel p53-inducible gene that inhibits glycolysis by reducing cellular levels of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate, an activator of glycolysis and inhibitor of gluconeogenesis. Here we describe structural and biochemical studies of TIGAR from Danio rerio. The overall structure forms a histidine phosphatase fold with a phosphate molecule coordinated to the catalytic histidine residue and a second phosphate molecule in a position not observed in other phosphatases. The recombinant human and zebra fish enzymes hydrolyze fructose-2,6-bisphosphate as well as fructose-1,6-bisphosphate but not fructose 6-phosphate in vitro. The TIGAR active site is open and positively charged, consistent with its enzymatic function as bisphosphatase. The closest related structures are the bacterial broad specificity phosphatase PhoE and the fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase domain of the bifunctional 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. The structural comparison shows that TIGAR combines an accessible active site as observed in PhoE with a charged substrate-binding pocket as seen in the fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase domain of the bifunctional enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Gerwald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jogl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020134:Catalytic Domain / Q000502:physiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005635:Fructosediphosphates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D025481:Phosphofructokinase-2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D018272:Porins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D040681:Structural Homology, Protein; D013379:Substrate Specificity / Q000502:physiology; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005635:Fructosediphosphates; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D018272:Porins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C539005:tigarb protein, zebrafish; C027652:fructose 2,6-diphosphate; C082922:PhoE protein, E coli; D025481:Phosphofructokinase-2; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; C512708:TIGAR protein, human; C029063:fructose-1,6-diphosphate