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Insights into the GTP/GDP Cycle of RabX3, a Novel GTPase from <i>Entamoeba histolytica</i> with Tandem G-Domains
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- Mintu Chandra
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462023, India
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- Madhumita Mukherjee
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462023, India
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- Vijay Kumar Srivastava
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462023, India
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- Yumiko Saito-Nakano
- Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Tomoyoshi Nozaki
- Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Sunando Datta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462023, India
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Description
Members of the small GTPase Ras superfamily regulate a host of systems through their ability to catalyze the GTP/GDP cycle. All family members reported thus far possess a single GTPase domain with a P-loop containing a nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase fold. Here for the first time we report a novel member from Entamoeba histolytica, EhRabX3, which harbors two GTPase domains in tandem and exhibits unique biochemical properties. A combination of biochemical and microcalorimetric studies revealed that EhRabX3 binds to a single guanine nucleotide through its N-terminal domain. Unlike most of the members of the Ras superfamily, the dissociation of the nucleotide from EhRabX3 is independent of Mg(2+), perhaps indicating a novel mechanism of nucleotide exchange by this protein. We found that EhRabX3 is extremely sluggish in hydrolyzing GTP, and that could be attributed to its atypical nucleotide binding pocket. It harbors substitutions at two positions that confer oncogenicity to Ras because of impaired GTP hydrolysis. Engineering these residues into the conserved counterparts enhanced their GTPase activity by at least 20-fold. In contrast to most of the members of the Ras superfamily, EhRabX3 lacks the prenylation motif. Using indirect immunofluorescence and biochemical fractionation, we demonstrated that the protein is distributed all over the cytosol in amoebic trophozoites. Collectively, this unique ancient GTPase exhibits a striking evolutionary divergence from the other members of the superfamily.
Journal
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- Biochemistry
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Biochemistry 53 (7), 1191-1205, 2014-02-10
American Chemical Society (ACS)