TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural remodelling of the carbon-phosphorus lyase machinery by a dual ABC ATPase
AU - Amstrup, Søren K
AU - Ong, Sui Ching
AU - Sofos, Nicholas
AU - Karlsen, Jesper L
AU - Skjerning, Ragnhild B
AU - Boesen, Thomas
AU - Enghild, Jan J
AU - Hove-Jensen, Bjarne
AU - Brodersen, Ditlev E
N1 - © 2023. The Author(s).
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - In Escherichia coli, the 14-cistron phn operon encoding carbon-phosphorus lyase allows for utilisation of phosphorus from a wide range of stable phosphonate compounds containing a C-P bond. As part of a complex, multi-step pathway, the PhnJ subunit was shown to cleave the C-P bond via a radical mechanism, however, the details of the reaction could not immediately be reconciled with the crystal structure of a 220 kDa PhnGHIJ C-P lyase core complex, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of phosphonate breakdown in bacteria. Here, we show using single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy that PhnJ mediates binding of a double dimer of the ATP-binding cassette proteins, PhnK and PhnL, to the core complex. ATP hydrolysis induces drastic structural remodelling leading to opening of the core complex and reconfiguration of a metal-binding and putative active site located at the interface between the PhnI and PhnJ subunits.
AB - In Escherichia coli, the 14-cistron phn operon encoding carbon-phosphorus lyase allows for utilisation of phosphorus from a wide range of stable phosphonate compounds containing a C-P bond. As part of a complex, multi-step pathway, the PhnJ subunit was shown to cleave the C-P bond via a radical mechanism, however, the details of the reaction could not immediately be reconciled with the crystal structure of a 220 kDa PhnGHIJ C-P lyase core complex, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of phosphonate breakdown in bacteria. Here, we show using single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy that PhnJ mediates binding of a double dimer of the ATP-binding cassette proteins, PhnK and PhnL, to the core complex. ATP hydrolysis induces drastic structural remodelling leading to opening of the core complex and reconfiguration of a metal-binding and putative active site located at the interface between the PhnI and PhnJ subunits.
KW - Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
KW - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
KW - Escherichia coli/enzymology
KW - Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism
KW - Organophosphonates/metabolism
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-023-36604-y
DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-36604-y
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36813778
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 14
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
M1 - 1001
ER -