Title : Pseudomonas aeruginosa esterase PA2949, a bacterial homolog of the human membrane esterase ABHD6: expression, purification and crystallization - Bleffert_2019_Acta.Crystallogr.F.Struct.Biol.Commun_75_270 |
Author(s) : Bleffert F , Granzin J , Gohlke H , Batra-Safferling R , Jaeger KE , Kovacic F |
Ref : Acta Crystallographica F Struct Biol Commun , 75 :270 , 2019 |
Abstract :
The human membrane-bound alpha/beta-hydrolase domain 6 (ABHD6) protein modulates endocannabinoid signaling, which controls appetite, pain and learning, as well as being linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, through the degradation of the key lipid messenger 2-arachidonylglycerol (2-AG). This makes ABHD6 an attractive therapeutic target that lacks structural information. In order to better understand the molecular mechanism of 2-AG-hydrolyzing enzymes, the PA2949 protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which has 49% sequence similarity to the ABHD6 protein, was cloned, overexpressed, purified and crystallized. Overexpression of PA2949 in the homologous host yielded the membrane-bound enzyme, which was purified in milligram amounts. Besides their sequence similarity, the enzymes both show specificity for the hydrolysis of 2-AG and esters of medium-length fatty acids. PA2949 in the presence of n-octyl beta-D-glucoside showed a higher activity and stability at room temperature than those previously reported for PA2949 overexpressed and purified from Escherichia coli. A suitable expression host and stabilizing detergent were crucial for obtaining crystals, which belonged to the tetragonal space group I4122 and diffracted to a resolution of 2.54 A. This study provides hints on the functional similarity of ABHD6-like proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and might guide the structural study of these difficult-to-crystallize proteins. |
PubMedSearch : Bleffert_2019_Acta.Crystallogr.F.Struct.Biol.Commun_75_270 |
PubMedID: 30950828 |
Gene_locus related to this paper: pseae-PA2949 |
Substrate | Octylglucoside 2-Arachidonylglycerol Paranitrophenyl-octanoate |
Gene_locus | pseae-PA2949 |
Structure | 6I8W |
Bleffert F, Granzin J, Gohlke H, Batra-Safferling R, Jaeger KE, Kovacic F (2019)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa esterase PA2949, a bacterial homolog of the human membrane esterase ABHD6: expression, purification and crystallization
Acta Crystallographica F Struct Biol Commun
75 :270
Bleffert F, Granzin J, Gohlke H, Batra-Safferling R, Jaeger KE, Kovacic F (2019)
Acta Crystallographica F Struct Biol Commun
75 :270