Computational analysis of the quaternary structural changes induced by point mutations in human UDP-glucose dehydrogenase |
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Authors: | Hui Sun Lee |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology and Research Institute for Biomacromolecules, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. Seoul 138-736, South Korea |
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Abstract: | UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) is an enzyme catalyzing the conversion of UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronic acid. Site-directed mutagenesis studies have revealed that human UGDH (hUGDH) has distinct oligomeric states that vary with different point mutations. In this study we have investigated how the changes in the oligomer-forming propensity may be involved in the thermal motion of wild-type hUGDH and its mutants, using normal mode analysis (NMA). Our results show that the perturbation caused by the mutation of a residue at a considerably distant location from the oligomeric interfaces is preferentially distributed throughout specific sites, especially the large flexible regions in the hUGDH structure, thereby changing the motional fluctuation pattern at the oligomeric interfaces. A large-magnitude cooperative motion at the oligomeric interfaces is a critical factor in interfering with the hexamer formation of the enzyme. In particular, structural stability at the dimeric interface is necessary to retain the hexameric structure of hUGDH. |
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Keywords: | UDP-glucose dehydrogenase Oligomeric state Hexamer Dimer Normal mode analysis Motional fluctuation Oligomeric interface |
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