S-adenosyl-l-methionine interaction signatures in methyltransferases

The switching on or off of methylation, a change from a normal methylation to hyper or hypo methylation is implicated in many diseases that include cancers, infectious, neurodegenerative diseases and others. Methyltransferases are one of the most sought targets that have diversified for the methylation of a variety of substrates. However, without S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM), the universal methyl donor, the majority of the methyltransferases remain functionally inactive. In this article, we did a comprehensive analysis of all available SAM-receptor crystal structures at atom, moiety and structure levels to gain deeper insights into the structure and function of SAM. SAM demonstrated flexibility in binding to a variety of receptors irrespective of the size of the binding pockets. Further analysis of the binding pockets resulted in all SAM conformations clustering into four natural shapes. The conserved interaction analysis provides an unambiguous orientation of SAM binding to receptors which has been elusive till now. SAM peptide moiety (SPM) and SAM nucleobase moiety (SNM) show up to 89% interactions with receptors whereas only 11% interactions with SAM ribose moiety (SRM). It is found that SPM and SNM terminal atoms anchor to the highly conserved receptor subsites creating a workbench for catalysis. It is seen that every interacting atom and its position is crucial in the methyl transfer phenomenon. A very unique observation is that the methyl group of SAM does not have even one interaction with the receptor. The deep insights gained help in the design and development of novel drugs against the methyltransferases.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

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Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics - 42(2024), 6 vom: 31. März, Seite 3166-3176

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kadam, Mangal S [VerfasserIn]
Burra, V L S Prasad [VerfasserIn]

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7LP2MPO46S
Conserved receptor subsites
Diseases
EC 2.1.1.-
Journal Article
Methyltransferases
S-Adenosylmethionine
S-adenosyl-l-methionine

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/07391102.2023.2217679

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NLM357639278