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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 289, Issue 10, Pages 6978-6990Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.516195
Keywords
Allosteric Regulation; Bacterial Signal Transduction; Chromatography; Crystal Structure; Phosphodiesterases; c-di-GMP Signaling; Second Messenger
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_138414, 31003A_130469]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_130469, 31003A_138414] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Background: The bacterial second messenger cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is degraded by EAL phosphodiesterases. Results: The isolated EAL domain is active only as a homodimer. Substrate binding is coupled with EAL dimerization. Conclusion: Activity of many full-length EAL phosphodiesterases may be regulated by catalytic domain dimerization. Significance: A generic mechanism for the regulation of a central node of c-di-GMP signaling is provided. The universal second messenger cyclic di-GMP (cdG) is involved in the regulation of a diverse range of cellular processes in bacteria. The intracellular concentration of the dinucleotide is determined by the opposing actions of diguanylate cyclases and cdG-specific phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Whereas most PDEs have accessory domains that are involved in the regulation of their activity, the regulatory mechanism of this class of enzymes has remained unclear. Here, we use biophysical and functional analyses to show that the isolated EAL domain of a PDE from Escherichia coli (YahA) is in a fast thermodynamic monomer-dimer equilibrium, and that the domain is active only in its dimeric state. Furthermore, our data indicate thermodynamic coupling between substrate binding and EAL dimerization with the dimerization affinity being increased about 100-fold upon substrate binding. Crystal structures of the YahA-EAL domain determined under various conditions (apo, Mg2+, cdGCa(2+) complex) confirm structural coupling between the dimer interface and the catalytic center. The built-in regulatory properties of the EAL domain probably facilitate its modular, functional combination with the diverse repertoire of accessory domains.
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