Common mechanism of activated catalysis in P-loop fold nucleoside triphosphatases - in varietate concordia
Kozlova, M. I.; Shalaeva, D. N.; Dibrova, D. V.; Mulkidjanian, A. Y.
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Though P-loop fold nucleoside triphosphatases (also known as Walker NTPases) are widespread, their catalytic mechanism remains unclear. Based on a comparative structure analysis of 3136 Mg-NTP-containing catalytic sites, we propose a common scheme of activated catalysis for P-loop NTPases. In this scheme, a hydrogen bond (H-bond) between the strictly conserved, Mg-coordinating Ser/Thr of the Walker A motif ([Ser/Thr]WA) and the conserved aspartate of the Walker B motif (AspWB) plays the key role. We found that this H-bond is very short in the structures with bound transition state analogs. Given that a short hydrogen bond (also known as a low-barrier hydrogen bond) implies parity of pK values of the H-bond partners, we suggest that the proton affinities of these two residues reverse upon activation so that the proton relocates from [Ser/Thr]WA to AspWB. The anionic [Ser/Thr]WA alkoxide withdraws then a proton from the would-be nucleophile (either a water molecule or a sugar moiety in some P-loop kinases), and the nascent anion attacks the gamma-phosphate group. When gamma-phosphate breaks away, the trapped proton relays from AspWB, via [Ser/Thr]WA, to beta-phosphate and compensates for its developing negative charge.
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