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Genomic, morphological, and biochemical analyses of a multi-metal resistant but multi-drug susceptible strain of Bordetella petrii from hospital soil. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8439. [PMID: 35589928 PMCID: PMC9120033 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12435-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Contamination of soil by antibiotics and heavy metals originating from hospital facilities has emerged as a major cause for the development of resistant microbes. We collected soil samples surrounding a hospital effluent and measured the resistance of bacterial isolates against multiple antibiotics and heavy metals. One strain BMCSI 3 was found to be sensitive to all tested antibiotics. However, it was resistant to many heavy metals and metalloids like cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, arsenic, and others. This strain was motile and potentially spore-forming. Whole-genome shotgun assembly of BMCSI 3 produced 4.95 Mb genome with 4,638 protein-coding genes. The taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis revealed it, to be a Bordetella petrii strain. Multiple genomic islands carrying mobile genetic elements; coding for heavy metal resistant genes, response regulators or transcription factors, transporters, and multi-drug efflux pumps were identified from the genome. A comparative genomic analysis of BMCSI 3 with annotated genomes of other free-living B. petrii revealed the presence of multiple transposable elements and several genes involved in stress response and metabolism. This study provides insights into how genomic reorganization and plasticity results in evolution of heavy metals resistance by acquiring genes from its natural environment.
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Lénon M, Arias-Cartín R, Barras F. The Fe-S proteome of Escherichia coli: prediction, function and fate. Metallomics 2022; 14:6555457. [PMID: 35349713 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfac022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are inorganic ubiquitous and ancient cofactors. Fe-S bound proteins contribute to most cellular processes, including DNA replication and integrity, genetic expression and regulation, metabolism, biosynthesis and most bioenergetics systems. Also, Fe-S proteins hold a great biotechnological potential in metabolite and chemical production, including antibiotics. From classic biophysics and spectroscopy methodologies to recent development in bioinformatics, including structural modeling and chemoproteomics, our capacity to predict and identify Fe-S proteins has spectacularly increased over the recent years. Here, these developments are presented and collectively used to update the composition of Escherichia coli Fe-S proteome, for which we predict 181 occurrences, i.e. 40 more candidates than in our last catalog (Py and Barras, 2010), and equivalent to 4% of its total proteome. Besides, Fe-S clusters can be targeted by redox active compounds or reactive oxygen and nitrosative species, and even be destabilized by contaminant metals. Accordingly, we discuss how cells handle damaged Fe-S proteins, i.e. degradation, recycling or repair.
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- Marine Lénon
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Stress Adaptation and Metabolism Unit, Department of Microbiology, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Stress Adaptation and Metabolism Unit, Department of Microbiology, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Stress Adaptation and Metabolism Unit, Department of Microbiology, F-75015 Paris, France
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Holliday GL, Akiva E, Meng EC, Brown SD, Calhoun S, Pieper U, Sali A, Booker SJ, Babbitt PC. Atlas of the Radical SAM Superfamily: Divergent Evolution of Function Using a "Plug and Play" Domain. Methods Enzymol 2018; 606:1-71. [PMID: 30097089 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The radical SAM superfamily contains over 100,000 homologous enzymes that catalyze a remarkably broad range of reactions required for life, including metabolism, nucleic acid modification, and biogenesis of cofactors. While the highly conserved SAM-binding motif responsible for formation of the key 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical intermediate is a key structural feature that simplifies identification of superfamily members, our understanding of their structure-function relationships is complicated by the modular nature of their structures, which exhibit varied and complex domain architectures. To gain new insight about these relationships, we classified the entire set of sequences into similarity-based subgroups that could be visualized using sequence similarity networks. This superfamily-wide analysis reveals important features that had not previously been appreciated from studies focused on one or a few members. Functional information mapped to the networks indicates which members have been experimentally or structurally characterized, their known reaction types, and their phylogenetic distribution. Despite the biological importance of radical SAM chemistry, the vast majority of superfamily members have never been experimentally characterized in any way, suggesting that many new reactions remain to be discovered. In addition to 20 subgroups with at least one known function, we identified additional subgroups made up entirely of sequences of unknown function. Importantly, our results indicate that even general reaction types fail to track well with our sequence similarity-based subgroupings, raising major challenges for function prediction for currently identified and new members that continue to be discovered. Interactive similarity networks and other data from this analysis are available from the Structure-Function Linkage Database.
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- Gemma L Holliday
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Graduate Program in Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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Characterization of Radical S-adenosylmethionine Enzymes and Intermediates in their Reactions by Continuous Wave and Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopies. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN METALLOPROTEIN AND METALLOENZYME RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59100-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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This review describes the two main systems, namely the Isc (iron-sulfur cluster) and Suf (sulfur assimilation) systems, utilized by Escherichia coli and Salmonella for the biosynthesis of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters, as well as other proteins presumably participating in this process. In the case of Fe-S cluster biosynthesis, it is assumed that the sulfur atoms from the cysteine desulfurase end up at cysteine residues of the scaffold protein, presumably waiting for iron atoms for cluster assembly. The review discusses the various potential iron donor proteins. For in vitro experiments, in general, ferrous salts are used during the assembly of Fe-S clusters, even though this approach is unlikely to reflect the physiological conditions. The fact that sulfur atoms can be directly transferred from cysteine desulfurases to scaffold proteins supports a mechanism in which the latter bind sulfur atoms first and iron atoms afterwards. In E. coli, fdx gene inactivation results in a reduced growth rate and reduced Fe-S enzyme activities. Interestingly, the SufE structure resembles that of IscU, strengthening the notion that the two proteins share the property of acting as acceptors of sulfur atoms provided by cysteine desulfurases. Several other factors have been suggested to participate in cluster assembly and repair in E. coli and Salmonella. Most of them were identified by their abilities to act as extragenic and/or multicopy suppressors of mutations in Fe-S cluster metabolism, while others possess biochemical properties that are consistent with a role in Fe-S cluster biogenesis.
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Spore photoproduct lyase (SPL) repairs 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, a thymine dimer that is also called the spore photoproduct (SP), in germinating endospores. SPL is a radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme, utilizing the 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical generated by SAM reductive cleavage reaction to revert SP to two thymine residues. Here we review the current progress in SPL mechanistic studies. Protein radicals are known to be involved in SPL catalysis; however, how these radicals are quenched to close the catalytic cycle is under debate.
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- Linlin Yang
- From the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202 and
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202 and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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Broderick JB, Duffus B, Duschene KS, Shepard EM. Radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4229-317. [PMID: 24476342 PMCID: PMC4002137 DOI: 10.1021/cr4004709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 584] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Joan B. Broderick
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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Hover BM, Loksztejn A, Ribeiro AA, Yokoyama K. Identification of a cyclic nucleotide as a cryptic intermediate in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:7019-32. [PMID: 23627491 PMCID: PMC3777439 DOI: 10.1021/ja401781t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The molybdenum cofactor (Moco) is a redox cofactor found in all kingdoms of life, and its biosynthesis is essential for survival of many organisms, including humans. The first step of Moco biosynthesis is a unique transformation of guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) into cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate (cPMP). In bacteria, MoaA and MoaC catalyze this transformation, although the specific functions of these enzymes were not fully understood. Here, we report the first isolation and structural characterization of a product of MoaA. This molecule was isolated under anaerobic conditions from a solution of MoaA incubated with GTP, S-adenosyl-L-methionine, and sodium dithionite in the absence of MoaC. Structural characterization by chemical derivatization, MS, and NMR spectroscopy suggested the structure of this molecule to be (8S)-3',8-cyclo-7,8-dihydroguanosine 5'-triphosphate (3',8-cH2GTP). The isolated 3',8-cH2GTP was converted to cPMP by MoaC or its human homologue, MOCS1B, with high specificities (Km < 0.060 μM and 0.79 ± 0.24 μM for MoaC and MOCS1B, respectively), suggesting the physiological relevance of 3',8-cH2GTP. These observations, in combination with some mechanistic studies of MoaA, unambiguously demonstrate that MoaA catalyzes a unique radical C-C bond formation reaction and that, in contrast to previous proposals, MoaC plays a major role in the complex rearrangement to generate the pyranopterin ring.
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- Bradley M. Hover
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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- Duke NMR Spectroscopy Center and Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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Dowling DP, Vey JL, Croft AK, Drennan CL. Structural diversity in the AdoMet radical enzyme superfamily. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1824:1178-95. [PMID: 22579873 PMCID: PMC3523193 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AdoMet radical enzymes are involved in processes such as cofactor biosynthesis, anaerobic metabolism, and natural product biosynthesis. These enzymes utilize the reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) to afford l-methionine and a transient 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical, which subsequently generates a substrate radical species. By harnessing radical reactivity, the AdoMet radical enzyme superfamily is responsible for an incredible diversity of chemical transformations. Structural analysis reveals that family members adopt a full or partial Triose-phosphate Isomerase Mutase (TIM) barrel protein fold, containing core motifs responsible for binding a catalytic [4Fe-4S] cluster and AdoMet. Here we evaluate over twenty structures of AdoMet radical enzymes and classify them into two categories: 'traditional' and 'ThiC-like' (named for the structure of 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine phosphate synthase (ThiC)). In light of new structural data, we reexamine the 'traditional' structural motifs responsible for binding the [4Fe-4S] cluster and AdoMet, and compare and contrast these motifs with the ThiC case. We also review how structural data combine with biochemical, spectroscopic, and computational data to help us understand key features of this enzyme superfamily, such as the energetics, the triggering, and the molecular mechanisms of AdoMet reductive cleavage. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Radical SAM Enzymes and Radical Enzymology.
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- Daniel P. Dowling
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8262
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- School of Chemistry, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Ruszczycky MW, Ogasawara Y, Liu HW. Radical SAM enzymes in the biosynthesis of sugar-containing natural products. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1824:1231-44. [PMID: 22172915 PMCID: PMC3438383 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Carbohydrates play a key role in the biological activity of numerous natural products. In many instances their biosynthesis requires radical mediated rearrangements, some of which are catalyzed by radical SAM enzymes. BtrN is one such enzyme responsible for the dehydrogenation of a secondary alcohol in the biosynthesis of 2-deoxystreptamine. DesII is another example that catalyzes a deamination reaction necessary for the net C4 deoxygenation of a glucose derivative en route to desosamine formation. BtrN and DesII represent the two most extensively characterized radical SAM enzymes involved in carbohydrate biosynthesis. In this review, we summarize the biosynthetic roles of these two enzymes, their mechanisms of catalysis, the questions that have arisen during these investigations and the insight they can offer for furthering our understanding of radical SAM enzymology. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Radical SAM enzymes and Radical Enzymology.
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- Mark W. Ruszczycky
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Li L. Mechanistic studies of the radical SAM enzyme spore photoproduct lyase (SPL). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1824:1264-77. [PMID: 22197590 PMCID: PMC3314140 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Spore photoproduct lyase (SPL) repairs a special thymine dimer 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, which is commonly called spore photoproduct or SP at the bacterial early germination phase. SP is the exclusive DNA photo-damage product in bacterial endospores; its generation and swift repair by SPL are responsible for the spores' extremely high UV resistance. The early in vivo studies suggested that SPL utilizes a direct reversal strategy to repair the SP in the absence of light. The research in the past decade further established SPL as a radical SAM enzyme, which utilizes a tri-cysteine CXXXCXXC motif to harbor a [4Fe-4S] cluster. At the 1+ oxidation state, the cluster provides an electron to the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), which binds to the cluster in a bidentate manner as the fourth and fifth ligands, to reductively cleave the CS bond associated with the sulfonium ion in SAM, generating a reactive 5'-deoxyadenosyl (5'-dA) radical. This 5'-dA radical abstracts the proR hydrogen atom from the C6 carbon of SP to initiate the repair process; the resulting SP radical subsequently fragments to generate a putative thymine methyl radical, which accepts a back-donated H atom to yield the repaired TpT. SAM is suggested to be regenerated at the end of each catalytic cycle; and only a catalytic amount of SAM is needed in the SPL reaction. The H atom source for the back donation step is suggested to be a cysteine residue (C141 in Bacillus subtilis SPL), and the H-atom transfer reaction leaves a thiyl radical behind on the protein. This thiyl radical thus must participate in the SAM regeneration process; however how the thiyl radical abstracts an H atom from the 5'-dA to regenerate SAM is unknown. This paper reviews and discusses the history and the latest progress in the mechanistic elucidation of SPL. Despite some recent breakthroughs, more questions are raised in the mechanistic understanding of this intriguing DNA repair enzyme. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Radical SAM enzymes and Radical Enzymology.
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- Lei Li
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 402 N Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Yukitake H, Naito M, Sato K, Shoji M, Ohara N, Yoshimura M, Sakai E, Nakayama K. Effects of non-iron metalloporphyrins on growth and gene expression of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Microbiol Immunol 2011; 55:141-53. [PMID: 21204951 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00299.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The oral anaerobic bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis, which is implicated as an important pathogen for chronic periodontitis, requires heme for its growth. Non-iron metalloporphyrins, In-PPIX and Ga-PPIX, were examined for antibacterial effects on P. gingivalis. Both In-PPIX and Ga-PPIX caused retardation of P. gingivalis growth in a dose-dependent fashion. Microarray and qPCR analyses revealed that In-PPIX treatment upregulated the expression of several genes encoding proteins including ClpB and ClpC, which are members of the Clp (caseinolytic protease, Hsp100) family, and aRNR, aRNR-activating protein and thioredoxin reductase, whereas In-PPIX treatment had no effect on the expression of genes encoding proteins involved in heme uptake pathways, Hmu-mediated, Iht-mediated and Tlr-mediated pathways. P. gingivalis ihtA and ihtB mutants were more resistant to In-PPIX than was the wild-type parent, whereas hmuR and tlr mutants did not show such resistance to In-PPIX. The results suggest that In-PPIX is incorporated by the Iht-mediated heme uptake pathway and that it influences protein quality control and nucleotide metabolism and retards growth of P. gingivalis.
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- Hideharu Yukitake
- Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
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Yang L, Lin G, Liu D, Dria KJ, Telser J, Li L. Probing the reaction mechanism of spore photoproduct lyase (SPL) via diastereoselectively labeled dinucleotide SP TpT substrates. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:10434-47. [PMID: 21671623 DOI: 10.1021/ja110196d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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5-Thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine (commonly called spore photoproduct or SP) is the exclusive DNA photodamage product in bacterial endospores. It is generated in the bacterial sporulation phase and repaired by a radical SAM enzyme, spore photoproduct lyase (SPL), at the early germination phase. SPL utilizes a special [4Fe-4S] cluster to reductively cleave S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to generate a reactive 5'-dA radical. The 5'-dA radical is proposed to abstract one of the two H-atoms at the C6 carbon of SP to initiate the repair process. Via organic synthesis and DNA photochemistry, we selectively labeled the 6-H(proS) or 6-H(proR) position with a deuterium in a dinucleotide SP TpT substrate. Monitoring the deuterium migration in enzyme catalysis (employing Bacillus subtilis SPL) revealed that it is the 6-H(proR) atom of SP that is abstracted by the 5'-dA radical. Surprisingly, the abstracted deuterium was not returned to the resulting TpT after enzymatic catalysis; an H-atom from the aqueous buffer was incorporated into TpT instead. This result questions the currently hypothesized SPL mechanism which excludes the involvement of protein residue(s) in SPL reaction, suggesting that some protein residue(s), which is capable of exchanging a proton with the aqueous buffer, is involved in the enzyme catalysis. Moreover, evidence has been obtained for a possible SAM regeneration after each catalytic cycle; however, such a regeneration process is more complex than currently thought, with one or even more protein residues involved as well. These observations have enabled us to propose a modified reaction mechanism for this intriguing DNA repair enzyme.
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- Linlin Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 402 N Blackford Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Vey JL, Drennan CL. Structural insights into radical generation by the radical SAM superfamily. Chem Rev 2011; 111:2487-506. [PMID: 21370834 PMCID: PMC5930932 DOI: 10.1021/cr9002616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jessica L Vey
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Reyes A, Haynes M, Hanson N, Angly FE, Heath AC, Rohwer F, Gordon JI. Viruses in the faecal microbiota of monozygotic twins and their mothers. Nature 2010; 466:334-8. [PMID: 20631792 PMCID: PMC2919852 DOI: 10.1038/nature09199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 815] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Viral diversity and life cycles are poorly understood in the human gut and other body habitats. Phages and their encoded functions may provide informative signatures of a human microbiota and of microbial community responses to various disturbances, and may indicate whether community health or dysfunction is manifest after apparent recovery from a disease or therapeutic intervention. Here we report sequencing of the viromes (metagenomes) of virus-like particles isolated from faecal samples collected from healthy adult female monozygotic twins and their mothers at three time points over a one-year period. We compared these data sets with data sets of sequenced bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA genes and total-faecal-community DNA. Co-twins and their mothers share a significantly greater degree of similarity in their faecal bacterial communities than do unrelated individuals. In contrast, viromes are unique to individuals regardless of their degree of genetic relatedness. Despite remarkable interpersonal variations in viromes and their encoded functions, intrapersonal diversity is very low, with >95% of virotypes retained over the period surveyed, and with viromes dominated by a few temperate phages that exhibit remarkable genetic stability. These results indicate that a predatory viral-microbial dynamic, manifest in a number of other characterized environmental ecosystems, is notably absent in the very distal intestine.
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MESH Headings
- Anaerobiosis
- Bacteria/classification
- Bacteria/genetics
- Bacteria/isolation & purification
- Bacteria/metabolism
- Bacteriophages/classification
- Bacteriophages/enzymology
- Bacteriophages/genetics
- Bacteriophages/isolation & purification
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Feces/microbiology
- Feces/virology
- Female
- Genes, Bacterial/genetics
- Genome, Bacterial/genetics
- Genome, Viral/genetics
- Heredity/genetics
- Humans
- Intestines/microbiology
- Intestines/virology
- Metagenome/genetics
- Mothers
- Prophages/classification
- Prophages/genetics
- Prophages/isolation & purification
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/analysis
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Time Factors
- Twins, Monozygotic/genetics
- Viral Proteins/analysis
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
- Viruses/classification
- Viruses/genetics
- Viruses/isolation & purification
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- Alejandro Reyes
- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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Ruszczycky MW, Choi SH, Liu HW. Stoichiometry of the redox neutral deamination and oxidative dehydrogenation reactions catalyzed by the radical SAM enzyme DesII. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:2359-69. [PMID: 20121093 DOI: 10.1021/ja909451a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DesII from Streptomyces venezuelae is a radical SAM (S-adenosyl-l-methionine) enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of TDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose to form TDP-3-keto-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose in the biosynthesis of TDP-d-desosamine. DesII also catalyzes the dehydrogenation of the nonphysiological substrate TDP-D-quinovose to TDP-3-keto-6-deoxy-d-glucose. These properties prompted an investigation of how DesII handles SAM in the redox neutral deamination versus the oxidative dehydrogenation reactions. This work was facilitated by the development of an enzymatic synthesis of TDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose that couples a transamination equilibrium to the thermodynamically favorable oxidation of formate. In this study, DesII is found to consume SAM versus TDP-sugar with stoichiometries of 0.96 +/- 0.05 and 1.01 +/- 0.05 in the deamination and dehydrogenation reactions, respectively, using Na(2)S(2)O(4) as the reductant. Importantly, no significant change in stoichiometry is observed when the flavodoxin/flavodoxin NADP(+) oxidoreductase/NADPH reducing system is used in place of Na(2)S(2)O(4). Moreover, there is no evidence of an uncoupled or abortive process in the deamination reaction, as indicated by the observation that dehydrogenation can take place in the absence of an external source of reductant whereas deamination cannot. Mechanistic and biochemical implications of these results are discussed.
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- Mark W Ruszczycky
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Szu PH, Ruszczycky MW, Choi SH, Yan F, Liu HW. Characterization and mechanistic studies of DesII: a radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of TDP-D-desosamine. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:14030-42. [PMID: 19746907 PMCID: PMC2780582 DOI: 10.1021/ja903354k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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D-desosamine (1) is a 3-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3,4,6-trideoxyhexose found in a number of macrolide antibiotics including methymycin (2), neomethymycin (3), pikromycin (4), and narbomycin (5) produced by Streptomyces venezuelae . It plays an essential role in conferring biological activities to its parent aglycones. Previous genetic and biochemical studies of the biosynthesis of desosamine in S. venezuelae showed that the conversion of TDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose (8) to TDP-3-keto-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose (9) is catalyzed by DesII, which is a member of the radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) enzyme superfamily. Here, we report the purification and reconstitution of His(6)-tagged DesII, characterization of its [4Fe-4S] cluster using UV-vis and EPR spectroscopies, and the capability of flavodoxin, flavodoxin reductase, and NADPH to reduce the [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster. Also included are a steady-state kinetic analysis of DesII-catalyzed reaction and an investigation of the substrate flexibility of DesII. Studies of deuterium incorporation into SAM using TDP-[3-(2)H]-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose as the substrate provides strong evidence for direct hydrogen atom transfer to a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical in the catalytic cycle. The fact that hydrogen atom abstraction occurs at C-3 also sheds light on the mechanism of this intriguing deamination reaction.
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- Ping-Hui Szu
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Luttringer F, Mulliez E, Dublet B, Lemaire D, Fontecave M. The Zn center of the anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase from E. coli. J Biol Inorg Chem 2009; 14:923-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-009-0505-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yokoyama K, Ohmori D, Kudo F, Eguchi T. Mechanistic Study on the Reaction of a Radical SAM Dehydrogenase BtrN by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2008; 47:8950-60. [DOI: 10.1021/bi800509x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kenichi Yokoyama
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Juntendo University, Inba, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Juntendo University, Inba, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Juntendo University, Inba, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Juntendo University, Inba, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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Marquet A, Bui BTS, Smith AG, Warren MJ. Iron–sulfur proteins as initiators of radical chemistry. Nat Prod Rep 2007; 24:1027-40. [PMID: 17898896 DOI: 10.1039/b703109m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Iron-sulfur proteins are very versatile biological entities for which many new functions are continuously being unravelled. This review focus on their role in the initiation of radical chemistry, with special emphasis on radical-SAM enzymes, since several members of the family catalyse key steps in the biosynthetic pathways of cofactors such as biotin, lipoate, thiamine, heme and the molybdenum cofactor. It will also include other examples to show the chemical logic which is emerging from the presently available data on this family of enzymes. The common step in all the (quite different) reactions described here is the monoelectronic reductive cleavage of SAM by a reduced [4Fe-4S](1+) cluster, producing methionine and a highly oxidising deoxyadenosyl radical, which can initiate chemically difficult reactions. This set of enzymes, which represent a means to perform oxidation under reductive conditions, are often present in anaerobic organisms. Some other, non-SAM-dependent, radical reactions obeying the same chemical logic are also covered.
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- Andrée Marquet
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7613, (Synthèse, Structure et Fonction de Molécules Bioactives), Paris, France.
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Buis JM, Cheek J, Kalliri E, Broderick JB. Characterization of an Active Spore Photoproduct Lyase, a DNA Repair Enzyme in the Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Superfamily. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:25994-6003. [PMID: 16829680 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603931200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The major photoproduct in UV-irradiated Bacillus spore DNA is a unique thymine dimer called spore photoproduct (SP, 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine). The enzyme spore photoproduct lyase (SP lyase) has been found to catalyze the repair of SP dimers to thymine monomers in a reaction that requires S-adenosylmethionine. We present here the first detailed characterization of catalytically active SP lyase, which has been anaerobically purified from overexpressing Escherichia coli. Anaerobically purified SP lyase is monomeric and is red-brown in color. The purified enzyme contains approximately 3.1 iron and 3.0 acid-labile S(2-) per protein and has a UV-visible spectrum characteristic of iron-sulfur proteins (410 nm (11.9 mM(-1) cm(-1)) and 450 nm (10.5 mM(-1) cm(-1))). The X-band EPR spectrum of the purified enzyme shows a nearly isotropic signal (g = 2.02) characteristic of a [3Fe-4S]1+ cluster; reduction of SP lyase with dithionite results in the appearance of a new EPR signal (g = 2.03, 1.93, and 1.89) with temperature dependence and g values consistent with its assignment to a [4Fe-4S]1+ cluster. The reduced purified enzyme is active in SP repair, with a specific activity of 0.33 micromol/min/mg. Only a catalytic amount of S-adenosylmethionine is required for DNA repair, and no irreversible cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine into methionine and 5'-deoxyadenosine is observed during the reaction. Label transfer from [5'-3H]S-adenosylmethionine to repaired thymine is observed, providing evidence to support a mechanism in which a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical intermediate directly abstracts a hydrogen from SP C-6 to generate a substrate radical, and subsequent to radical-mediated beta-scission, a product thymine radical abstracts a hydrogen from 5'-deoxyadenosine to regenerate the 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical. Together, our results support a mechanism in which S-adenosylmethionine acts as a catalytic cofactor, not a substrate, in the DNA repair reaction.
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- Jeffrey M Buis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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Gon S, Faulkner MJ, Beckwith J. In vivo requirement for glutaredoxins and thioredoxins in the reduction of the ribonucleotide reductases of Escherichia coli. Antioxid Redox Signal 2006; 8:735-42. [PMID: 16771665 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2006.8.735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Escherichia coli expresses three types of ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) that utilize the redox chemistry of cysteine to catalyze the reduction of ribonucleotides. Upon reduction, the cysteines form a disulfide bond and must be reduced. The authors present in vivo studies that shed light on the mechanism by which these enzymes are regenerated. The class Ia enzyme, NrdAB, can be reduced by either the thioredoxins 1 and 2 or by glutaredoxin 1. The class Ib enzyme, NrdEF, is reduced in vivo by a dedicated glutaredoxin-like protein, NrdH. Despite its similarities to glutaredoxins, this protein is itself reduced by thioredoxin reductase in vivo. However, in the absence of thioredoxin reductase and NrdH, glutaredoxin 1 can partially replace NrdH. Despite their similar structures, the NrdEF and NrdAB RNRs differ in their abilities to function under low oxygen conditions. With only traces of oxygen present, NrdAB can allow some growth in the absence of the anaerobic enzyme NrdDG. NrdEF cannot. Furthermore, in anaerobiosis, E. coli is dependent for growth on class III RNR, NrdDG, and on having at least one of the two reductive systems, thioredoxin reductase or glutathione reductase. These findings indicate a role for these enzymes either for NrdDG reactivation or some other essential anaerobic process.
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- Stéphanie Gon
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Gambarelli S, Luttringer F, Padovani D, Mulliez E, Fontecave M. Activation of the anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase by S-adenosylmethionine. Chembiochem 2006; 6:1960-2. [PMID: 16178037 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200500182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Serge Gambarelli
- Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, DRFMC-SCIB, CEA-Grenoble, 17 avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Layer G, Kervio E, Morlock G, Heinz DW, Jahn D, Retey J, Schubert WD. Structural and functional comparison of HemN to other radical SAM enzymes. Biol Chem 2005; 386:971-80. [PMID: 16218869 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2005.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Radical SAM enzymes have only recently been recognized as an ancient family sharing an unusual radical-based reaction mechanism. This late appreciation is due to the extreme oxygen sensitivity of most radical SAM enzymes, making their characterization particularly arduous. Nevertheless, realization that the novel apposition of the established cofactors S-adenosylmethionine and [4Fe-4S] cluster creates an explosive source of catalytic radicals, the appreciation of the sheer size of this previously neglected family, and the rapid succession of three successfully solved crystal structures within a year have ensured that this family has belatedly been noted. In this review, we report the characterization of two enzymes: the established radical SAM enzyme, HemN or oxygen-independent coproporphyrinogen III oxidase from Escherichia coli, and littorine mutase, a presumed radical SAM enzyme, responsible for the conversion of littorine to hyoscyamine in plants. The enzymes are compared to other radical SAM enzymes and in particular the three reported crystal structures from this family, HemN, biotin synthase and MoaA, are discussed.
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- Gunhild Layer
- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Layer G, Grage K, Teschner T, Schünemann V, Breckau D, Masoumi A, Jahn M, Heathcote P, Trautwein AX, Jahn D. Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzyme Coproporphyrinogen III Oxidase HemN. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:29038-46. [PMID: 15967800 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501275200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) radical enzyme oxygen-independent coproporphyrinogen III oxidase HemN catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of coproporphyrinogen III to protoporphyrinogen IX during bacterial heme biosynthesis. The recently solved crystal structure of Escherichia coli HemN revealed the presence of an unusually coordinated iron-sulfur cluster and two molecules of AdoMet. EPR spectroscopy of the reduced iron-sulfur center in anaerobically purified HemN in the absence of AdoMet has revealed a [4Fe-4S](1+) cluster in two slightly different conformations. Mössbauer spectroscopy of anaerobically purified HemN has identified a predominantly [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster in which only three iron atoms were coordinated by cysteine residues (isomer shift of delta = 0.43 (1) mm/s). The fourth non-cysteine-ligated iron exhibited a delta = 0.57 (3) mm/s, which shifted to a delta = 0.68 (3) mm/s upon addition of AdoMet. Substrate binding by HemN did not alter AdoMet coordination to the cluster. Multiple rounds of AdoMet cleavage with the formation of the reaction product methionine indicated AdoMet consumption during catalysis and identified AdoMet as a co-substrate for HemN catalysis. AdoMet cleavage was found to be dependent on the presence of the substrate coproporphyrinogen III. Two molecules of AdoMet were cleaved during one catalytic cycle for the formation of one molecule of protoporphyrinogen IX. Finally, the binding site for the unusual second, non iron-sulfur cluster coordinating AdoMet molecule (AdoMet2) was targeted using site-directed mutagenesis. All AdoMet2 binding site mutants still contained an iron-sulfur cluster and most still exhibited AdoMet cleavage, albeit reduced compared with the wild-type enzyme. However, all mutants lost their overall catalytic ability indicating a functional role for AdoMet2 in HemN catalysis. The reported significant correlation of structural and functional biophysical and biochemical data identifies HemN as a useful model system for the elucidation of general AdoMet radical enzyme features.
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- Gunhild Layer
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Trandafir F, Van Doorslaer S, Dewilde S, Moens L. Temperature dependence of NO binding modes in human neuroglobin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2004; 1702:153-61. [PMID: 15488767 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2004] [Revised: 08/03/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Both the ferrous and ferric forms of wild-type neuroglobin are found to be hexacoordinated with axial ligation of the F8-His and E7-His. Rapidly growing Escherichia coli cell cultures with low O2 concentration generate nitric oxide (NO). Combined electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and optical measurements show that wild-type human recombinant neuroglobin, overexpressed in such E. coli cells, still favors the F8His-Fe2+ -E7His conformation, whereby only a small fraction of the protein binds NO. Upon mutation of the E7-His to Leu and Gln, the competition with the distal histidine disappears and the nitrosyl ferrous form is readily observed. At low temperature, the EPR spectra of the NO-ligated Ngb proteins consist of contributions from two geometrically different NO-heme conformations. In combination with EPR data of vertebrate hemoglobins and myoglobins, the temperature dependence of the EPR spectra of the NO adducts of ferrous hNgb and its E7-mutants proves a strong stabilization of one isomer by the E7-histidine in wt hNgb. It is shown that this is not related to the polarity of histidine, but to its specific binding characteristics.
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- Florin Trandafir
- Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerp B-2610, Belgium
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Leonardi R, Roach PL. Thiamine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: in vitro reconstitution of the thiazole synthase activity. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17054-62. [PMID: 14757766 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312714200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [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 biosynthesis of thiamine in Escherichia coli requires the formation of an intermediate thiazole from tyrosine, 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate (Dxp), and cysteine using at least six structural proteins, ThiFSGH, IscS, and ThiI. We describe for the first time the reconstitution of thiazole synthase activity using cell-free extracts and proteins derived from adenosine-treated E. coli 83-1 cells. The addition of adenosine or adenine to growing cultures of Aerobacter aerogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, and E. coli has been shown previously to relieve the repression by thiamine of its own biosynthesis and increase the expression levels of the thiamine biosynthetic enzymes. By exploiting this effect, we show that the in vitro thiazole synthase activity of cleared lysates or desalted proteins from E. coli 83-1 cells is dependent upon the addition of purified ThiGH-His complex, tyrosine (but not cysteine or 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate), and an as yet unidentified intermediate present in the protein fraction from these cells. The activity is strongly stimulated by the addition of S-adenosylmethionine and NADPH.
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- Roberta Leonardi
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Berkovitch F, Nicolet Y, Wan JT, Jarrett JT, Drennan CL. Crystal structure of biotin synthase, an S-adenosylmethionine-dependent radical enzyme. Science 2004; 303:76-9. [PMID: 14704425 PMCID: PMC1456065 DOI: 10.1126/science.1088493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The crystal structure of biotin synthase from Escherichia coli in complex with S-adenosyl-L-methionine and dethiobiotin has been determined to 3.4 angstrom resolution. This structure addresses how "AdoMet radical" or "radical SAM" enzymes use Fe4S4 clusters and S-adenosyl-L-methionine to generate organic radicals. Biotin synthase catalyzes the radical-mediated insertion of sulfur into dethiobiotin to form biotin. The structure places the substrates between the Fe4S4 cluster, essential for radical generation, and the Fe2S2 cluster, postulated to be the source of sulfur, with both clusters in unprecedented coordination environments.
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- Frederick Berkovitch
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Frey PA, Magnusson OT. S-Adenosylmethionine: a wolf in sheep's clothing, or a rich man's adenosylcobalamin? Chem Rev 2003; 103:2129-48. [PMID: 12797826 DOI: 10.1021/cr020422m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Perry A Frey
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA.
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Stubbe J, Nocera DG, Yee CS, Chang MCY. Radical initiation in the class I ribonucleotide reductase: long-range proton-coupled electron transfer? Chem Rev 2003; 103:2167-201. [PMID: 12797828 DOI: 10.1021/cr020421u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 666] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- JoAnne Stubbe
- Department of Chemistry, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA.
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Logan DT, Mulliez E, Larsson KM, Bodevin S, Atta M, Garnaud PE, Sjoberg BM, Fontecave M. A metal-binding site in the catalytic subunit of anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:3826-31. [PMID: 12655046 PMCID: PMC153006 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0736456100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Zn(Cys)(4) center has been found in the C-terminal region of the crystal structure of the anaerobic class III ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) from bacteriophage T4. The metal center is structurally related to the zinc ribbon motif and to rubredoxin and rubrerythrin. Mutant enzymes of the homologous RNR from Escherichia coli, in which the coordinating cysteines, conserved in almost all known class III RNR sequences, have been mutated into alanines, are shown to be inactive as the result of their inability to generate the catalytically essential glycyl radical. The possible roles of the metal center are discussed in relationship to the currently proposed reaction mechanism for generation of the glycyl radical in class III RNRs.
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- Derek T Logan
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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Fontecave M, Mulliez E, Logan DT. Deoxyribonucleotide synthesis in anaerobic microorganisms: the class III ribonucleotide reductase. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 72:95-127. [PMID: 12206460 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(02)72068-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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For growth under oxygen-free atmosphere, some strict or facultative anaerobes depend on a class III ribonucleotide reductase for the synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides, the DNA precursors. Prototypes for this class of enzymes are ribonucleotide reductases from Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4. This review article describes their structural and mechanistic properties as well as their complex allosteric regulation. Their evolutionnary relationship to class I and class II ribonucleotide reductases is also discussed.
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- Marc Fontecave
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie des Centres Rédox Biologiques, UMR CNRS/CEA/Université Joseph DRDC-CB, CEA Grenoble, France
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Jarrett JT, Wan JT. Thermal inactivation of reduced ferredoxin (flavodoxin):NADP+ oxidoreductase from Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett 2002; 529:237-42. [PMID: 12372607 PMCID: PMC1540464 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03349-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ferredoxin (flavodoxin):NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR) is an essential enzyme that supplies electrons from NADPH to support flavodoxin-dependent enzyme radical generation and enzyme activation. FNR is a monomeric enzyme that contains a non-covalently bound FAD cofactor. We report that reduced FNR from Escherichia coli is subject to inactivation due to unfolding of the protein and dissociation of the FADH(2) cofactor at 37 degrees C. The inactivation rate is temperature-dependent in a manner that parallels the thermal unfolding of the protein and is slowed by binding of ferredoxin or flavodoxin. Understanding factors that minimize inactivation is critical for utilizing FNR as an accessory protein for S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent radical enzymes and manipulating FNR as an electron source for biotechnology applications.
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- Joseph T Jarrett
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 905B Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Wan JT, Jarrett JT. Electron acceptor specificity of ferredoxin (flavodoxin):NADP+ oxidoreductase from Escherichia coli. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002; 406:116-26. [PMID: 12234497 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00421-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Reduced flavodoxin I (Fld1) is required in Escherichia coli for reductive radical generation in AdoMet-dependent radical enzymes and reductive activation of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase. Ferredoxin (Fd) and flavodoxin II (Fld2) are also present, although their precise roles have not been ascertained. Ferredoxin (flavodoxin):NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR) was discovered in E. coli as an NADPH-dependent reductant of Fld1 that facilitated generation of active methionine synthase in vitro; FNR and Fld1 will also supply electrons for the reductive cleavage of AdoMet essential for generating protein or substrate radicals in pyruvate formate-lyase, class III ribonucleotide reductase, biotin synthase, and, potentially, lipoyl synthase. As part of ongoing efforts to understand the various redox pathways that will support AdoMet-dependent radical enzymes in E. coli, we have examined the relative specificity of E. coli FNR for Fd, Fld1, and Fld2. While FNR will reduce all three proteins, Fd is the kinetically and thermodynamically preferred partner. Fd binds to FNR with high affinity (K(d)<or=0.5 microM) and is reduced under single-turnover conditions with k(obs)=2.3s(-1) and under steady state conditions with k(cat)=0.15s(-1). Fld1 and Fld2 behave similarly with respect to FNR, with affinities approximately 4- to 7-fold weaker and reduction rates that are 10- to 100-fold slower than those for Fd. Surprisingly we find that Fld1 and Fld2 can obtain electrons from reduced Fd at rates that are comparable to those obtained with reduced FNR. Thus we propose that the primary electron acceptor for E. coli FNR is Fd, while Fld1 can obtain electrons slowly either from FNR or via Fd as a mediator.
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- Jason T Wan
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Johnson Research Foundation, 905B Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Boulevard, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Ollagnier-de Choudens S, Sanakis Y, Hewitson KS, Roach P, Münck E, Fontecave M. Reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine by biotin synthase from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:13449-54. [PMID: 11834738 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111324200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Biotin synthase (BioB) catalyzes the insertion of a sulfur atom between the C6 and C9 carbons of dethiobiotin. Reconstituted BioB from Escherichia coli contains a [4Fe-4S](2+/1+) cluster thought to be involved in the reduction and cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), generating methionine and the reactive 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical responsible for dethiobiotin H-abstraction. Using EPR and Mössbauer spectroscopy as well as methionine quantitation we demonstrate that the reduced S = 1/2 [4Fe-4S](1+) cluster is indeed capable of injecting one electron into AdoMet, generating one equivalent of both methionine and S = 0 [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster. Dethiobiotin is not required for the reaction. Using site-directed mutagenesis we show also that, among the eight cysteines of BioB, only three (Cys-53, Cys-57, Cys-60) are essential for AdoMet reductive cleavage, suggesting that these cysteines are involved in chelation of the [4Fe-4S](2+/1+) cluster.
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- Sandrine Ollagnier-de Choudens
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie des Centres Rédox Biologiques, Departement de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale-Chimie Biologie, CEA/CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5047, Grenoble, France
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Walsby CJ, Hong W, Broderick WE, Cheek J, Ortillo D, Broderick JB, Hoffman BM. Electron-nuclear double resonance spectroscopic evidence that S-adenosylmethionine binds in contact with the catalytically active [4Fe-4S](+) cluster of pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:3143-51. [PMID: 11902903 DOI: 10.1021/ja012034s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme (PFL-AE) is a representative member of an emerging family of enzymes that utilize iron-sulfur clusters and S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) to initiate radical catalysis. Although these enzymes have diverse functions, evidence is emerging that they operate by a common mechanism in which a [4Fe-4S](+) interacts with AdoMet to generate a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical intermediate. To date, however, it has been unclear whether the iron-sulfur cluster is a simple electron-transfer center or whether it participates directly in the radical generation chemistry. Here we utilize electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and pulsed 35 GHz electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy to address this question. EPR spectroscopy reveals a dramatic effect of AdoMet on the EPR spectrum of the [4Fe-4S](+) of PFL-AE, changing it from rhombic (g = 2.02, 1.94, 1.88) to nearly axial (g = 2.01, 1.88, 1.87). (2)H and (13)C ENDOR spectroscopy was performed on [4Fe-4S](+)-PFL-AE (S = (1)/(2)) in the presence of AdoMet labeled at the methyl position with either (2)H or (13)C (denoted [1+/AdoMet]). The observation of a substantial (2)H coupling of approximately 1 MHz ( approximately 6-7 MHz for (1)H), as well as hyperfine-split signals from the (13)C, manifestly require that AdoMet lie close to the cluster. (2)H and (13)C ENDOR data were also obtained for the interaction of AdoMet with the diamagnetic [4Fe-4S](2+) state of PFL-AE, which is visualized through cryoreduction of the frozen [4Fe-4S](2+)/AdoMet complex to form the reduced state (denoted [2+/AdoMet](red)) trapped in the structure of the oxidized state. (2)H and (13)C ENDOR spectra for [2+/AdoMet](red) are essentially identical to those obtained for the [1+/AdoMet] samples, showing that the cofactor binds in the same geometry to both the 1+ and 2+ states of PFL-AE. Analysis of 2D field-frequency (13)C ENDOR data reveals an isotropic hyperfine contribution, which requires that AdoMet lie in contact with the cluster, weakly interacting with it through an incipient bond/antibond. From the anisotropic hyperfine contributions for the (2)H and (13)C ENDOR, we have estimated the distance from the closest methyl proton of AdoMet to the closest iron of the cluster to be approximately 3.0-3.8 A, while the distance from the methyl carbon to the nearest iron is approximately 4-5 A. We have used this information to construct a model for the interaction of AdoMet with the [4Fe-4S](2+/+) cluster of PFL-AE and have proposed a mechanism for radical generation that is consistent with these results.
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- Charles J Walsby
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA
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Eklund H, Uhlin U, Färnegårdh M, Logan DT, Nordlund P. Structure and function of the radical enzyme ribonucleotide reductase. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 77:177-268. [PMID: 11796141 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(01)00014-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) catalyze all new production in nature of deoxyribonucleotides for DNA synthesis by reducing the corresponding ribonucleotides. The reaction involves the action of a radical that is produced differently for different classes of the enzyme. Class I enzymes, which are present in eukaryotes and microorganisms, use an iron center to produce a stable tyrosyl radical that is stored in one of the subunits of the enzyme. The other classes are only present in microorganisms. Class II enzymes use cobalamin for radical generation and class III enzymes, which are found only in anaerobic organisms, use a glycyl radical. The reductase activity is in all three classes contained in enzyme subunits that have similar structures containing active site cysteines. The initiation of the reaction by removal of the 3'-hydrogen of the ribose by a transient cysteinyl radical is a common feature of the different classes of RNR. This cysteine is in all RNRs located on the tip of a finger loop inserted into the center of a special barrel structure. A wealth of structural and functional information on the class I and class III enzymes can now give detailed views on how these enzymes perform their task. The class I enzymes demonstrate a sophisticated pattern as to how the free radical is used in the reaction, in that it is only delivered to the active site at exactly the right moment. RNRs are also allosterically regulated, for which the structural molecular background is now starting to be revealed.
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- H Eklund
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Box 590, S-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Fontecave M, Mulliez E, Ollagnier-de-Choudens S. Adenosylmethionine as a source of 5'-deoxyadenosyl radicals. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2001; 5:506-11. [PMID: 11578923 DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(00)00237-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The combination of an iron-sulfur cluster and S-adenosylmethionine provides a novel mechanism for the initiation of radical catalysis in an unanticipated variety of metabolic processes. Molecular details of the cluster-mediated reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine to methionine and, presumably, a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical are the targets of recent studies.
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- M Fontecave
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie des Centres Rédox Biologiques, DBMS-CB, CEA/CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5047, 17 Avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, Cedex 09, France.
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