Molecular defects of the glycine 41 variants of alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase associated with primary hyperoxaluria type I.

ABSTRACT: G41 is an interfacial residue located within the alpha-helix 34-42 of alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). Its mutations on the major (AGT-Ma) or the minor (AGT-Mi) allele give rise to the variants G41R-Ma, G41R-Mi, and G41V-Ma causing hyperoxaluria type 1. Impairment of dimerization in these variants has been suggested to be responsible for immunoreactivity deficiency, intraperoxisomal aggregation, and sensitivity to proteasomal degradation. However, no experimental evidence supports this view. Here we report that G41 mutations, besides increasing the dimer-monomer equilibrium dissociation constant, affect the protein conformation and stability, and perturb its active site. As compared to AGT-Ma or AGT-Mi, G41 variants display different near-UV CD and intrinsic emission fluorescence

SUBMITTER: Cellini B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2840350 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature