3IE5

Crystal structure of Hyp-1 protein from Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) involved in hypericin biosynthesis


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.69 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.206 
  • R-Value Work: 0.170 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 

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Literature

Crystal structure of Hyp-1, a St. John's wort protein implicated in the biosynthesis of hypericin

Michalska, K.Fernandes, H.Sikorski, M.M.Jaskolski, M.

(2010) J Struct Biol 169: 161-171

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2009.10.008
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3IE5

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Hypericin, a red-colored naphtodianthrone, is a natural product synthesized in the medicinal plant Hypericum perforatum, widely known as St. John's wort. Hypericin has been attracting a growing attention of the pharmaceutical industry because of its potential application in various therapies, including the treatment of depression. In vivo, hypericin is synthesized by dimerization of emodin in a complicated multistep reaction that is reportedly catalyzed by a small (17.8kDa) protein, Hyp-1. Based on relatively low sequence similarity ( approximately 50%), Hyp-1 has been tentatively classified as a plant PR-10 (pathogenesis-related class 10) protein. Members of the PR-10 family are ubiquitous plant proteins associated with stress control and tissue differentiation but with no clearly understood molecular mechanism. They have, however, a well-defined folding canon, consisting of an extended antiparallel beta-sheet wrapped around a C-terminal alpha-helix, enclosing in the protein interior a huge cavity, in which various hydrophobic ligands can be bound. Apart from Hyp-1, only two other PR-10 members have been found to possess enzymatic activity (S-norcoclaurine synthase and TcmN aromatase/cyclase). In this paper, we report a high-resolution crystal structure of Hyp-1, confirming that it indeed has a PR-10 fold. The protein binds multiple polyethylene glycol molecules, some of which occupy the hydrophobic cavity. The crystallographic model illustrates a high degree of conformational adaptability of both interacting partners for efficient binding. We have been unable, however, to dimerize emodin to hypericin using Hyp-1 as biocatalyst. This puzzling result does not have a clear explanation at this time.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Phenolic oxidative coupling protein Hyp-1
A, B
165Hypericum perforatumMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: hyp-1
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8H1L1 (Hypericum perforatum)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q8H1L1
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupQ8H1L1
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 6 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
PE8
Query on PE8

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F [auth A]3,6,9,12,15,18,21-HEPTAOXATRICOSANE-1,23-DIOL
C16 H34 O9
GLZWNFNQMJAZGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
1PE
Query on 1PE

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I [auth B],
L [auth B]
PENTAETHYLENE GLYCOL
C10 H22 O6
JLFNLZLINWHATN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PG4
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E [auth A],
G [auth A],
H [auth A],
J [auth B],
M [auth B]
TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL
C8 H18 O5
UWHCKJMYHZGTIT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PGE
Query on PGE

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D [auth A]TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL
C6 H14 O4
ZIBGPFATKBEMQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PEG
Query on PEG

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K [auth B]DI(HYDROXYETHYL)ETHER
C4 H10 O3
MTHSVFCYNBDYFN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CL
Query on CL

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C [auth A]CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.69 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.206 
  • R-Value Work: 0.170 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 37.538α = 90
b = 76.713β = 90
c = 119.799γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MAR345data collection
PHASERphasing
PHENIXrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-11-10
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-01
    Changes: Advisory, Refinement description
  • Version 1.3: 2023-11-01
    Changes: Advisory, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description