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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 102, Issue 8, Pages 3082-3087Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409913102
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cAMP; phosphodiesterase
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-44948, P01 HL044948] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK021723, DK-21723] Funding Source: Medline
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In several species, GAF domains, which are widely expressed small-molecule-binding domains that regulate enzyme activity, are known to bind cyclic nucleotides. However, the molecular mechanism by which cyclic nucleotide binding affects enzyme activity is not known for any GAF domain. In the cyanobacterium, Anabaena, the cyaB1 and cyaB2 genes encode adenylyl cyclases that are stimulated by binding of cAMP to their N-terminal GAF domains. Replacement of the tandem GAF-A/B domains in cyaB1 with the mammalian phosphodiesterase 2A GAF-A/B tandem domains allows regulation of the chimeric protein by cGMP, suggesting a highly conserved mechanism of activation. Here, we describe the 1.9-Angstrom crystal structure of the tandem GAF-A/B domains of cyaB2 with bound cAMP and compare it to the previously reported structure of the PDE2A GAF-A/B. Unexpectedly, the cyaB2 GAF-A/B dimer is antiparallel, unlike the parallel dimer of PDE2A. Moreover, there is clear electron density for cAMP in both GAF-A and -B, whereas in PDE2A, cGMP is found only in GAF-B. Phosphate and ribose group contacts are similar to those in PDE2A. However, the purine-binding pockets appear very different from that in PDE2A GAF-B. Differences in the beta2-beta3 loop suggest that this loop confers much of the ligand specificity in this and perhaps in many other GAF domains. Finally, a conserved asparagine appears to be a new addition to the signature NKFDE motif, and a mechanism for this motif to stabilize the cNMP-binding pocket is proposed.
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