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Unravelling the shape and structural assembly of the photosynthetic GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex from Arabidopsis thaliana by small-angle X-ray scattering analysis

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Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms produce sugars through the Calvin-Benson cycle, a metabolism that is tightly linked to the light reactions of photosynthesis and is regulated by different mechanisms, including the formation of protein complexes. Two enzymes of the cycle, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK), form a supramolecular complex with the regulatory protein CP12 with the formula (GAPDH-CP12(2)-PRK) 2, in which both enzyme activities are transiently inhibited during the night. Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis performed on both the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex and its components, GAPDH-CP12 and PRK, from Arabidopsis thaliana showed that (i) PRK has an elongated, bent and screwed shape, (ii) the oxidized N-terminal region of CP12 that is not embedded in the GAPDH-CP12 complex prefers a compact conformation and (iii) the interaction of PRK with the N-terminal region of CP12 favours the approach of two GAPDH tetramers. The interaction between the GAPDH tetramers may contribute to the overall stabilization of the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex, the structure of which is presented here for the first time.

Calvin-Benson cycleSAXSArabidopsis thalianamultiprotein complex

Del Giudice, Alessandra、Pavel, Nicolae Viorel、Galantini, Luciano、Falini, Giuseppe、Trost, Paolo、Fermani, Simona、Sparla, Francesca

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Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Chem, I-00185 Rome, Italy

Univ Bologna, Dept Chem G Ciamician, Bologna, Italy

Univ Bologna, Dept Pharm & Biotechnol FaBiT, Bologna, Italy

2015

Acta crystallographica.

Acta crystallographica.

ISSN:0907-4449
年,卷(期):2015.71(12)
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