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Koch MA, Waldmann H. Protein domain fold similarity and natural product structure as guiding principles for compound library design. ERNST SCHERING RESEARCH FOUNDATION WORKSHOP 2005:1-18. [PMID: 15645714 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27055-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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- M A Koch
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemical Biology and Fachbereich Organische Chemie, University of Dortmund, Germany
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Sulfotransferases catalyze the transfer of a sulfuryl group from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to proteins, carbohydrates and small molecules. The sulfotransferases comprise cytosolic and Golgi-resident enzymes; Golgi-resident enzymes represent fertile territory for identifying pharmaceutical targets. Structure-based sequence alignments indicate that the structural fold, and the PAPS-binding site, is conserved between the two classes. Initial efforts to identify sulfotransferase inhibitors by screening kinase inhibitor libraries yielded competitive inhibitors of PAPS with muM IC(50) values. Within particular classes of Golgi-resident sulfotransferases that show tight in vitro specificity, the substrate-binding site might be a suitable drug target, although sulfotransferases are generally assumed to be difficult to inhibit as a result of the expected size and chemical character of the substrate-binding site.
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- Virginia L Rath
- Thios Pharmaceuticals, 5980 Horton Street, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
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Sheng JJ, Saxena A, Duffel MW. Influence of phenylalanines 77 and 138 on the stereospecificity of aryl sulfotransferase IV. Drug Metab Dispos 2004; 32:559-65. [PMID: 15100179 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.32.5.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Aryl sulfotransferase (AST) IV (also named tyrosine-ester sulfotransferase and ST1A1) is a major phenol sulfotransferase in the rat, and it catalyzes the sulfation of many drugs, carcinogens, and other xenobiotics that contain phenol, benzylic alcohol, N-hydroxy arylamine, and oxime functional groups. Previous work discovered a stereospecificity of AST IV toward the enantiomers of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthol and varying degrees of stereoselectivity with other chiral benzylic alcohols. The studies described here were directed toward understanding the roles of specific amino acid residues at the substrate binding site in determining the stereoselectivity of this sulfotransferase isoform. Docking experiments with a homology model of AST IV revealed three amino acid residues, Phe77, Phe138, and Tyr236, that may potentially be important for interactions with substituents on the chiral carbon of a benzylic alcohol serving as a sulfuryl acceptor, thereby imparting stereoselectivity. To test this hypothesis, mutants were constructed wherein each of the above residues was substituted with alanine. Kinetic studies on the sulfation of the enantiomers of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthol indicated that the stereospecificity of the sulfotransferase was altered by the substitutions of alanine for either Phe77 or Phe138, but stereospecificity was maintained by alanine substitution at Tyr236. Molecular models of the mutant enzymes interacting with enantiomers of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthols and with 2-naphthol indicate that Phe77 and Phe138 provide significant steric interactions at the active site that both enhance catalytic efficiency and impart stereospecificity in molecular recognition of substrates and inhibitors.
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- Jonathan J Sheng
- Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Posttranslational modifications of proteins such as phosphorylation have been recognized as pivotal modulators of biological activity in healthy and diseased tissues. Sulfation is a key posttranslational modification the role of which in physiology and pathology is only now becoming appreciated. Whereas phosphorylation is central to intracellular signal transduction, sulfation modulates cell-cell and cell-matrix communication. Sulfation involves a class of enzymes known as sulfotransferases, which transfer sulfate from the ATP-like sulfate donor 3'phosphoadenosine-5'phosphosulate to glycoproteins, glycolipids or metabolites. This review focuses on Golgi-localized sulfotransferases, their molecular biology and biochemistry, and strategies towards discovery of sulfotransferase inhibitors that could have potential as therapeutics in inflammation, cancer and infectious diseases.
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- Stefan Hemmerich
- Thios Pharmaceuticals, 5980 Horton Street #400, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
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Pi N, Yu Y, Mougous JD, Leary JA. Observation of a hybrid random ping-pong mechanism of catalysis for NodST: a mass spectrometry approach. Protein Sci 2004; 13:903-12. [PMID: 15044725 PMCID: PMC2280043 DOI: 10.1110/ps.03581904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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An efficient enzyme kinetics assay using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) was initially applied to the catalytic mechanism investigation of a carbohydrate sulfotransferase, NodST. Herein, the recombinant NodST was overexpressed with a His(6)-tag and purified via Ni-NTA metal-affinity chromatography. In this bisubstrate enzymatic system, an internal standard similar in structure and ionization efficiency to the product was chosen in the ESI-MS assay, and a single point normalization factor was determined and used to quantify the product concentration. The catalytic mechanism of NodST was rapidly determined by fitting the MS kinetic data into a nonlinear regression analysis program. The initial rate kinetics analysis and product inhibition study described support a hybrid double-displacement, two-site ping-pong mechanism of NodST with formation of a sulfated NodST intermediate. This covalent intermediate was further isolated and detected via trypsin digestion and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. To our knowledge, these are the first mechanistic data reported for the bacterial sulfotransferase, NodST, which demonstrated the power of mass spectrometry in elucidating the reaction pathway and catalytic mechanism of promising enzymatic systems.
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- Na Pi
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Mougous JD, Petzold CJ, Senaratne RH, Lee DH, Akey DL, Lin FL, Munchel SE, Pratt MR, Riley LW, Leary JA, Berger JM, Bertozzi CR. Identification, function and structure of the mycobacterial sulfotransferase that initiates sulfolipid-1 biosynthesis. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2004; 11:721-9. [PMID: 15258569 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sulfolipid-1 (SL-1) is an abundant sulfated glycolipid and potential virulence factor found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. SL-1 consists of a trehalose-2-sulfate (T2S) disaccharide elaborated with four lipids. We identified and characterized a conserved mycobacterial sulfotransferase, Stf0, which generates the T2S moiety of SL-1. Biochemical studies demonstrated that the enzyme requires unmodified trehalose as substrate and is sensitive to small structural perturbations of the disaccharide. Disruption of stf0 in Mycobacterium smegmatis and M. tuberculosis resulted in the loss of T2S and SL-1 formation, respectively. The structure of Stf0 at a resolution of 2.6 A reveals the molecular basis of trehalose recognition and a unique dimer configuration that encloses the substrate into a bipartite active site. These data provide strong evidence that Stf0 carries out the first committed step in the biosynthesis of SL-1 and establish a system for probing the role of SL-1 in M. tuberculosis infection.
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- Joseph D Mougous
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Chen G. Histidine residues in human phenol sulfotransferases. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 67:1355-61. [PMID: 15013851 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2003.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2003] [Accepted: 12/04/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sulfotransferases are phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes that catalyze the sulfation of hydroxyl-containing compounds, leading to detoxification of xenobiotic toxicants. The universal sulfuryl donor is adenosine 3'-phosphate-5'-phosphosulfate. Human simple phenol sulfotransferase (P-PST) is one of the major human sulfotransferases that catalyze the sulfation of most phenols. Human monoamine phenol sulfotransferase (M-PST) has high affinity for monoamines and also catalyzes the sulfation of simple phenols at high substrate concentrations. In this report, the amino acid modification method was used for studies of His residues in the active site of P-PST and M-PST. The His specific modification reagent diethylpyrocarbonate was used for the modification of His residues in P-PST and M-PST. Diethylpyrocarbonate inactivation kinetic data suggest that there is one His residue in the active site that is critical for catalytic activity of both P-PST and M-PST. The modification has no effect on phenol or monoamine substrate binding for M-PST, but it does have an effect on adenosine 3'-phosphate-5'-phosphosulfate binding with M-PST. The experimental results agree with amino acid sequence alignment, mutation, and the crystal structures of P-PST and M-PST and suggest that His108 is the only critical His residue in both P-PST and M-PST. The differing roles His108 plays in P-PST and M-PST may explain the substrate specificity of the two isoforms.
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- Guangping Chen
- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
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Edavettal SC, Lee KA, Negishi M, Linhardt RJ, Liu J, Pedersen LC. Crystal structure and mutational analysis of heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase isoform 1. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:25789-97. [PMID: 15060080 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401089200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heparan sulfate interacts with antithrombin, a protease inhibitor, to regulate blood coagulation. Heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase isoform 1 performs the crucial last step modification in the biosynthesis of anticoagulant heparan sulfate. This enzyme transfers the sulfuryl group (SO(3)) from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate to the 3-OH position of a glucosamine residue to form the 3-O-sulfo glucosamine, a structural motif critical for binding of heparan sulfate to antithrombin. In this study, we report the crystal structure of 3-O-sulfotransferase isoform 1 at 2.5-A resolution in a binary complex with 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate. This structure reveals residues critical for 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate binding and suggests residues required for the binding of heparan sulfate. In addition, site-directed mutagenesis analyses suggest that residues Arg-67, Lys-68, Arg-72, Glu-90, His-92, Asp-95, Lys-123, and Arg-276 are essential for enzymatic activity. Among these essential amino acid residues, we find that residues Arg-67, Arg-72, His-92, and Asp-95 are conserved in heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferases but not in heparan N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase, suggesting a role for these residues in conferring substrate specificity. Results from this study provide information essential for understanding the biosynthesis of anticoagulant heparan sulfate and the general mechanism of action of heparan sulfate sulfotransferases.
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- Suzanne C Edavettal
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Blanchard RL, Freimuth RR, Buck J, Weinshilboum RM, Coughtrie MWH. A proposed nomenclature system for the cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) superfamily. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 14:199-211. [PMID: 15167709 DOI: 10.1097/00008571-200403000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A nomenclature system for the cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) superfamily has been developed. The nomenclature guidelines were applied to 65 SULT cDNAs and 18 SULT genes that were characterized from eukaryotic organisms. SULT cDNA and gene sequences were identified by querying the GenBank databases and from published reports of their identification and characterization. These sequences were evaluated and named on the basis of encoded amino acid sequence identity and, in a few cases, a necessity to maintain historical naming convention. Family members share at least 45% amino acid sequence identity whereas subfamily members are at least 60% identical. cDNAs which encode amino acid sequences of at least 97% identity to each other were assigned identical isoform names. We also attempted to categorize orthologous enzymes between various species, where these have been identified, and the nomenclature includes a species descriptor. We present recommendations for the naming of allelic variants of SULT genes and their derived allozymes arising from single nucleotide polymorphisms and other genetic variation. The superfamily currently comprises 47 mammalian SULT isoforms, one insect isoform and eight plant enzymes, and collectively these sequences represent nine separate SULT families and 14 subfamilies. It is hoped that this nomenclature system will be widely adopted and that, as novel SULTs are identified and characterized, investigators will name their discoveries according to these guidelines.
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- Rebecca L Blanchard
- Department of Pharmacology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Tabrett CA, Coughtrie MWH. Phenol sulfotransferase 1A1 activity in human liver: kinetic properties, interindividual variation and re-evaluation of the suitability of 4-nitrophenol as a probe substrate. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 66:2089-97. [PMID: 14609733 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(03)00582-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sulfation is an important metabolic pathway in humans for xenobiotics, hormones and neurotransmitters, and is catalysed by the cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) enzymes. Phenol SULTs, especially SULT1A1, are particularly important in xenobiotic and drug metabolism because of their broad substrate specificity and extensive tissue distribution. A common variant SULT1A1 allozyme (SULT1A1*2) exists in the population, and is less stable than the wild-type SULT1A1*1. 4-Nitrophenol is widely used as a substrate for quantifying SULT1A1 activity. However, our kinetic experiments suggest that 4-nitrophenol is not an ideal substrate when determining SULT1A1 activity in human liver. Assays with a bank of 68 human liver cytosols revealed three distinct kinetic profiles for 4-nitrophenol sulfation in the population: linear, biphasic and inhibition. Sulfation of 4-nitrophenol by purified, recombinant SULT1A1*1 and SULT1A1*2 shows marked substrate inhibition, with inhibition at 4-nitrophenol concentrations greater than 4 and 10 microM, respectively. Furthermore, sulfation of 4-nitrophenol by purified recombinant SULT1B1 was significant at concentrations of 4-nitrophenol less than 10 microM. Western blots showed that the SULT1A1 levels in liver are highly variable between liver samples and that no correlation was observed between SULT1A1 activity and protein level in liver cytosols. However, a correlation between SULT1A1 activity and protein level was observed in human placental cytosols, where SULT1B1 is not expressed. We believe that in human liver other SULT isoforms (particularly SULT1B1) contribute to the sulfation of 4-nitrophenol. Therefore, 4-nitrophenol is not an ideal substrate with which to quantitate SULT1A1 activity in human liver tissue.
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- Catherine A Tabrett
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Pathology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK
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Lee KA, Fuda H, Lee YC, Negishi M, Strott CA, Pedersen LC. Crystal structure of human cholesterol sulfotransferase (SULT2B1b) in the presence of pregnenolone and 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate. Rationale for specificity differences between prototypical SULT2A1 and the SULT2BG1 isoforms. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:44593-9. [PMID: 12923182 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308312200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The gene for human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase (SULT2B1) encodes two peptides, SULT2B1a and SULT2B1b, that differ only at their amino termini. SULT2B1b has a predilection for cholesterol but is also capable of sulfonating pregnenolone, whereas SULT2B1a preferentially sulfonates pregnenolone and only minimally sulfonates cholesterol. We have determined the crystal structure of SULT2B1a and SULT2B1b bound to the substrate donor product 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate at 2.9 and 2.4 A, respectively, as well as SULT2B1b in the presence of the acceptor substrate pregnenolone at 2.3 A. These structures reveal a different catalytic binding orientation for the substrate from a previously determined structure of hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase (SULT2A1) binding dehydroepiandrosterone. In addition, the amino-terminal helix comprising residues Asp19 to Lys26, which determines the specificity difference between the SULT2B1 isoforms, becomes ordered upon pregnenolone binding, covering the substrate binding pocket.
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- Karen A Lee
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Sipilä J, Hood AM, Coughtrie MWH, Taskinen J. CoMFA Modeling of Enzyme Kinetics: Km Values for Sulfation of Diverse Phenolic Substrates by Human Catecholamine Sulfotransferase SULT1A3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 43:1563-9. [PMID: 14502490 DOI: 10.1021/ci034089e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Three-dimensional QSAR models were developed for predicting kinetic Michaelis constant (K(m)) values for phenolic substrates of human catecholamine sulfating sulfotransferase (SULT1A3). The K(m) values were correlated to the steric and electronic molecular fields of the substrates utilizing Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA). The evaluated SULT1A3 substrate data set consisted of 95 different substituted phenols, catechols, catecholamines, steroids, and related structures for which the K(m) values were available. The data set was divided in three different subgroups in the initial analysis: (1). for the first CoMFA model substrates with only one reacting hydroxyl group were selected (n = 51), (2).the second model was build with structurally rigid substrates (n = 59), and (3). finally all substrates of the data set were included in the analysis (n = 95). Substrate molecules were aligned using the aromatic ring and the reacting hydroxyl group as a template. After the initial analysis different substrate alignment rules based on the existing knowledge of the SULT1A3 active site structure were evaluated. After this optimization a final CoMFA model was built including all 95 substrates of the data set. Cross-validated q(2) values (leave-one-out and leave-n-out) and coefficient contour maps were calculated for all derived CoMFA models. All four CoMFA models were statistically significant with q(2) values up to 0.624. These predictive QSAR models will provide us information about the factors that affect substrate binding at the active site of human catecholamine sulfotransferase SULT1A3.
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- Julius Sipilä
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P O Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5E), 00014 Helsinki.
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Sheng JJ, Duffel MW. Enantioselectivity of human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase ST2A3 with naphthyl-1-ethanols. Drug Metab Dispos 2003; 31:697-700. [PMID: 12756199 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.31.6.697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hydroxysteroid (alcohol) sulfotransferases catalyze the sulfation of several endogenous steroids and many hydrophobic xenobiotic alcohols. The substrate stereoselectivities of sulfotransferases may be critically important in determining their overall roles in metabolism of drugs, carcinogens, and other xenobiotics. In the present work, stereoselectivity of the human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase ST2A3 (also variously named as SULT2A1 or human DHEA-ST) was examined through analysis of its catalytic activities with the enantiomers of 1-naphthyl-1-ethanol and 2-naphthyl-1-ethanol. The kcat/Km value for sulfation of the R-(+)-enantiomer of 1-naphthyl-1-ethanol catalyzed by ST2A3 was 3.3 min-1mM-1, whereas the S-(-)-enantiomer was not a substrate for the enzyme. S-(-)-1-naphthyl-1-ethanol did however interact with ST2A3 as an inhibitor of the sulfation of dehydroepiandrosterone. This substrate stereospecificity was not present with the enantiomers of 2-naphthyl-1-ethanol, since both were substrates for the enzyme. Such differences between the sulfation of 1- and 2-naphthyl-1-ethanol are consistent with the importance of steric interactions between the ethanol group and a hydrogen atom at the peri-position (C8) on the naphthyl ring in 1-naphthyl-1-ethanol that combine with the topology of the enzyme's active site to determine stereospecificity.
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- Jonathan J Sheng
- Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Beckmann JD, Burkett RJ, Sharpe M, Giannunzio L, Johnston D, Abbey S, Wyman A, Sung L. Spectrofluorimetric analysis of 7-hydroxycoumarin binding to bovine phenol sulfotransferase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1648:134-9. [PMID: 12758156 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(03)00116-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Phenol sulfotransferases (SULT1s, EC 2.8.2.1) catalyze sulfuryl group transfer from 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to the hydroxyl oxygen of aromatic acceptor substrates. Previous work with the bovine SULT1A1 has utilized the highly fluorescent substrate 7-hydroxycoumarin (7-HC, umbelliferone) as an acceptor substrate [Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 261 (1999) 815]. Here we report that adenosine-3',5'-bisphosphate (PAP)-dependent binding of 7-HC to bSULT1A1 can be observed due to the appearance of a 400-420-nm shoulder in the emission spectrum, using an excitation wavelength of 280 nm. This emission was observed by placing 7-HC in ethanol, which is consistent with bSULT1A1 phenol binding site hydrophobicity. Titrations with 7-HC indicate a K(d) for 7-HC of 0.58 microM and substoichiometric binding to the homodimeric enzyme. The bSULT1A1:PAP:7-HC complex could be disrupted with pentachlorophenol (PCP), titrations with which indicated 0.5 equivalents per enzyme subunit. Titrations of enzyme plus 7-HC with PAP also indicated 0.5 equivalents per enzyme subunit. These results suggest a model of homodimeric bSULT1A1 in which subunit interactions favor half-site reactivity in the formation of a dead end complex.
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- Joe D Beckmann
- Department of Biochemistry, Alma College, 614 West Superior Street, MI 48801, USA.
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Coughtrie MWH. Sulfation through the looking glass--recent advances in sulfotransferase research for the curious. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2003; 2:297-308. [PMID: 12439736 DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2002] [Revised: 03/28/2002] [Accepted: 04/04/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Members of the cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) superfamily catalyse the sulfation of a multitude of xenobiotics, hormones and neurotransmitters. Humans have at least 10 functional SULT genes, and a number of recent advances reviewed here have furthered our understanding of SULT function. Analysis of expression patterns has shown that sulfotransferases are highly expressed in the fetus, and SULTs may in fact be a major detoxification enzyme system in the developing human. The X-ray crystal structures of three SULTs have been solved and combined with mutagenesis experiments and molecular modelling, they have provided the first clues as to the factors that govern the unique substrate specificities of some of these enzymes. In the future these and other studies will facilitate prediction of the fate of chemicals metabolised by sulfation. Variation in sulfation capacity may be important in determining an individual's response to xenobiotics, and there has been an explosion in information on sulfotransferase polymorphisms and their functional consequences, including the influence of SULT1A1 genotype on susceptibility to colorectal and breast cancer. Finally, the first gene knockout experiments with SULTs have recently been described, with the generation of estrogen sulfotransferase deficient mice in which reproductive capacity is compromised. Our improved understanding of these enzymes will have significant benefits in such diverse areas as drug design and development, cancer susceptibility, reproduction and development.
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- M W H Coughtrie
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Pathology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
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Sulfotransferases are an important class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a sulfuryl group to a hydroxyl or amine moiety on various molecules including small-molecule drugs, steroids, hormones, carbohydrates, and proteins. They have been implicated in a number of disease states but remain poorly understood, complicating the design of specific, small-molecule inhibitors. A linear free-energy analysis in both the forward and reverse directions indicates that the transfer of a sulfuryl group to an aryl hydroxyl group catalyzed by beta-arylsulfotransferase IV likely proceeds by a dissociative (sulfotrioxide-like) mechanism. Values for the Brønsted coefficients (beta(nuc) and beta(lg)) are +0.33 and -0.45, giving Leffler alpha values of 0.19 and 0.61 for the forward and reverse reactions, respectively.
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- Eli Chapman
- Department of Chemistry and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Koch MA, Breinbauer R, Waldmann H. Protein Structure Similarity as Guiding Principle for Combinatorial Library Design. Biol Chem 2003; 384:1265-72. [PMID: 14515987 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2003.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Proteins are modularly built from a limited set of approximately 1000 structural domains. The evolutionary relationship within a domain family suggests that the knowledge about a common fold structure can be exploited for the design of small molecule libraries in the development of inhibitors and ligands. This principle has been used for the synthesis of inhibitors for kinases sharing the same fold. It can also be applied for proteins which share the same fold architecture yet belong to different functional classes. Bestatin--originally known as an aminopeptidase inhibitor--was employed as guiding structure for the development of leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors. A combinatorial approach helped to identify inhibitors for sulfotransferases which share structural similarity with nucleotide kinases using a kinase inhibitor core structure as guiding principle.
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- Marcus A Koch
- Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Abteilung Chemische Biologie, and Fachbereich III, Organische Chemie, Universität Dortmund, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Armstrong JI, Verdugo DE, Bertozzi CR. Synthesis of a bisubstrate analogue targeting estrogen sulfotransferase. J Org Chem 2003; 68:170-3. [PMID: 12515476 DOI: 10.1021/jo0260443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sulfotransferases catalyze the transfer of a sulfuryl group from the eukaryotic sulfate donor 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate to an acceptor biomolecule. Sulfotransferases have been linked with several disease states, prompting our investigation of specific sulfotransferase inhibitors. Presented herein is the synthesis and evaluation of a bisubstrate analogue designed to inhibit estrogen sulfotransferase. The synthesis utilizes a novel, orthogonally protected 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP) derivative allowing the selective functionalization of the 5'-phosphate with a sulfate acceptor mimic. Kinetic studies revealed significant inhibitory activity and provide guidance for improved inhibitor design.
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- Joshua I Armstrong
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Grunwell JR, Rath VL, Rasmussen J, Cabrilo Z, Bertozzi CR. Characterization and mutagenesis of Gal/GlcNAc-6-O-sulfotransferases. Biochemistry 2002; 41:15590-600. [PMID: 12501187 DOI: 10.1021/bi0269557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The installation of sulfate groups on the carbohydrate residues of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and glycosaminoglycans is a critical posttranslational modification that occurs in all higher eukaryotes. The Gal/GalNAc/GlcNAc-6-O-sulfotransferases (GSTs) are a recently discovered family of carbohydrate sulfotransferases that share significant sequence homology at the amino acid level and mediate a number of different biological processes such as leukocyte adhesion at sites of chronic inflammation. Structural and mechanistic studies of this family of sulfotransferases have been hindered by the lack of a productive recombinant protein expression system. We developed a baculovirus expression system for five of the seven cloned GSTs and determined their kinetic parameters using both thin-layer chromatography and a recently developed polymer dot-blot assay. We used these tools to perform the first site-directed mutagenesis study of a member of this sulfotransferase family, GST2. Using sequence alignments with other carbohydrate and cytosolic sulfotransferases, we selected residues within the putative binding regions for 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) and the carbohydrate substrate for mutagenesis. Kinetic analysis of the mutants identified residues that are essential for catalytic activity. These results should facilitate mechanistic studies and the development of small molecule inhibitors of this enzyme family to ameliorate chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Jocelyn R Grunwell
- Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Sharma V, Duffel MW. Comparative molecular field analysis of substrates for an aryl sulfotransferase based on catalytic mechanism and protein homology modeling. J Med Chem 2002; 45:5514-22. [PMID: 12459019 DOI: 10.1021/jm010481c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA) methods were used to produce a 3D-QSAR model that correlated the catalytic efficiency of rat hepatic aryl sulfotransferase (AST) IV, expressed as log(k(cat)/K(m)), with the molecular structures of its substrates. A total of 35 substrate molecules were used to construct a CoMFA model that was evaluated on the basis of its leave-one-out cross-validated partial least-squares value (q(2)) and its ability to predict the activity of six additional substrates not used in the training set. The model was constructed using substrate conformations that favored (1) proton abstraction by the catalytic histidine residue, (2) an in-line sulfuryl-group transfer mechanism, and (3) constraints imposed by the residues lining the substrate binding pocket of a homology model of AST IV. This CoMFA model had a q(2) value of 0.691, and it successfully predicted the activities of the six molecules not used in the training set. A final CoMFA model was constructed using the same methodology but with molecules from both the training set and the test set. Its q(2) value was 0.701, and it had a non-cross-validated r(2) value of 0.922. The contour coefficient map generated by this CoMFA was overlaid on the amino acids in the substrate-binding pocket of the homology model of AST IV and found to show a good fit. Additionally external validation was obtained by using the CoMFA model to design substrates that show high activities. These results establish a methodology for prediction of the substrate specificity of this sulfotransferase based on CoMFA methods that are guided by both the homology model and the catalytic mechanism of the enzyme.
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- Vyas Sharma
- Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Grunwell JR, Bertozzi CR. Carbohydrate sulfotransferases of the GalNAc/Gal/GlcNAc6ST family. Biochemistry 2002; 41:13117-26. [PMID: 12403612 DOI: 10.1021/bi020507h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jocelyn R Grunwell
- Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Hsiao YS, Yang YS. A single mutation converts the nucleotide specificity of phenol sulfotransferase from PAP to AMP. Biochemistry 2002; 41:12959-66. [PMID: 12390022 DOI: 10.1021/bi0261239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sulfotransferases (STs) catalyze all the known biological sulfonations, in which a sulfuryl group from a common sulfonate donor such as 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) is transferred to a nucleophilic acceptor. In addition to PAPS, phenol sulfotransferase (PST), a member of the ST family, utilizes other nucleotides as substrates with much less catalytic efficiency [Lin, E. S., and Yang, Y. S. (2000) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 271, 818-822]. Six amino acid residues of PST have been chosen for mutagenesis studies on the basis of a model of PST and its sequence alignment with those of available cytosolic and membrane-anchored STs. Systematic analyses of the mutants reveal that Ser134 is important for the regulation of nucleotide specificity between 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP) and adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP). Kinetic studies also indicate that Ser134 plays a key role in nucleotide binding (K(m)) but not in catalysis (kcat). Consequently, the catalytic efficiency (kcat/K(m)) of PST can be altered by 5 orders of magnitude with a mutation of Ser134. Moreover, the change in nucleotide specificity from PAP to AMP can be achieved by mutation of Ser134 to any of the following residues: Glu, Gln, Arg, and His. Roles of Lys44, Arg126, and Arg253, which interact directly with the 5'- and 3'-phosphate of PAP, were also investigated by mutagenesis and kinetic experiments. On the basis of these findings, we suggest that Ser134 is the key residue that enables PST to discriminate PAP from AMP.
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- Yu-Shan Hsiao
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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Tulik GR, Chodavarapu S, Edgar R, Giannunzio L, Langland A, Schultz B, Beckmann JD. Inhibition of bovine phenol sulfotransferase (bSULT1A1) by CoA thioesters. Evidence for positive cooperativity and inhibition by interaction with both the nucleotide and phenol binding sites. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:39296-303. [PMID: 12167648 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206017200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previous work with the bovine phenol sulfotransferase (bSULT1A1, EC ) demonstrated inhibition by CoA that was competitive with respect to the sulfuryl donor substrate, 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) (Leach, M., Cameron, E., Fite, N., Stassinopoulos, J., Palmreuter, N., and Beckmann, J. D. (1999) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 261, 815-819). Here we report that long chain acyl-CoAs are more potent inhibitors of bSULT1A1 and also of human dopamine sulfotransferase (SULT1A3) when compared with unesterified CoA and short chain-length acyl-CoAs. A complex pattern of inhibition was revealed by systematic variation of palmitoyl-CoA, PAPS, and 7-hydroxycoumarin, the acceptor substrate. Convex plots of apparent K(m)/V(max) versus [palmitoyl-CoA] were adequately modeled using an ordered rapid equilibrium scheme with PAPS as the leading substrate and by accounting for the possible binding of two equivalents of inhibitor to the dimeric enzyme. Interestingly, the first K(i) of 2-3 microm was followed by a second K(i) of only 0.01-0.05 microm, suggesting that positive subunit cooperativity enhances binding of long chain acyl-CoAs to this sulfotransferase. Simultaneous interaction of palmitoyl-CoA with both the nucleotide and phenol binding sites is suggested by two experiments. First, the acyl-CoA displaced 7-hydroxycoumarin from the highly fluorescent bSULT1A1.PAP.7-HC complex in a cooperative manner. Second, palmitoyl-CoA prevented the quenching of bSULT1A1 fluorescence observed with pentachlorophenol. Finally, titrations of bSULT1A1-pentachlorophenol complex with palmitoyl-CoA caused the return of protein fluorescence, and the binding of palmitoyl-CoA was highly cooperative (Hill constant of 1.9). Overall, these results suggest a model of sulfotransferase inhibition in which the 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-diphosphate moiety of CoA docks to the PAPS domain, and the acyl-pantetheine group docks to the hydrophobic phenol binding domain.
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- Gregg R Tulik
- Department of Biochemistry, Alma College, Alma, Michigan 48801, USA
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Pedersen LC, Petrotchenko E, Shevtsov S, Negishi M. Crystal structure of the human estrogen sulfotransferase-PAPS complex: evidence for catalytic role of Ser137 in the sulfuryl transfer reaction. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:17928-32. [PMID: 11884392 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111651200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Estrogen sulfotransferase (EST) transfers the sulfate group from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to estrogenic steroids. Here we report the crystal structure of human EST (hEST) in the context of the V269E mutant-PAPS complex, which is the first structure containing the active sulfate donor for any sulfotransferase. Superimposing this structure with the crystal structure of hEST in complex with the donor product 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP) and the acceptor substrate 17beta-estradiol, the ternary structure with the PAPS and estradiol molecule, is modeled. These structures have now provided a more complete view of the S(N)2-like in-line displacement reaction catalyzed by sulfotransferases. In the PAPS-bound structure, the side chain nitrogen of the catalytic Lys(47) interacts with the side chain hydroxyl of Ser(137) and not with the bridging oxygen between the 5'-phosphate and sulfate groups of the PAPS molecule as is seen in the PAP-bound structures. This conformational change of the side chain nitrogen indicates that the interaction of Lys(47) with Ser(137) may regulate PAPS hydrolysis in the absences of an acceptor substrate. Supporting the structural data, the mutations of Ser(137) to cysteine and alanine decrease gradually k(cat) for PAPS hydrolysis and transfer activity. Thus, Ser(137) appears to play an important role in regulating the side chain interaction of Lys(47) with the bridging oxygen between the 5'-phosphate and the sulfate of PAPS.
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- Lars C Pedersen
- Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Meloche CA, Sharma V, Swedmark S, Andersson P, Falany CN. Sulfation of budesonide by human cytosolic sulfotransferase, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfotransferase (DHEA-ST). Drug Metab Dispos 2002; 30:582-5. [PMID: 11950791 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.30.5.582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Budesonide, a synthetic glucocorticosteroid, is used in the treatment of asthma and allergic reactions, rhinitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. It is distributed as a mixture of two epimers, 22R and 22S, and has a high ratio of topical to systemic activity due to extensive first-pass metabolism to metabolites with minimal activity. Previous studies have shown that the epimers are metabolized by the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase system. Metabolism and inactivation of the epimers by the phase II enzymes has not been well characterized. This study describes the conjugation of budesonide by human cytosolic sulfotransferases (SULTs). Seven human SULTs were analyzed to determine which were capable of catalyzing the sulfation of the epimers of budesonide. Only dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfotransferase (DHEA-ST, SULT2A1) was capable of forming a sulfated budesonide product. The epimeric forms of budesonide display different kinetic activities with the 22R epimer having a 3.5-fold greater rate of sulfation activity than the 22S epimer. The structure of budesonide shows two hydroxyl sites that are potential sites for sulfate conjugation, but analysis by mass spectrometry indicates the formation of only a monosulfated budesonide product. A modeling approach was used to define the site of sulfation as that of the 21-hydroxyl group. Although sulfation of budesonide by DHEA-ST may not be an important factor in its use as an antiasthmatic, intestinal and hepatic sulfation will be important for its proposed systemic use as an anti-inflammatory agent.
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- Connie A Meloche
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Bond CS, White MF, Hunter WN. Mechanistic implications for Escherichia coli cofactor-dependent phosphoglycerate mutase based on the high-resolution crystal structure of a vanadate complex. J Mol Biol 2002; 316:1071-81. [PMID: 11884145 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2002.5418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structure of Escherichia coli cofactor-dependent phosphoglycerate mutase (dPGM), complexed with the potent inhibitor vanadate, has been determined to a resolution of 1.30 A (R-factor 0.159; R-free 0.213). The inhibitor is present in the active site, principally as divanadate, but with evidence of additional vanadate moieties at either end, and representing a different binding mode to that observed in the structural homologue prostatic acid phosphatase. The analysis reveals the enzyme-ligand interactions involved in inhibition of the mutase activity by vanadate and identifies a water molecule, observed in the native E.coli dPGM structure which, once activated by vanadate, may dephosphorylate the active protein. Rather than reflecting the active conformation previously observed for E.coli dPGM, the inhibited protein's conformation resembles that of the inactive dephosphorylated Saccharomyces cerevisiae dPGM. The provision of a high-resolution structure of both active and inactive forms of dPGM from a single organism, in conjunction with computational modelling of substrate molecules in the active site provides insight into the binding of substrates and the specific interactions necessary for three different activities, mutase, synthase and phosphatase, within a single active site. The sequence similarity of E.coli and human dPGMs allows us to correlate structure with clinical pathology.
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- Charles S Bond
- Division of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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Raman R, Myette J, Venkataraman G, Sasisekharan V, Sasisekharan R. Identification of structural motifs and amino acids within the structure of human heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase that mediate enzymatic function. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 290:1214-9. [PMID: 11811992 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In an accompanying paper [J. R. Myette, Z. Shriver, J. Liu, G. Venkataraman, and R. Sasisekharan (2002) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 290, 1206-1213], we described the purification and biochemical characterization of a soluble, recombinantly expressed form of the human heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase (3-OST-1). Such an important first step enables detailed structure-function studies for this class of enzymes. Herein, we describe a complimentary, structure-based homology modeling approach for predicting 3-OST-1 structure. This approach employs a variety of structural analysis and molecular modeling tools used in conjunction with protein crystallographic studies of related enzymes. In this manner, we describe important motifs within the predicted three-dimensional structure of the enzyme and identify specific amino acids that are likely important for enzymatic function.
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- Rahul Raman
- Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Verdugo DE, Cancilla MT, Ge X, Gray NS, Chang YT, Schultz PG, Negishi M, Leary JA, Bertozzi CR. Discovery of estrogen sulfotransferase inhibitors from a purine library screen. J Med Chem 2001; 44:2683-6. [PMID: 11495578 DOI: 10.1021/jm010171u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- D E Verdugo
- Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Yoshinari K, Petrotchenko EV, Pedersen LC, Negishi M. Crystal structure-based studies of cytosolic sulfotransferase. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2001; 15:67-75. [PMID: 11284047 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sulfation is a widely observed biological reaction conserved from bacterium to human that plays a key role in various biological processes such as growth, development, and defense against adversities. Deficiencies due to the lack of the ubiquitous sulfate donor 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) are lethal in humans. A large group of enzymes called sulfotransferases catalyze the transfer reaction of sulfuryl group of PAPS to the acceptor group of numerous biochemical and xenochemical substrates. Four X-ray crystal structures of sulfotransferases have now been determined: cytosolic estrogen, hydroxysteroid, aryl sulfotransferases, and a sulfotransferase domain of the Golgi-membrane heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase 1. These have revealed the conserved core structure of the PAPS binding site, a common reaction mechanism, and some information concerning the substrate specificity. These crystal structures introduce a new era of the study of the sulfotransferases.
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- K Yoshinari
- Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Negishi M, Pedersen LG, Petrotchenko E, Shevtsov S, Gorokhov A, Kakuta Y, Pedersen LC. Structure and function of sulfotransferases. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 390:149-57. [PMID: 11396917 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sulfotransferases (STs) catalyze the transfer reaction of the sulfate group from the ubiquitous donor 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to an acceptor group of numerous substrates. This reaction, often referred to as sulfuryl transfer, sulfation, or sulfonation, is widely observed from bacteria to humans and plays a key role in various biological processes such as cell communication, growth and development, and defense. The cytosolic STs sulfate small molecules such as steroids, bioamines, and therapeutic drugs, while the Golgi-membrane counterparts sulfate large molecules including glucosaminylglycans and proteins. We have now solved the X-ray crystal structures of four cytosolic and one membrane ST. All five STs are globular proteins composed of a single alpha/beta domain with the characteristic five-stranded beta-sheet. The beta-sheet constitutes the core of the Paps-binding and catalytic sites. Structural analysis of the PAPS-, PAP-, substrate-, and/or orthovanadate (VO(3-)(4))-bound enzymes has also revealed the common molecular mechanism of the transfer reaction catalyzed by sulfotransferses. The X-ray crystal structures have opened a new era for the study of sulfotransferases.
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- M Negishi
- Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Transferring Groups by Displacement Reactions. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hemmerich S. Carbohydrate sulfotransferases: novel therapeutic targets for inflammation, viral infection and cancer. Drug Discov Today 2001; 6:27-35. [PMID: 11165170 DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6446(00)01581-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Effective direct inhibition of adhesion receptors by small molecules has been hampered by extended receptor-ligand interfaces as well as the entropic penalties often associated with inhibition of cell adhesion. Therefore, alternative strategies have targeted enzymes that are centrally involved in the biosynthesis of recognition epitopes, which are crucial for productive adhesion. Two classes of enzymes shown to play a pivotal role in cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions are the protein-tyrosine and carbohydrate sulfotransferases, which impart crucial sulfate moieties onto glycoproteins. The carbohydrate sulfotransferases will be discussed in terms of target validation and small-molecule inhibitor discovery.
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- S Hemmerich
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Roche Bioscience 3401 Hillview Avenue, CA 94304, Palo Alto, USA
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Chen G, Rabjohn PA, York JL, Wooldridge C, Zhang D, Falany CN, Radominska-Pandya A. Carboxyl residues in the active site of human phenol sulfotransferase (SULT1A1). Biochemistry 2000; 39:16000-7. [PMID: 11123927 DOI: 10.1021/bi0021479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The carboxyl-specific amino acid modification reagent, Woodward's reagent K (WK), was utilized to characterize carboxyl residues (Asp and Glu) in the active site of human phenol sulfotransferase (SULT1A1). SULT1A1 was purified using the pMAL-c2 expression system in E. coli. WK inactivated SULT1A1 activity in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. The inactivation followed first-order kinetics relative to both SULT1A1 and WK. Both phenolic substrates and adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) protected against the inactivation, which suggests the carboxyl residue modification causing the inactivation took place within the active site of the enzyme. With partially inactivated SULT1A1, both V(max) and K(m) changed for PAPS, while for phenolic substrates, V(max) decreased and K(m) did not change significantly. A computer model of the three-dimensional structure of SULT1A1 was constructed based on the mouse estrogen sulfotransferase (mSULT1E1) X-ray crystal structure. According to the model, Glu83, Asp134, Glu246, and Asp263 are the residues likely responsible for the inactivation of SULT1A1 by WK. According to these results, five SULT1A1 mutants, E83A, D134A, E246A, D263A, and E151A, were generated (E151A as control mutant). Specific activity determination of the mutants demonstrated that E83A and D134A lost almost 100% of the catalytic activity. E246A and D263A also decreased SULT1A1 activity, while E151A did not change SULT1A1 catalytic activity significantly. This work demonstrates that carboxyl residues are present in the active site and are important for SULT1A1 catalytic activity. Glu83 and E134 are essential amino acids for SULT1A1 catalytic activity.
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- G Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
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King RS, Sharma V, Pedersen LC, Kakuta Y, Negishi M, Duffel MW. Structure-function modeling of the interactions of N-alkyl-N-hydroxyanilines with rat hepatic aryl sulfotransferase IV. Chem Res Toxicol 2000; 13:1251-8. [PMID: 11123966 DOI: 10.1021/tx990184z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although previous investigations have clearly shown that N-hydroxy arylamines and N-hydroxy heterocyclic amines are substrates for sulfotransferases, relatively little is known about which structural features of the N-hydroxy arylamines are important for sulfation to occur. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent to which secondary N-alkyl-N-hydroxy arylamines interact with aryl sulfotransferase (AST) IV (also known as tyrosine-ester sulfotransferase or ST1A1) and to evaluate these interactions using molecular modeling techniques. AST IV is a major cytosolic sulfotransferase in the rat, and it catalyzes the sulfation of various phenols, benzylic alcohols, arylhydroxamic acids, oximes, and primary N-hydroxy arylamines. In this study, three secondary N-hydroxy arylamines, N-hydroxy-N-methylaniline, N-ethyl-N-hydroxyaniline, and N-hydroxy-N-n-propylaniline, were found to be substrates for the purified rat hepatic AST IV. However, when the N-alkyl substituent was an n-butyl group (i.e., N-n-butyl-N-hydroxyaniline), the interaction with the enzyme changed from that of a substrate to competitive inhibition. This change in specificity was further explored through the construction and use of a model for AST IV based on mouse estrogen sulfotransferase, an enzyme whose crystal structure has been previously determined to high resolution. Molecular modeling techniques were used to dock each of the above N-hydroxy arylamines into the active site of the homology model of AST IV and determine optimum ligand geometries. The results of these experiments indicated that steric constraints on the orientation of binding of secondary N-alkyl-N-hydroxy arylamines at the active site of AST IV play a significant role in determining the nature of the interaction of the enzyme with these compounds.
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- R S King
- Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Gorokhov A, Perera L, Darden TA, Negishi M, Pedersen LC, Pedersen LG. Heparan sulfate biosynthesis: a theoretical study of the initial sulfation step by N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase. Biophys J 2000; 79:2909-17. [PMID: 11106599 PMCID: PMC1301170 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76528-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase (NDST) catalyzes the deacetylation and sulfation of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues of heparan sulfate, a key step in its biosynthesis. Recent crystallographic and mutational studies have identified several potentially catalytic residues of the sulfotransferase domain of this enzyme (, J. Biol. Chem. 274:10673-10676). We have used the x-ray crystal structure of heparan sulfate N-sulfotransferase with 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate to build a solution model with cofactor 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) and a model heparan sulfate ligand bound, and subsequently performed a 2-ns dynamics solution simulation. The simulation results confirm the importance of residues Glu(642), Lys(614), and Lys(833), with the possible involvement of Thr(617) and Thr(618), in binding PAPS. Additionally, Lys(676) is found in close proximity to the reaction site in our solvated structure. This study illustrates for the first time the possible involvement of water in the catalysis. Three water molecules were found in the binding site, where they are coordinated to PAPS, heparan sulfate, and the catalytic residues.
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- A Gorokhov
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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He C, Gomez V, Spingler B, Lippard SJ. Monodentate-bridged phosphodiester and sulfate complexes: structural insights into the biological activation of phosphodiesters, sulfate, and sulfate esters. Inorg Chem 2000; 39:4188-9. [PMID: 11196909 DOI: 10.1021/ic000391i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- C He
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Hempel N, Barnett AC, Bolton-Grob RM, Liyou NE, McManus ME. Site-directed mutagenesis of the substrate-binding cleft of human estrogen sulfotransferase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 276:224-30. [PMID: 11006110 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The sulfonation of estrogens by human estrogen sulfotransferase (humSULT1E1) plays a vital role in controlling the active levels of these hormones in the body. To understand more fully the structural and functional characteristics of humSULT1E1, we have carried out site-directed mutagenesis of critical amino acids found in the substrate-binding cleft. Three single amino acid mutations of humSULT1E1 (V145E, H107A, and K85A) were created in this study. Kinetic studies were used to provide information about the importance of these residues in substrate specificity and catalysis, using a variety of substrates. Lysine at position 85 has been proposed to be within hydrogen bonding distance to the 3alpha-phenol group of beta-estradiol, thereby stabilising the substrate in the active site. However, substitution to a neutral alanine at this position improved substrate specificity of humSULT1E1 for beta-estradiol, estrone, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). The exchange of valine 145 for negatively charged glutamic acid markedly improved the ability of humSULT1E1 to sulfonate dopamine, but caused a reduction in specificity constants toward steroids tested, in particular DHEA. The presence of a histidine residue at position 107 was shown to be essential for the production of a functional protein, as substitution of this amino acid to alanine resulted in complete loss of activity of humSULT1E1 towards all substrates tested.
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- N Hempel
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Cook BN, Bhakta S, Biegel T, Bowman KG, Armstrong JI, Hemmerich S, Bertozzi CR. Differential Carbohydrate Recognition of Two GlcNAc-6-sulfotransferases with Possible Roles in L-Selectin Ligand Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja001224k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Brian N. Cook
- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Department of Molecular Biology, Roche Bioscience, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1397
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Pedersen LC, Petrotchenko EV, Negishi M. Crystal structure of SULT2A3, human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase. FEBS Lett 2000; 475:61-4. [PMID: 10854859 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01479-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The crystal structure of SULT2A3 human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase has been solved at 2.4 A resolution in the presence of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP). The overall structure is similar to those of SULT1 enzymes such as estrogen sulfotransferase and the PAP binding site is conserved, however, significant differences exist in the positions of loops Pro14-Ser20, Glu79-Ile82 and Tyr234-Gln244 in the substrate binding pocket. Moreover, protein interaction in the crystal structure has revealed a possible dimer-directed conformational alteration that may regulate the SULT activity.
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- L C Pedersen
- Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Armstrong J, Portley A, Chang YT, Nierengarten D, Cook B, Bowman K, Bishop A, Gray N, Shokat K, Schultz P, Bertozzi C. Discovery of Carbohydrate Sulfotransferase Inhibitors from a Kinase-Directed Library. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3757(20000403)112:7<1359::aid-ange1359>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kehoe JW, Bertozzi CR. Tyrosine sulfation: a modulator of extracellular protein-protein interactions. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2000; 7:R57-61. [PMID: 10712936 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(00)00093-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tyrosine sulfation is a post-translational modification of many secreted and membrane-bound proteins. Its biological roles have been unclear. Recent work has implicated tyrosine sulfate as a determinant of protein-protein interactions involved in leukocyte adhesion, hemostasis and chemokine signaling.
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- J W Kehoe
- Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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The transformation of chemicals is important in carcinogenesis, both in bioactivation and detoxification. Major advances in the past 20 years include appreciation of the migration of reactive electrophiles, the ability of Phase II conjugating enzymes to activate chemicals, understanding of the human enzymes, the realization that DNA modification can result from endogenous chemicals, and the demonstration that cancers can result from the metabolism of chemicals to non-covalently bound products. Pathways of transformation in which major insight was gained during the past 20 years include nitropolycyclic hydrocarbons, polycyclic hydrocarbons and their diols, vinyl halides and dihaloalkanes. Advances in analytical methods and recombinant DNA technology contributed greatly to the study of metabolism of chemical carcinogens. Major advances have been made in the assignment of roles of individual enzymes in reactions. The knowledge developed in this field has contributed to growth in the areas of chemoprevention, molecular epidemiology and species comparisons of risk. Some of the areas in which future development relevant to carcinogen metabolism is expected involve pathways of transformation of certain chemicals, regulation of genes coding for many of the enzymes under consideration and genomics.
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- F P Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 638B Medical Research Building I, 23rd Avenue South at Pierce, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-146, USA.
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Plant Soluble Sulfotransferases: Structural and Functional Similarity with Mammalian Enzymes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-9920(00)80015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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Dajani R, Cleasby A, Neu M, Wonacott AJ, Jhoti H, Hood AM, Modi S, Hersey A, Taskinen J, Cooke RM, Manchee GR, Coughtrie MW. X-ray crystal structure of human dopamine sulfotransferase, SULT1A3. Molecular modeling and quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis demonstrate a molecular basis for sulfotransferase substrate specificity. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:37862-8. [PMID: 10608851 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.53.37862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Humans are one of the few species that produce large amounts of catecholamine sulfates, and they have evolved a specific sulfotransferase, SULT1A3 (M-PST), to catalyze the formation of these conjugates. An orthologous protein has yet to be found in other species. To further our understanding of the molecular basis for the unique substrate selectivity of this enzyme, we have solved the crystal structure of human SULT1A3, complexed with 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP), at 2.5 A resolution and carried out quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis with a series of phenols and catechols. SULT1A3 adopts a similar fold to mouse estrogen sulfotransferase, with a central five-stranded beta-sheet surrounded by alpha-helices. SULT1A3 is a dimer in solution but crystallized with a monomer in the asymmetric unit of the cell, although dimer interfaces were formed by interaction across crystallographic 2-fold axes. QSAR analysis revealed that the enzyme is highly selective for catechols, and catecholamines in particular, and that hydrogen bonding groups and lipophilicity (cLogD) strongly influenced K(m). We also investigated further the role of Glu(146) in SULT1A3 using site-directed mutagenesis and showed that it plays a key role not only in defining selectivity for dopamine but also in preventing many phenolic xenobiotics from binding to the enzyme.
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- R Dajani
- Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, United Kingdom
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Bidwell LM, McManus ME, Gaedigk A, Kakuta Y, Negishi M, Pedersen L, Martin JL. Crystal structure of human catecholamine sulfotransferase. J Mol Biol 1999; 293:521-30. [PMID: 10543947 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sulfonation, like phosphorylation, can modify the activity of a variety of biological molecules. The sulfotransferase enzymes sulfonate neurotransmitters, drugs, steroid hormones, dietary carcinogens and proteins. SULT1A3 specifically sulfonates catecholamines such as dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline. The crystal structure of SULT1A3 with a sulfate bound at the active site, has been determined at 2.4 A resolution. Although the core alpha/beta fold is like that of estrogen and heparan sulfotransferases, major differences occur in and around the active site. Most notably, several regions surrounding the active site, including a section of 40 residues, are disordered in SULT1A3. Regions that are topologically equivalent to the disordered parts of SULT1A3 are involved in substrate and cofactor binding in estrogen and heparan sulfotransferase. Flexibility in these regions suggests that ligand binding elicits a disorder-order transition in and around the active site of sulfotransferases and might contribute to the broad substrate specificity of these enzymes.
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- L M Bidwell
- Department of Physiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Petrotchenko EV, Doerflein ME, Kakuta Y, Pedersen LC, Negishi M. Substrate gating confers steroid specificity to estrogen sulfotransferase. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:30019-22. [PMID: 10514486 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.42.30019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Estrogen sulfotransferase (EST) exhibits a high substrate specificity and catalytic efficiency toward estrogens such as estradiol (E2) but insignificant ability to sulfate hydroxysteroids such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). To provide the structural basis for this estrogen specificity, we mutated amino acid residues that constitute the substrate-binding site of EST. Among these mutants, only Tyr-81 decreased E2 and increased DHEA sulfotransferase activities. Substitution for Tyr-81 by smaller hydrophobic residues increased K(m(E2)) for E2 activity, whereas the k(cat(E2)) remained relatively constant. The Y81L mutant exhibited the same DHEA activity as wild-type hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase, for which K(m(DHEA)) remained relatively constant, and k(cat(DHEA)) was markedly increased. The side chain of Tyr-81 is directed at the A-ring of the E2 molecule in the substrate-binding pocket of EST, constituting a steric gate with Phe-142 sandwiching E2 from the opposite side. The present mutagenesis study indicates that the 3beta-hydroxyl group of the DHEA molecule is excluded from the catalytic site of EST through steric hindrance of Tyr-81 with the C-19 methyl group of DHEA. Thus, this stricture-like gating caused by steric hindrance appears to be a structural principle for conferring estrogen specificity to EST.
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- E V Petrotchenko
- Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Ong E, Yeh JC, Ding Y, Hindsgaul O, Pedersen LC, Negishi M, Fukuda M. Structure and function of HNK-1 sulfotransferase. Identification of donor and acceptor binding sites by site-directed mutagenesis. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:25608-12. [PMID: 10464296 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.36.25608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HNK-1 glycan, sulfo-->3GlcAbeta1-->3Galbeta1-->4GlcNAc-->R, is uniquely enriched in neural cells and natural killer cells and is thought to play important roles in cell-cell interaction. HNK-1 glycan synthesis is dependent on HNK-1 sulfotransferase (HNK-1ST), and cDNAs encoding human and rat HNK-1ST have been recently cloned. HNK-1ST belongs to the sulfotransferase gene family, which shares two homologous sequences in their catalytic domains. In the present study, we have individually mutated amino acid residues in these conserved sequences and determined how such mutations affect the binding to the donor substrate, adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphosulfate, and an acceptor. Mutations of Lys(128), Arg(189), Asp(190), Pro(191), and Ser(197) to Ala all abolished the enzymatic activity. When Lys(128) and Asp(190) were conservatively mutated to Arg and Glu, respectively, however, the mutated enzymes still maintained residual activity, and both mutant enzymes still bound to adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate-agarose. K128R and D190E mutant enzymes, on the other hand, exhibited reduced affinity to the acceptor as demonstrated by kinetic studies. These findings, together with those on the crystal structure of estrogen sulfotransferase and heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/sulfotransferase, suggest that Lys(128) may be close to the 3-hydroxyl group of beta-glucuronic acid in a HNK-1 acceptor. In contrast, the effect by mutation at Asp(190) may be due to conformational change because this amino acid and Pro(191) reside in a transition of the secondary structure of the enzyme. These results indicate that conserved amino acid residues in HNK-1ST play roles in maintaining a functional conformation and are directly involved in binding to donor and acceptor substrates.
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- E Ong
- Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Kakuta Y, Sueyoshi T, Negishi M, Pedersen LC. Crystal structure of the sulfotransferase domain of human heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/ N-sulfotransferase 1. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:10673-6. [PMID: 10196134 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.16.10673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase (HSNST) catalyzes the first and obligatory step in the biosynthesis of heparan sulfates and heparin. The crystal structure of the sulfotransferase domain (NST1) of human HSNST-1 has been determined at 2.3-A resolution in a binary complex with 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP). NST1 is approximately spherical with an open cleft, and consists of a single alpha/beta fold with a central five-stranded parallel beta-sheet and a three-stranded anti-parallel beta-sheet bearing an interstrand disulfide bond. The structural regions alpha1, alpha6, beta1, beta7, 5'-phosphosulfate binding loop (between beta1 and alpha1), and a random coil (between beta8 and alpha13) constitute the PAP binding site of NST1. The alpha6 and random coil (between beta2 and alpha2), which form an open cleft near the 5'-phosphate of the PAP molecule, may provide interactions for substrate binding. The conserved residue Lys-614 is in position to form a hydrogen bond with the bridge oxygen of the 5'-phosphate.
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- Y Kakuta
- Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Marsolais F, Laviolette M, Kakuta Y, Negishi M, Pedersen LC, Auger M, Varin L. 3'-Phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate binding site of flavonol 3-sulfotransferase studied by affinity chromatography and 31P NMR. Biochemistry 1999; 38:4066-71. [PMID: 10194320 DOI: 10.1021/bi982239m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The function of Lys-59, Arg-141, and Arg-277 in PAPS binding and catalysis of the flavonol 3-sulfotransferase was investigated. Affinity chromatography of conservative mutants with PAPS analogues allowed us to determine that Lys-59 interacts with the 5' portion of the nucleotide, while Arg-141 interacts with the 3' portion, confirming assignments deduced from the crystal structure of mouse estrogen sulfotransferase [Kakuta, Y., Pedersen, L. G., Carter, C. W. , Negishi, M., and Pedersen, L. C. (1997) Nat. Struct. Biol. 4, 904-908]. The affinity chromatography method could be used to characterize site-directed mutants for other types of enzymes that bind nucleoside 3',5'- or 2',5'-diphosphates. 31P NMR spectra of enzyme-PAP complexes were recorded for the wild-type enzyme and K59R and K59A mutants. The results of these experiments suggest that Lys-59 is involved in the determination of the proper orientation of the phosphosulfate group for catalysis.
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- F Marsolais
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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