Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis mtFabD, a malonyl-CoA:acyl carrier protein transacylase (MCAT)

Hemza Ghadbane, Alistair K Brown, Laurent Kremer, Gurdyal S Besra, Klaus Fütterer

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Abstract

Mycobacteria display a unique and unusual cell-wall architecture, central to which is the membrane-proximal mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan core (mAGP). The biosynthesis of mycolic acids, which form the outermost layer of the mAGP core, involves malonyl-CoA:acyl carrier protein transacylase (MCAT). This essential enzyme catalyses the transfer of malonyl from coenzyme A to acyl carrier protein AcpM, thus feeding these two-carbon units into the chain-elongation cycle of the type II fatty-acid synthase. The crystal structure of M. tuberculosis mtFabD, the mycobacterial MCAT, has been determined to 3.0 A resolution by multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion. Phasing was facilitated by Ni2+ ions bound to the 20-residue N-terminal affinity tag, which packed between the two independent copies of mtFabD.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)831-5
Number of pages5
JournalActa Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Volume63
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2007

Keywords

  • mtFabD
  • malonyl-CoA:acyl carrier protein transacylases

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