{"title":"A metabolon that GATEs","authors":"Alisdair R. Fernie, Guillaume Decros","doi":"10.1038/s41929-026-01553-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The chalcone synthase (CHS)–chalcone isomerase-like protein (CHIL) complex is well defined, however, regulatory mechanisms remain obscure for this complex, as for most metabolons. Now, evaluating transient dynamics of this metabolon reveals that CHS undergoes rapid reversible binding cycles with CHIL and that this transiently displaces the coenzyme A inhibitor from the binding tunnel through competitive occupation, reshapes the CHS active site and guides the intermediate to product reaction thereby regulating catalysis in real time.","PeriodicalId":18845,"journal":{"name":"Nature Catalysis","volume":"9 6","pages":"573-574"},"PeriodicalIF":48.3000,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Catalysis","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-026-01553-4","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The chalcone synthase (CHS)–chalcone isomerase-like protein (CHIL) complex is well defined, however, regulatory mechanisms remain obscure for this complex, as for most metabolons. Now, evaluating transient dynamics of this metabolon reveals that CHS undergoes rapid reversible binding cycles with CHIL and that this transiently displaces the coenzyme A inhibitor from the binding tunnel through competitive occupation, reshapes the CHS active site and guides the intermediate to product reaction thereby regulating catalysis in real time.
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