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dc.contributor.authorKumpula, Esa-Pekkaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLopez Moreno, Andrea Johanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorTajedin, Leilaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHan, Huijongen_US
dc.contributor.authorKursula, Inarien_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-27T10:10:23Z
dc.date.available2020-03-27T10:10:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.PublishedKumpula E, Lopez Moreno AJ, Tajedin L, Han H, Kursula I. Atomic view into plasmodium actin polymerization, ATP hydrolysis, and fragmentation. PLoS Biology. 2019;17(6):e3000315eng
dc.identifier.issn1544-9173
dc.identifier.issn1545-7885
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/21604
dc.description.abstractPlasmodium actins form very short filaments and have a noncanonical link between ATP hydrolysis and polymerization. Long filaments are detrimental to the parasites, but the structural factors constraining Plasmodium microfilament lengths have remained unknown. Using high-resolution crystallography, we show that magnesium binding causes a slight flattening of the Plasmodium actin I monomer, and subsequent phosphate release results in a more twisted conformation. Thus, the Mg-bound monomer is closer in conformation to filamentous (F) actin than the Ca form, and this likely facilitates polymerization. A coordinated potassium ion resides in the active site during hydrolysis and leaves together with the phosphate, a process governed by the position of the Arg178/Asp180-containing A loop. Asp180 interacts with either Lys270 or His74, depending on the protonation state of the histidine, while Arg178 links the inner and outer domains (ID and OD) of the actin protomer. Hence, the A loop acts as a switch between stable and unstable filament conformations, the latter leading to fragmentation. Our data provide a comprehensive model for polymerization, ATP hydrolysis and phosphate release, and fragmentation of parasite microfilaments. Similar mechanisms may well exist in canonical actins, although fragmentation is much less favorable due to several subtle sequence differences as well as the methylation of His73, which is absent on the corresponding His74 in Plasmodium actin I.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherPLOSeng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0eng
dc.titleAtomic view into plasmodium actin polymerization, ATP hydrolysis, and fragmentationen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2019-11-13T14:54:48Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000315
dc.identifier.cristin1719114
dc.source.journalPLoS Biology
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 262476
dc.identifier.citationPLoS Biology. 2019, 17 (6), e3000315.


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