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Structure of a eukaryotic cholinephosphotransferase-1 reveals mechanisms of substrate recognition and catalysis

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  • Lie Wang

    (Baylor College of Medicine)

  • Ming Zhou

    (Baylor College of Medicine)

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Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is the most abundant phospholipid in eukaryotic cell membranes. In eukaryotes, two highly homologous enzymes, cholinephosphotransferase-1 (CHPT1) and choline/ethanolamine phosphotransferase-1 (CEPT1) catalyze the final step of de novo PC synthesis. CHPT1/CEPT1 joins two substrates, cytidine diphosphate-choline (CDP-choline) and diacylglycerol (DAG), to produce PC, and Mg2+ is required for the reaction. However, mechanisms of substrate recognition and catalysis remain unresolved. Here we report structures of a CHPT1 from Xenopus laevis (xlCHPT1) determined by cryo-electron microscopy to an overall resolution of ~3.2 Å. xlCHPT1 forms a homodimer, and each protomer has 10 transmembrane helices (TMs). The first 6 TMs carve out a cone-shaped enclosure in the membrane in which the catalysis occurs. The enclosure opens to the cytosolic side, where a CDP-choline and two Mg2+ are coordinated. The structures identify a catalytic site unique to eukaryotic CHPT1/CEPT1 and suggest an entryway for DAG. The structures also reveal an internal pseudo two-fold symmetry between TM3-6 and TM7-10, and suggest that CHPT1/CEPT1 may have evolved from their distant prokaryotic ancestors through gene duplication.

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  • Lie Wang & Ming Zhou, 2023. "Structure of a eukaryotic cholinephosphotransferase-1 reveals mechanisms of substrate recognition and catalysis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-38003-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38003-9
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