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Biochemistry ; 52(20): 3523-31, 2013 May 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23621087

ABSTRACT

Glucokinase (GK) plays a major role in the regulation of blood glucose homeostasis in both the liver and the pancreas. In the liver, GK is controlled by the GK regulatory protein (GKRP). GKRP in turn is activated by fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) and inactivated by fructose 1-phosphate (F1P). Disrupting the GK-GKRP complex increases the activity of GK in the cytosol and is considered an attractive concept for the regulation of blood glucose. We have determined the crystal structure of GKRP in its inactive F1P-bound form. The binding site for F1P is located deeply buried at a domain interface, and H-D exchange experiments confirmed that F1P and F6P compete for this site. The structure of the inactive GKRP-F1P complex provides a starting point for understanding the mechanism of fructose phosphate-dependent GK regulation at an atomic level.


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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/chemistry , Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism , Binding Sites , Crystallography, X-Ray , Fructosephosphates/chemistry , Fructosephosphates/metabolism , Humans , Models, Molecular , Protein Conformation
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J Biol Chem ; 283(14): 8913-8, 2008 Apr 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18198182

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Disrupting the interaction between glycogen phosphorylase and the glycogen targeting subunit (G(L)) of protein phosphatase 1 is emerging as a novel target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. To elucidate the molecular basis of binding, we have determined the crystal structure of liver phosphorylase bound to a G(L)-derived peptide. The structure reveals the C terminus of G(L) binding in a hydrophobically collapsed conformation to the allosteric regulator-binding site at the phosphorylase dimer interface. G(L) mimics interactions that are otherwise employed by the activator AMP. Functional studies show that G(L) binds tighter than AMP and confirm that the C-terminal Tyr-Tyr motif is the major determinant for G(L) binding potency. Our study validates the G(L)-phosphorylase interface as a novel target for small molecule interaction.


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Glycogen Phosphorylase, Liver Form/chemistry , Peptides/chemistry , Protein Phosphatase 1/chemistry , Adenosine Monophosphate/chemistry , Adenosine Monophosphate/metabolism , Amino Acid Motifs/physiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/enzymology , Dimerization , Glycogen Phosphorylase, Liver Form/metabolism , Humans , Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions , Peptides/metabolism , Protein Binding/physiology , Protein Phosphatase 1/metabolism , Protein Structure, Quaternary/physiology , Protein Subunits/chemistry , Protein Subunits/metabolism
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