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2024

Dolichol kinases from yeast, nematode and human can replace each other and exchange their domains creating active chimeric enzymes in yeast

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by Danguole Ziogiene, Andrius Burdulis, Albertas Timinskas, Ruta Zinkeviciute, Emilija Vasiliunaite, Milda Norkiene, Alma Gedvilaite

Protein glycosylation is a fundamental modification crucial for numerous intra- and extracellular functions in all eukaryotes. The phosphorylated dolichol (Dol-P) is utilized in N-linked protein glycosylation and other glycosylation pathways. Dolichol kinase (DK) plays a key role in catalyzing the phosphorylation of dolichol. The glycosylation patterns in the Kluyveromyces lactis DK mutant revealed that the yeast well tolerated a minor deficiency in Dol-P by adjusting protein glycosylation. Comparative analysis of sequences of DK homologs from different species of eukaryotes, archaea and bacteria and AlphaFold3 structural model studies, allowed us to predict that DK is most likely composed of two structural/functional domains. The activity of predicted K. lactis DK C-terminal domain expressed from the single copy in the chromosome was not sufficient to keep protein glycosylation level necessary for survival of K. lactis. However, the glycosylation level was partially restored by additionally provided and overexpressed N- or C-terminal domain. Moreover, co-expression of the individual N-and C-terminal domains restored the glycosylation of vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y in both K. lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Despite the differences in length and non-homologous sequences of the N-terminal domains the human and nematode Caenorhabditis elegans DKs successfully complemented DK functions in both yeast species. Additionally, the N-terminal domains of K. lactis and C. elegans DK could functionally substitute for one another, creating active chimeric enzymes. Our results suggest that while the C-terminal domain remains crucial for DK activity, the N-terminal domain may serve not only as a structural domain but also as a possible regulator of DK activity.



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