文摘
The crystal structures of Leishmania mexicana fructose-1,6-bis(phosphate) aldolase in complexwith substrate and competitive inhibitor, mannitol-1,6-bis(phosphate), were solved to 2.2 Å resolution.Crystallographic analysis revealed a Schiff base intermediate trapped in the native structure complexedwith substrate while the inhibitor was trapped in a conformation mimicking the carbinolamine intermediate.Binding modes corroborated previous structures reported for rabbit muscle aldolase. Amino acid substitutionof Gly-312 to Ala, adjacent to the P1-phosphate binding site and unique to trypanosomatids, did notperturb ligand binding in the active site. Ligand attachment ordered amino acid residues 359-367 of theC-terminal region (353-373) that was disordered beyond Asp-358 in the unbound structure, revealing anovel recruitment mechanism of this region by aldolases. C-Terminal peptide ordering is triggered byP1-phosphate binding that induces conformational changes whereby C-terminal Leu-364 contacts P1-phosphate binding residue Arg-313. C-Terminal region capture synergizes additional interactions withsubunit surface residues, not perturbed by P1-phosphate binding, and stabilizes C-terminal attachment.Amino acid residues that participate in the capturing interaction are conserved among class I aldolases,indicating a general recruitment mechanism whereby C-terminal capture facilitates active site interactionsin subsequent catalytic steps. Recruitment accelerates the enzymatic reaction by using binding energy toreduce configurational entropy during catalysis thereby localizing the conserved C-terminus tyrosine, whichmediates proton transfer, proximal to the active site enamine.