The glutamate switch is present in all seven clades of AAA+ protein

Biochemistry. 2009 Sep 22;48(37):8774-5. doi: 10.1021/bi9012512.

Abstract

Recent work has identified a "glutamate switch" in six of the seven clades of AAA+ ATPases. The glutamate switch acts to transduce information regarding substrate binding to the ATPase active site. We provide biochemical evidence that a highly conserved threonine residue acts as a glutamate switch in the replicative helicase, MCM, and, thus, reveal that the glutamate switch is a feature common to all seven AAA+ clades.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / chemistry
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Archaeal Proteins / chemistry*
  • Archaeal Proteins / genetics
  • Archaeal Proteins / metabolism
  • Catalytic Domain / genetics
  • DnaB Helicases / chemistry*
  • DnaB Helicases / genetics
  • DnaB Helicases / metabolism
  • Glutamic Acid / chemistry*
  • Glutamic Acid / metabolism*
  • Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein / chemistry*
  • Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein / genetics
  • Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein / metabolism
  • Multigene Family
  • Structural Homology, Protein*
  • Substrate Specificity / genetics
  • Sulfolobus solfataricus / enzymology
  • Threonine / chemistry
  • Threonine / genetics

Substances

  • Archaeal Proteins
  • Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein
  • Threonine
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • DnaB Helicases