An essential role of acetyl coenzyme A in the catalytic cycle of insect arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase.

Chu-Ya Wu, I-Chen Hu, Yi-Chen Yang, Wei-Cheng Ding, Chih-Hsuan Lai, Yi-Zong Lee, Yi-Chung Liu, Hui-Chun Cheng, Ping-Chiang Lyu

Communications biology 2020 Aug 14

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Acetyl coenzyme A (Ac-CoA)-dependent N-acetylation is performed by arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) and is important in many biofunctions. AANAT catalyzes N-acetylation through an ordered sequential mechanism in which cofactor (Ac-CoA) binds first, with substrate binding afterward. No ternary structure containing AANAT, cofactor, and substrate was determined, meaning the details of substrate binding and product release remain unclear. Here, two ternary complexes of dopamine N-acetyltransferase (Dat) before and after N-acetylation were solved at 1.28 Å and 1.36 Å resolution, respectively. Combined with the structures of Dat in apo form and Ac-CoA bound form, we addressed each stage in the catalytic cycle. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), crystallography, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) were utilized to analyze the product release. Our data revealed that Ac-CoA regulates the conformational properties of Dat to form the catalytic site and substrate binding pocket, while the release of products is facilitated by the binding of new Ac-CoA.

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Chu-Ya Wu, I-Chen Hu, Yi-Chen Yang, Wei-Cheng Ding, Chih-Hsuan Lai, Yi-Zong Lee, Yi-Chung Liu, Hui-Chun Cheng, Ping-Chiang Lyu. An essential role of acetyl coenzyme A in the catalytic cycle of insect arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase. Communications biology. 2020 Aug 14;3(1):441