Divergent acetyl-CoA binding modes mediate allosteric inhibition of bacterial hybrid-type malic enzymes.

ABSTRACT: Malic enzymes (MEs) function as the bypass enzyme in the Krebs cycle and have attracted attention in a wide range of scientific and industrial fields. In contrast to eukaryotic MEs, there is currently a lack of understanding of the structure-function relationships of prokaryotic MEs. Especially, little is known about an allosteric inhibition mechanism by an effector ligand in multi-domain MEs called hybrid-type MEs. Many bacterial hybrid-type MEs are inhibited by acetyl-CoA; however, the proposed acetyl-CoA binding site is not conserved. Here, we determined crystal and cryo-EM structures of hybrid-type MEs from Escherichia coli (EcMaeB) and Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus including complexes with acetyl-CoA. They reveal that these MaeBs have totally different acetyl-CoA binding sites and show d

SUBMITTER: Sassa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12704298 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature