Crystal structure of malonyl CoA-Acyl carrier protein transacylase from Xanthomanous oryzae pv. oryzae and its proposed binding with ACP

Mol Cells. 2012 Jan;33(1):19-25. doi: 10.1007/s10059-012-2155-y. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

Abstract

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a plant bacterial pathogen that causes bacterial blight (BB) disease, resulting in serious production losses of rice. The crystal structure of malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase (XoMCAT), encoded by the gene fabD (Xoo0880) from Xoo, was determined at 2.3 Å resolution in complex with N-cyclohexyl-2-aminoethansulfonic acid. Malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase transfers malonyl group from malonyl CoA to acyl carrier protein (ACP). The transacylation step is essential in fatty acid synthesis. Based on the rationale, XoMCAT has been considered as a target for antibacterial agents against BB. Protein-protein interaction between XoMCAT and ACP was also extensively investigated using computational docking, and the proposed model revealed that ACP bound to the cleft between two XoMCAT subdomains.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyl Carrier Protein / metabolism*
  • Acyl-Carrier Protein S-Malonyltransferase / chemistry*
  • Acyl-Carrier Protein S-Malonyltransferase / genetics
  • Acyl-Carrier Protein S-Malonyltransferase / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Crystallization
  • Malonyl Coenzyme A / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Xanthomonas / enzymology*

Substances

  • Acyl Carrier Protein
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Malonyl Coenzyme A
  • Acyl-Carrier Protein S-Malonyltransferase